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Oh dear. In order to elevate ourselves when we know darn well that we're dumber than pig swill and not much of an asset to the planet, we do something called "Othering" We create an "Other" who has attributes even lower than ours. Dumber than us, less honest than us, dirtier than us and lazier than us. This makes us feel that we're on the winning team and we can be proud of all the things that men "Like us" have accomplished.... when actually we and our ancestry had nothing to do with discovering anything. We get this into circulation with visual media and... good old innocent jokes... everybody loves a good joke. and a good old honest photograph... everybody knows the camera never lies. You'll notice that the people doing the othering never question the validity of images that validate their viewpoint or see anything wrong with the jokes. Like people who only see this joke as poking fun at one side. An interesting thing about this particular joke is that it pokes fun in both directions.... at the Redneck cop and at the Mexican cyclists. It must come from a third, other party.... (How's London Bob?) So nobody should take too much offense. But the journey from a joke or a well "Composed" photograph (Or video) to a lynching is a long road so let's cheer up now... Why remove anybody. There are REAL issues in the world that require our attention. This is kinda like taking the fire truck to a car wash on the way to put out a fire.
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