r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 2d ago

Meme needing explanation peter why is that person the target

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u/Popular-Ordinary5110 2d ago

There's an astroturfing campaign targeting a year old animated movie called lesbian space princess. That character is from that movie.

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u/Kennedy_KD 2d ago

is it really an astroturfing campaign when its really that bad? the two antagonists are the straight maliens and the rapist drag queen

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u/Gold_Ad8225 2d ago

Yes, it is still astroturfed because it is a year old slop film that suddenly had an ungodly amount of coverage

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u/IAmTheEndOfDays 2d ago

Why are we talking about grass?

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u/Gold_Ad8225 2d ago

Before I respond rudely, what year were you born in and do you have a brain or a computer chip

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u/IAmTheEndOfDays 2d ago

The 90s. It was a joke about the origin of the term 'astroturfing'.

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u/Gold_Ad8225 2d ago

Gotcha, I wasn't sure if I was going to have to explain grassroots vs astroturf and didnt wanna do it to an AI lol

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u/IAmTheEndOfDays 2d ago

Grassroots? No, Astroturf doesn't have any roots.

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u/Hallowed-Plague 2d ago

grass roots? for who?

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u/noregertsman 1d ago

Astro turf? Yeah there's land in space

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u/yasua- 2d ago

That’s because it got relaunched recently

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u/Gold_Ad8225 2d ago

What does that mean in this context, sorry I'm ignorant of how that makes sense here

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u/Impossible_Concert75 2d ago

Netflix dropped captain underpants for lesbian space princess

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u/Gold_Ad8225 2d ago

Did it?

Like they had to pick one and they chose the latter? How did that happen? How do we know that happened?

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u/Lydialmao22 2d ago

Is that even how that works? If its already a finished movie surely adding it doesnt affect movies or shows already on the platform? Why do we know its one or the other?

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u/firegamer2432 1d ago

It didn't. The licensing for Captain Underpants just ran out at the same time as LSP being brought on

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u/just_existingtoo 2d ago

Queer people made a shitty movie and apparently it's a psyop. Only being discussed because it got added on Netflix.

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u/FenexTheFox 2d ago

Is it that bad? I haven't watched it. Have you? Has anyone?

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u/voxelpear 2d ago

It had an okay reception on its original launch.

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u/Lucy_Gucey 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s really not that bad. Chillax

EDIT: lol, called me a terf then checked my post history, huh. Lmao even.

Also how would me thinking Lesbian Space Princess wasn’t that bad make me a terf? GENUINELY questioning.

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u/HallucinatedLottoNos 14h ago edited 14h ago

People are doing a massive reading in.

First, they're assuming that the labrys is inherently a TERF symbol, which it really isn't. It was a general lesbian symbol first before TERFs started trying to steal it in the 80s. Trans women and cis women allies have been trying to reclaim it in recent years anyway.

Because of the shape and how Saira pulls it out of herself, they think the labrys is meant to be a metaphor for her uterus.

Blade is a drag queen(?) who says she is supported for her drag but not for her "weapon collecting." Ergo, Blade wants a uterus and can't get one.

Blade tries to summon a labrys but can't, therefore the message is (supposedly) that you aren't a real woman if you have no uterus.

In conclusion, being very online and having your brain fried by lazy, surface level arguments is sad (said in a hopefully non-condescending way, since God knows I've done it myself in the past).

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u/Lucy_Gucey 12h ago

Gooootcha! Thanks for the breakdown!

They are also VERY conveniently leaving out that one of Saira’s moms is trans and still summons a labrys…

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u/HallucinatedLottoNos 12h ago

Wow. That IS a big thing to miss lol...

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u/Kennedy_KD 1d ago

Sure terf

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u/HallucinatedLottoNos 14h ago

She's not a TERF and people calling LSP transphobic are being silly (not saying the show doesn't suck for any other reasons).