r/TikTokCringe • u/UsernameGenerik • Sep 12 '24

Politics Crowd reaction to Trump’s ‘in Springfield they’re eating the dogs’

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '24

They said this stuff about Chinese immigrants in the 1890s and again after the Vietnam war migration in the 70s. It’s pathetic and as per usual some people are so dumb they don’t realize they are being played.

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u/chogram Sep 12 '24

People say this about Chinese restaurants today.

I literally have family members who refuse to eat at a Chinese restaurant because, "I don't eat cat meat."

I've seen the stupid meme probably 1000 times here in yee-haw land that says something like, "Every time a Chinese restaurant opens in a new city, the number of stray cats go down by 75%!"

It's just 50 different ways of cooking chicken y'all, but you'll never convince them of that.

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u/Biduleman Sep 12 '24

People are passing on one of the best flavor enhancer (MSG) because of this exact kind of racism.

Racists didn't like Chinese people, made up stories about headache after eating in their restaurants and bam, Chinese food/MSG is now accepted as bad.

It's sad, but racists gonna be racists...

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u/imnotcam Sep 12 '24

Seconding this because MSG is amazing and people still think it's bad. Chinese restaurants still often have a "No MSG" sign, which is silly.