You are trying very hard to find things to be outraged over.
The robot was unveiled in Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia has a well-documented history of treating women very poorly. I hope that’s not something you’d dispute. Of course the robot is an automaton without any agency, but the combination of the sad history of Saudi Arabia’s treatment of women combined with the fact that the robot was made up to look like a Saudi male and the touching of a women in an inappropriate manner was what made this humorous. “Even their robots mistreat women!” would be the gist of it. When the bad behavior comes from the very top and is so enshrined in the culture, as is the case in Saudi Arabia, then you don’t have to mention the fact that not all Saudi men are this bad every time there’s a conversation about it. Especially not when we’re talking about a joke/satire. Because then we’re just highlighting a single aspect and are not having a nuanced conversation.
You are trying very hard to find things to be outraged over.
The robot was unveiled in Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia has a well-documented history of treating women very poorly. I hope that’s not something you’d dispute. Of course the robot is an automaton without any agency, but the combination of the sad history of Saudi Arabia’s treatment of women combined with the fact that the robot was made up to look like a Saudi male and the touching of a women in an inappropriate manner was what made this humorous. “Even their robots mistreat women!” would be the gist of it. When the bad behavior comes from the very top and is so enshrined in the culture, as is the case in Saudi Arabia, then you don’t have to mention the fact that not all Saudi men are this bad every time there’s a conversation about it. Especially not when we’re talking about a joke/satire. Because then we’re just highlighting a single aspect and are not having a nuanced conversation.
Who is “they”?
What if you found out women in Saudi contributed to the creation of this robot?
What if the robot wasn’t even made by people from Saudi?
The fact you wrote “their”, summarizing an entire nation of people as being the same, is where the Xenophobia/racism kicks in.
“It’s just a joke bruh” is basically your defence.
I don’t get it, it’s not funny.
Yeah, I believe you, that you’re not getting it. From what I’ve seen from you here, you don’t seem like a happy person that can enjoy a little humor.
Oh I love humor.
I just don’t find very thinly veiled racism funny.