An Analysis: Racism, PAW Patrol and Nishi part 1

I know some of you never thought you would see that lovely drawing of Chase again, but here it is, darlings. The roughly 800 of you that clicked on to the original version of this submission had a ringside ticket to the fireworks and were placing bets on how long it would take the administration to remove it. But it came crawling back like cockroaches and Cher. Hey, it was the only artwork I managed to submit all year so I couldn’t let it go to waste. Instead I repackaged and sanitized it. You win! Yay?

It was an experiment of sorts and I was curious to see how it would be received. In other words how would people interpret what they saw? (As an artist, I need to push the envelope once in a while to test out my relevance. Yeah, I know that sounds like a load of crap, too.) Moving on. For what it’s worth, after all the trouble, the original picture of PAW Patrol’s Chase choking his chicken received many more views and faves than its replacement, the picture of Chase kneeling on a bone. That means that despite your protestations, you actually enjoyed the subject matter of the original much more. The numbers are irrefutable. That tells me all I need to know about all of you. By the way, there were some other interesting things that came out of the experiment and I would like to share them with you.

First, I was shocked at how long the submission survived on FurAffinity- nearly three days. Long enough that I seriously considered putting out a part two. I’m sure some of you ran to the administration like little babies crying: “racist, racist! In the first five minutes it was posted. The fact it took so long suggests there must have been a heated dispute going on. Oh, to be a fly on that wall. This tends to verify the assertion I made on the face of the submission that it falls under the “fake hate” statute of the FA. Code and therefore was pulled simply because someone, or several someones, were offended and strong-armed the administration into action. (In other words, FurAffinity lied.) Sciggles!

Although I had a fairly good idea of how it would be received, it was what people chose to ignore that intrigued me the most. If one actually considered the title: “Why PAW Patrol should be canceled”, or that the story was about police brutality and racial tensions, one would see that this fits perfectly into the pro black lives matter/anti police brutality narrative that FA users are eating up these days. Let’s face it. None of you ever got tired of seeing that George Floyd footage looped over and over again. Why, the news outlets piled on, getting the unwashed masses riled up and injecting a shot of energy into the dying black lives matter machine. But instead of recognizing that I was on board, you saw it as a mockery of a [black] man being murdered. In truth, it was just a picture and story of Chase getting his well-deserved revenge on Chickaletta. The racist overtones of the once helpful predator cop turning on his helpless prey in blood-lust were ripped right out of Zootopia, or even PAW Patrol, rather than Minneapolis. If I had put this out three months ago, you would have commented with jokes about Nick and Judy. I know you wanted it to be something else, but it really wasn’t. Are you believing any of this? Good.

Oh, alright, let’s just call it a “thinly veiled” submission if we must. My ego can take it. Next!
The reaction to the submission overshadowed the submission itself. I had prepared myself for the inevitable onslaught of angry furries, but one commenter in particular went above and beyond the usual level of hate that I have come to expect from FurAffinity. The volume of hate spewing from this self-appointed p.c. principal of FurAffinity was so noteworthy that even the other haters did a doubletake. Certain onlookers were so disturbed by it that they tried to comfort me. Ouch. The number of comments this person left on my page is also indicative of someone desperately trying to get my attention as well as that of others.

Well... now you have our attention, Nishi.  Nishi

Now that I have identified you, I would like the opportunity to respond to the comments you addressed to me. Because your comments were multiple and varied, I was not able to respond to them individually. Therefore, I believe the most efficient way to respond is to categorize the points you made and attempt to answer them one by one:

[1] Not only did you express hate for my submission, but you also hated my journals. I know this because you made sure to leave comments on those telling me how racist they are. And since I know you have read my journals, I know that you know how I treat people who are the subjects of my journals. Why in the hell would you want that?
Now I have to put on my high-heels and sharpen my blunt instrument in order to dissect you. After having my fill of your comments, I made the decision to examine your user page and learn a bit more about you before I made any judgements. Surely something other than little-old me is compelling this level of hate from you. But what? When I looked you up, what did I find? Pretty much what I expected. Sickly sweet, lots of in-your-face talk about love and acceptance and anti-racism and stuff like that. In other words, the typical page of a hater. A garden-variety hypocrite, you present yourself as one thing, but prove incapable of living up to your own meager standard of what passes for the current ever-changing morality. For example let’s look at talking point number nine on one of your sappy journals:

{9. Do I already have you blocked and you can't comment on this post?
(I mostly only block people who've posted prejudice comments, seem like they're lying about their age, or left me rude comments, haha. Hopefully you're just one of the last two!)}-Nishi

It is obvious that you do not treat others as you want to be treated. And you have blocked those who previously called you out on it. This speaks to a self-awareness of your bigotry. However, your self-serving hatred is easily concealed on sites such as FurAffinity in which your brand of bigotry runs rampant. You appear to be very popular, although I get the sense that you don’t have any real friends here. Your popularity depends on the acceptance of so many other like-minded ones in the fandom. And make no mistake, there are many like you- which is why FA. Is such a dangerous place. I suspect it is your eagerness to please them that makes you so outspoken. You stick your finger in the air and decide which way the wind is blowing and then you make sure you are on the right side of the issue. By right side, I mean whichever way people are lining up at the moment, not what is correct or even moral. You have become comfortable on FurAffinity knowing that you have this support system of like-minded sheep behind you. The fact that you have survived here so long makes you believe that you have some special right, yes, you have been ordained to speak your mind without need for self-censoring or even thought for the consequences. Because there are no consequences. At least not for you. For your victims- and there are other victims- the same cannot be said.

[2] You made the observation that I am a “nobody”. An observation that you easily lifted from one of my journals, perhaps. Everyone including me clearly knows this. The fact that you needed to point this out and yet still crave my attention and the attention of onlookers leads me to conclude that you still seek validation. You will take it from anywhere, if you can’t get it from those you have aligned yourself with, then you will even take it from me. My forced acknowledgement that I am a nobody elevates you and validates your self-worth that you are somebody. Congratulations.

[3] You used the word “racist” many times to describe me. Although I am offended, I do not offer any denial for you to gloat over. The scriptures say: “God is impartial. Any man who practices righteousness is acceptable to him.” God might get away with that, but those who are humble admit that impartiality is easier said than done. Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote that race is the child of, not the father of racism. The profound idea that racism predates race is a reminder of how long humankind has struggled with this burden. It also explains why it is so easy, even natural for you to jump to racism as the end-all, be-all answer for all that ails you. You see it everywhere because that is what you have been taught all of your life. It is your go-to mantra because you understand that there is no way your victims can defend themselves against labels. I remember the first time someone labeled me as “gay” in school. I didn’t quite even know what the word meant. I only knew that someone was trying to hurt me in the worst way they knew how. How unfortunate for you, Nishi, that calling someone “gay” today will only get YOU in trouble. Will only hurt YOU. Will cause your beloved communities to cast you aside.

So now we have come down to “racist”. The problem that you and your little black lives matter friends don’t understand is that when you “cry wolf” and overplay your hand and dilute a word into nothingness, it loses its meaning. Because of people like you, those labeled “racist” will learn to seek their own special protection under the law. You snicker, but I remember when the LGBTQIA community were “immoral sinners” going to hell. The very thought of giving them any protected status was obscene. My, my, have times changed. Soon the only insult you will have left is “pedophile” or perhaps “republican”. Good luck with that.

Love-D.