Tracking toy tariffs

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Ru1977 said:
No, it's perfectly logical. AND, clearly portrays the bad hooded man as a bad hooded man. Hypothetical parental groups can't complain about this.
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To go serious for a second, I believe it is less about parent groups potentially complaining, and more about fear of some nutbag redhat going on social media and praising Hasbro for finally making a KKK action figure. Which is insane, since CoCo doesn’t look like that at all in a hood. This whole stupid tempest in a teapot goes back to Lorenzo di Bonaventura running his mouth about the hood back when he was working on his crap Joe movies. It’s the silliest, most reactionary, least logical thing ever regarding this brand. I mean he’s the leader of a terrorist organization for shit’s sake. Not only is the “ban” ridiculous and unnecessary, it also dilutes the very real need to root out *actual* redhat/fascist/nazi dog-whistling in media. This topic seriously grinds my gears.
 
AceofKnaves said:
To go serious for a second, I believe it is less about parent groups potentially complaining, and more about fear of some nutbag redhat going on social media and praising Hasbro for finally making a KKK action figure. Which is insane, since CoCo doesn’t look like that at all in a hood. This whole stupid tempest in a teapot goes back to Lorenzo di Bonaventura running his mouth about the hood back when he was working on his crap Joe movies. It’s the silliest, most reactionary, least logical thing ever regarding this brand. I mean he’s the leader of a terrorist organization for shit’s sake. Not only is the “ban” ridiculous and unnecessary, it also dilutes the very real need to root out *actual* redhat/fascist/nazi dog-whistling in media. This topic seriously grinds my gears.
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Yeah, unfortunately, I think it's just a product of the world we live in currently. Obviously, Nazis have been and always will be lower than the scum of the earth, but even a decade or so ago, when they were a quiet minority in the world, it didn't seem like such a big deal. Hell, they even became the butt of the joke or the punching bag (as they should). But now that the world is back to increasingly vocal and violent hate groups, it rubs people the wrong way to see any sort of cult-like imagery, however antiquated it may be. I suspect that's part of why things like the Indiana Jones Adventure Series didn't go deeper (aside from poor sales)- its villains are literal Nazis, and it's weird to both produce that, and have that on your shelf, even if you leave the literal insignia itself off. It's a really fine line, and like you said, it doesn't matter that said figure is clearly presented as the bad guy, you're going to get both parents/human rights groups that complain, but also the worst person you've ever met in your life is going to praise them for doing it, so it's easier to just not attempt. I think you can get away with it on something like Star Wars because there's so much else to the story, that the themes are hidden behind cool alien designs and space lasers, whereas Indiana Jones, and even GI Joe to an extent, are rooted more in realism.

I definitely agree it's a bit silly. I of course see both sides, but I've always been of the mind that you can't try to bury these sorts of ideas, lest you be doomed to repeat it. It's definitely a double-edged sword and a tricky balance, but you've gotta keep those sorts of people in the discussion so you can teach people that it's not okay. Yeah, it's an uncomfortable topic for many to discuss, but it should be- we shouldn't ever be comfortable with these kinds of people (especially enough to make them an elected official). We definitely, as a society, shy away from having difficult discussions with our kids (everything from sex to politics), and it does effect people's ability to absorb and process such topics later on.

Anyway. I fear I'm losing the plot a bit here, and I don't mean to derail this already political thread with even more politics.
 
Damien said:
Let's be real clear about this: 90% of people, a number I just made up, that want to stop you from talking about politics are conservatives. It's just sweeping. Don't talk about it because it makes us look bad, and we don't want to have to defend the inane bullshit that we perpetrate in the voting booth.

These people will use their 'political beliefs' to destroy the planet, destroy your life, destroy your neighbours lives, and then complain that 'politics ruins everything.' No, my dude. YOUR politics ruins everything and you just don't want to be held responsible for that.
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There was an op-ed that went semi-viral a few weeks ago. I never read the piece, only saw folks online dunking on the writer. I think it was this one.

You can vote for whoever you want. But nobody has to like you.

These people are the world's biggest babies. Like, you won. Your guy did it. He's the king. Abortion is next to illegal in the United States. Without reform, the Supreme Court will be conservative for the rest of our lives. He's crashing the world economy because he's the world's specialest boy.

You want to be well-received at parties, too? Fuck off.
Damien said:
I can't speak for TSI, and this place belongs to him 100%. But I can say that as long as I'm here, as long as I'm invited to be involved at the level that I am, I will never allow this place to sweep for Nazis and silence conversation because it might hurt the feelings of people with fuck-awful 'political' takes. I'll head out the door if that were to ever start to happen (and I don't imagine it ever will, if I know TSI as well as I think).
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I'm the owner and operator, but as lame as it sounds, this place belongs to all of us. I can't build a community by myself. I can't have thoughtful, introspective, or nuanced discussions alone.

I'm not gating topics here. If folks start throwing insults or worse, we'll deal with it as necessary. Nazis are another can of worms. There's a zero tolerance policy for Nazis or Nazi-like ideology. Thankfully, that hasn't been a problem yet.
 
Just saw the latest tariff thingie on China is 145%? Sorry if someone reported that already but I hadn't seen it that high yet.
 
To show what I pay attention to, Ireland is getting tariffed as well... So Americans are less likely to buy those products now, which I'm guessing will be a major blow to these companies, and I imagine that's true for many of these countries. Seriously asking, is the point to crash economies across the world?
 
Ru1977 said:
To show what I pay attention to, Ireland is getting tariffed as well... So Americans are less likely to buy those products now, which I'm guessing will be a major blow to these companies, and I imagine that's true for many of these countries. Seriously asking, is the point to crash economies across the world?
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Does this mean that new Leprechaun figure they showed at NYTF is going to cost even more.
 
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