-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Also, I edited my post after some further thoughts came to me, including another - and possibly bigger - reason behind Hasbro removing that slogan. Perhaps you'd like to take a look?
I do not give a single fox about any of your politics. That slogan can be interpreted in many ways and there's countless black folks who support it.
It's definitely not 'countless' and 'interpretation' isn't king as many have accurately pointed out, the double meaning behind the slogan was to take the country back to a time when a certain guy thought the country was 'great,' which coincides with a bunch of stuff some other people would definitely not find great. If it can be 'interpreted' many different ways', it's probably because there's no exact time in history it could point to, but we have the crafter and company's actions after the fact to judge it. Those judgements appear largely above these posts, even if those aren't the ONLY judgements we could collectively make.
Somewhere up there you mentioned 'erasing history' or something to that effect. The funny thing is, the things getting 'erased' were erected well after the supposed history they're meant to preserve. Why is that? Because it was never about preserving 'history' per se, rather those things were put there to be a reminder - as intimidation - by the power structure who were themselves railing against societal changes 100 years after the fact.
Add to that, the selective outrage of 'erasing' history when some people's history have already BEEN erased by the same people complaining about erasing history makes me want to laugh out loud.
That assise, the real reason the hidden slogan was swiftly removed is that NO POLITICAL BULLCRAP should be allowed on any toys no matter the sides. Especially if done without permission.
That is, unless it's accurate to the character. Like a collector edition Dukes of Hazzard X-Over General Lee for example.
Bringing in the General Lee as an example just makes this whole discussion altogether worse. Thankfully, I doubt such a product would ever be made.
Regardless, I think we derailed long enough.
Yeah, well. I wanted to weigh in on this one.
Anyway, back to Generation Selects for me -
I hope the black Ironhide thing turns out to be true as some people are now floating out the idea that it might not be real. Looking at the photo it looks real to me, but I guess anything is possible.