Remember today when you see 100+ articles about how ‘civil’ and ‘noble’ H.W. Bush was that today is World AIDS Day. That 100,000 people, many LGBT+ individuals, especially gay men, died under his and Reagan’s watch. That he banned HIV+ people from entering the US, reduced research funding, and prevented educators from speaking about safe sex in favor of abstinence only education.
thecybersmith: It would be a good idea to *troll face* carry a medieval longsword around modern-day London.
half of all tumblr, falling all over each other to become famous as tumblr.com’s next top funnyman/clawback-master: No you fucking moron, you idiot, you imbecile! Holy shit! Holy SHIT you guys this fucking guy! This fucking guy thinks it would be good to have a medieval longsword in modern-day London! How can anybody be this dumb! This dumb motherfucker! First of all, the police would arrest you, and they have GUNS! Have you ever heard of a gun? It’s better than a sword because
I choose to believe they antagonize him because he’s Human Pet Guy.
Well the thing is that he’s actually NOT Human Pet Guy. The real Human Pet Guy deleted soon after the original incident, and then the current guy you see now just grabbed the URL and he’s been playing the character ever since
David Icke and his conspiracy theories about the banks, the media and the government being run by “Zionists” who are actually alien lizard people, which have been repeated as an antisemitic dogwhistle for decades, even though Icke says “Zionists” isn’t meant to indicate Jews necessarily. (Related research topics include the propaganda text “Protocols of the Elders of Zion”.)
This is why it’s particularly worrisome to see that type of joke made about politicians, even clearly shitty ones. Like, even jokes about 45 and his wife being lizard-people has roots in that whole thing.
You know what? Do me a favor. If this is new to you, please reblog it. There may be others following you who it’s also news to. Like, reblog it if you knew before sure, but especially if this is your first exposure to the topic.