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[Schrödinger's cat]

Tell me more about authentic mermaids

Man I had no idea adults took this shit so seriously :O

How many times are we going to see copy-paste hot-take flybys in this thread?

Mocking people's opinions and being dismissive isn't the same as addressing them.
Being a semantic or grammar pedant is demonstrating just how sincere your level of engagement is.

 

[Blue Apple]

It doesn't make sense to change the race of an existing character. Appearance is an important part of a character. There are both white and black mermaids in Disney's movies. Ariel is a white, red-haired, blue-eyed mermaid. Anything else isn't Ariel.

 

[Elcid]

>NI and his wife's son

What the fuck is the story behind this shit

 

[pennythoughts]

 

[brap]

What the fuck is the story behind this shit

Lifeline Expedition is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 by Briton David Pott.[1] The group believes white people must apologize for the Atlantic slave trade, and that forgiveness can be granted by black people from areas that were involved in it.[2]
It brings together teams of Africans, descendants of enslaved Africans and white people from the three former corners of the slave triangle and over a period of seven years has visited many significant slavery sites around the Atlantic world. Controversy has emerged over the fact that white people, including children, on the teams wore replica yokes and chains to express apology for the role of whites in the slave trade.[3][4]

 

[Insane Metal]

Dudes... what the fuck.

 

[pennythoughts]

I wonder if Muslims need to apologize for the ongoing slave trade in Libya.

 

[TrainedRage]

You know whats funny?

Im not gonna watch it!

Its super funny to watch all these Disney stans shill for a corporation that has routinely shit all over people of color and had literal ties to Nazis. But hey
BLACK MERMAID!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Elcid]

The parents of these kids deserve to be aborted.

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

Is this for real? Are full on adults, here and elsewhere, really this mad about the skin color of a made up character in a children's story?

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

Ariel is a white character.

*was

 

[brap]

*was

*still is

 

[DeepEnigma]

*still is

The past 30 years did not exist, comrade.

 

[Papa]

When Disney changes Ariel’s race to pander to identity ideologues: “LOL shut up you bunch of whiny manchildren”

When a white girl wears a kimono to prom: “CULTURAL APPROPRIATION REEEEE”

 

[brap]

When Disney changes Ariel’s race to pander to identity ideologues: “LOL shut up you bunch of whiny manchildren”

When a white girl wears a kimono to prom: “CULTURAL APPROPRIATION REEEEE”

Mulan should be a black male. Who cares it's just a made up character in a children's story right?

 

[Papa]

Mulan should be a black male. Who cares it's just a made up character in a children's story right?

lol you still believe in genders in 2019

 

[CyberPanda]

lol you still believe in genders in 2019

At Disney they should have a wheel, and just spin them randomly to come up with a new character for all their movies. Based on ethnicity, gender, and so on.

They can get some ideas from here:

Gender Pronouns | LGBTQ+ Resource Center

uwm.edu

 

[brap]

At Disney they should have a wheel, and just spin them randomly to come up with a new character for all their movies. Based on ethnicity, gender, and so on.

They can get some ideas from here:

Gender Pronouns | LGBTQ+ Resource Center

uwm.edu

My pronouns are ve, per, eir, and xemself.

 

[Elcid]

My pronouns are ve, per, eir, and xemself.

Last night I blew xemself.

 

[TrainedRage]

I want a white Kunta Kinte. So I can relate to the experience better!!!

 

[Papa]

At Disney they should have a wheel, and just spin them randomly to come up with a new character for all their movies. Based on ethnicity, gender, and so on.

They can get some ideas from here:

Gender Pronouns | LGBTQ+ Resource Center

uwm.edu

 

[DeepEnigma]

lol you still believe in genders in 2019

Only when we truck out the “pay gap”.

 

[lock2k]

Anyone who voluntarily does this shit deserve to be laughed at and ridiculed. What a bunch of bozos.

 

[Papa]

Only when we truck out the “pay gap”.

We need to dismantle the patriarchy so we can close the Venezuelan transgender ketamine dealer pay gap. We have strived so far but there is more work to be done.

 

[Birdo]

*was

 

[TGO]

They had an open casting call for girls of all colors to vie for the part of Ariel.

Did they?

 

[Ellis]

Fuck you, I wasn't ready. I can't stop laughing at this

 

[Ol'Scratch]

What the fuck is the story behind this shit

ResetEra 2019 Summer Meet Up

 

[Papa]

TBH I didn't find McGinger's obvious reference to the N-word funny either. It didn't add much to the conversation to be frank. @Nobody_Important is 100% right in this case.

Like there's fun and jokes and all that, but that word just isn't something to joke about IMO. Not when a disgusting word like that, still has such power behind it.

Ariel is just a stepping stone for her to play a naga in the next WoW movie.

 

[Sacred]

*was

Is you fucking shill

 

[Nobody_Important]

I honestly can't believe how upset people are over a cartoon mermaid. I knew there would be some negative reactions from some people, but this is just silly lol

 

[5secondrulesucks]

I honestly can't believe how upset people are over a cartoon mermaid. I knew there would be some negative reactions from some people, but this is just silly lol

some people may be angry sure but why are you ignoring the amount of fun we are having. come join us and have a laugh brother

 

[888]

Did they?

Maybe he applied.

 

[ExpandKong]

I honestly can't believe how upset people are over a cartoon mermaid. I knew there would be some negative reactions from some people, but this is just silly lol

I swear this thread would be half as many pages long as it is now if every post saying “wow lol can’t believe people are upset over a CARTOOOOON MERMAAAAAAIIID” was removed.

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

Is you fucking shill

Well, I mean....have you been paying attention? They already cast who is going to be in the live action little mermaid movie and she isn't white. So that would make my statement a true one friendoooo. No shillin goin on here.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I honestly can't believe how upset people are over a cartoon mermaid. I knew there would be some negative reactions from some people, but this is just silly lol

 

[Ol'Scratch]

As a huge fan of the original (and the original Hans Christian Andersen tale before that) My issue is not with her. I think she is a beautiful girl and she can probably has an amazing voice. If played straight I think it could be fine, but it will not be.
Disney will not be able to help themselves from empowering Ariel, and adding "sass" I guess is as good a word as any and try to modernize it. I could be wrong but I do not think so. And THAT is my issue. This girl has to deal with some of the most nasty and hateful shit for getting what I am sure she thought was the role of a lifetime and it should not be on her and the hate should not be on her not to mention the really shitty insults that people have felt the need to throw.
Disney fucked up. I love Disney but they fucked up and are going for the easy cash in instead of letting the film swim or sink on its own merits ( <---masterful word weaving) and they should be the ones taking the brunt.

 

[5secondrulesucks]

 

[12Goblins]

I honestly can't believe how upset people are over a cartoon mermaid. I knew there would be some negative reactions from some people, but this is just silly lol

The best part is watching people pretend they care about the little mermaid. They really believe it too ><

 

[CyberPanda]

They should've just picked this girl to play Ariel tbh.

 

[nkarafo]

 

[F0rneus]

Ariel is just a stepping stone for her to play a naga in the next WoW movie.

Nah fam we good. We good.

 

[redfirm]

Oh, they are not run by white people, they are run by LEFTists, a whole universe of difference.

Also tell me which role in their movies was best directed for a black person but it went to a white person instead, because I see the opposite happening.

yo, get out of here, wtf is this?

 

[DeafTourette]

This is ... I don't have words for it.

If they like it, hey.

 

[DeafTourette]

Did they?

Yes. Except for select roles and actors, studios don't already have someone in mind for a part. Even Tom Holland had to audition for Spider-Man. And Halle Bailey isn't yet a widely known actor. Though her and her sister have been well known in certain circles for almost a decade because of their singing on their YouTube channel.

 

[TrainedRage]

I honestly can't believe how upset people are over a cartoon mermaid. I knew there would be some negative reactions from some people, but this is just silly lol

When Disney changes Ariel’s race to pander to identity ideologues: “LOL shut up you bunch of whiny manchildren”

When a white girl wears a kimono to prom: “CULTURAL APPROPRIATION REEEEE”

 

[DeafTourette]

As a huge fan of the original (and the original Hans Christian Andersen tale before that) My issue is not with her. I think she is a beautiful girl and she can probably has an amazing voice. If played straight I think it could be fine, but it will not be.
Disney will not be able to help themselves from empowering Ariel, and adding "sass" I guess is as good a word as any and try to modernize it. I could be wrong but I do not think so. And THAT is my issue. This girl has to deal with some of the most nasty and hateful shit for getting what I am sure she thought was the role of a lifetime and it should not be on her and the hate should not be on her not to mention the really shitty insults that people have felt the need to throw.
Disney fucked up. I love Disney but they fucked up and are going for the easy cash in instead of letting the film swim or sink on its own merits ( <---masterful word weaving) and they should be the ones taking the brunt.

I appreciate this post. And her voice IS beautiful!

 

[nkarafo]

I honestly can't believe how upset people are over a cartoon mermaid. I knew there would be some negative reactions from some people, but this is just silly lol

I wonder if you were so concerned when people were actually upset for Scarlet Johansson as the main character in the Ghost in the Shell movie?

Let me guess. That was different somehow.

 

[Silent Duck]

 

[lock2k]