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Post by screech on Nov 22, 2021 16:37:18 GMT -5
I have a feeling this thread is next to be canceled kinda weird how many people are fighting against cancelling blatantly racist figures like chief strongbow. makes you wonder. 🤔 |
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DOD_Figures
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Post by DOD_Figures on Nov 22, 2021 16:43:29 GMT -5
Mattel is a publicly traded company that primarily sells childrens toys and works with many big licenses. If you can’t understand why they cancelled the figure after the backlash, then I don’t know what to tell you. Yes other wrestlers have problematic pasts, but no way is Mattel going to allow an attire with a flag that is considered racist by a large population to be on a figure. Tough luck. Why was there no outage when he actually wore the attire? Or when jordan brand released the rising sun 12s with the same exact flag logo on the insole? It is what it is. The hypocrisy is hilarious though. "Cancel culture" is funny. |
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Post by personagamer on Nov 22, 2021 16:48:31 GMT -5
If the joke here is we need to cancel all problematic figures then I saw we only make Sami Zayn and Bayley figures please. Saudi would disagree with Zayn |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Nov 22, 2021 16:52:03 GMT -5
Mattel is a publicly traded company that primarily sells childrens toys and works with many big licenses. If you can’t understand why they cancelled the figure after the backlash, then I don’t know what to tell you. Yes other wrestlers have problematic pasts, but no way is Mattel going to allow an attire with a flag that is considered racist by a large population to be on a figure. Tough luck. Or when jordan brand released the rising sun 12s with the same exact flag logo on the insole? It is what it is. The hypocrisy is hilarious though. "Cancel culture" is funny. Because it's okay for widespread perception to evolve over time. I'd wager that public awareness of how the rising sun flag is perceived in certain parts of the world only garnered more widespread attention in the last year on account of the Olympics in Japan. It's okay to learn and to grow. This is a good read for anyone genuinely interested in learning where some of this is coming from. |
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Post by Warriah' on Nov 22, 2021 16:57:24 GMT -5
Please tell me that this wasn’t actually cancelled because of ‘muh racism’??
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personagamer
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Post by personagamer on Nov 22, 2021 17:00:03 GMT -5
Please tell me that this wasn’t actually cancelled because of ‘muh racism’?? still up for order |
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Post by crush on Nov 22, 2021 17:00:28 GMT -5
Why was there no outage when he actually wore the attire? Or when jordan brand released the rising sun 12s with the same exact flag logo on the insole? It is what it is. The hypocrisy is hilarious though. "Cancel culture" is funny. Because it's okay for widespread perception to evolve over time. I'd wager that public awareness of how the rising sun flag is perceived in certain parts of the world only garnered more widespread attention in the last year on account of the Olympics in Japan. It's okay to learn and to grow. This is a good read for anyone genuinely interested in learning where some of this is coming from.This. Like I said earlier, I wasn't really aware of how this particular flag was perceived around the world when the figure was first announced. However, reading about it and learning the history changed my opinion. But you know, some people who rather yell about nonexistent "cancel culture" than actually bother to read. |
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Nov 22, 2021 17:02:28 GMT -5
This. Like I said earlier, I wasn't really aware of how this particular flag was perceived around the world when the figure was first announced. However, reading about it and learning the history changed my opinion. But you know, some people who rather yell about nonexistent "cancel culture" than actually bother to read. You'd think westerners would be more inclined to understand why certain battle flags could invoke feelings of discomfort, but we're still trying to come to terms with that one, so I guess the course of these threads kinda lends itself to reason. |
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Post by Jack Specific on Nov 22, 2021 17:04:59 GMT -5
No way can I leave this open. It won't end well. Sorry guys.
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I dont know good luck 
