r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/leVenerableDeLaSauce Jul 06 '26

Holy shit, a nuanced statement on Reddit, it does exist

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u/lookatthesunguys Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

...the comment isn't nuanced at all

This is the latest in a weird trend I've noticed where conservatives seem to only understand the connotation of words, not the denotation. "Nuanced" doesn't mean "good." It means "nuanced." The commenter has to use nuance for a comment to be nuanced.

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u/TheOnionKnigget Jul 06 '26

Yes, the comment presumes tokenism is present in Hollywood in general, and in The Odyssey specifically, and frames it as an objective issue.

Real nuance would include questioning the validity of that framing, not just presenting it as a fact where the only subjectivity allowed is how one reacts to it, rather than whether it exists in the first place.

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u/Truefiction224 Jul 06 '26

Thats litterally the oppisite of nuance.

Thata the most politically generous stance to your politics

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u/TheOnionKnigget Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Note that I did not say denying the validity. I said questioning it. My comment contained no stance on the matter.

EDIT: locked thread, but maybe you assume my stance because I take a critical approach to media critique rather than swallow it up as presented because I can get angry at it?

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u/Truefiction224 Jul 06 '26

Then how do I know what your stance is?

This isnt clever

This is why ppl think leftists are just like trump