Grease Trap: January 11th, 2022

Holy shit this goblin debate would be immediately dismissed and laughed at not that long ago.

Love you Paul. You're my favorite member

hookshot245

Ya'll remember that whole question about if art imitates life or if life imitates art? I think it's both. In this case, it could easily be the former. Artist intent concerns the artist. How art is interpreted concerns it's role in the real world. I think TJ makes very valid points here and Paul is just overly defensive and salty as shit. Like, you can like somthing and still acknowledge where there might be problematic influences on it. That's part of growing the fuck up bud

hookshot245

An antisemitic person could see the traits of goblins and associate them as one and the same but there's literally no way to confirm whether this is what happened or not unless someone literally admits that's what they were doing.

J Allen

Every time it comes to watching a video TJ remembers the vice grip of The Wojcicki and he feels a phantom pain in his balls. She said she would take them next time, never again.

J Allen

Maya what's really bothering you? I seriously don't believe it's some little nonsense character that no one remembers the existence of until you actually mention it.

J Allen

Maya, how did any of what Paul was saying come off as anti Semitic? Take your $7 and shove it up your ass. Nobody cares.

Stefan Leov

That's right, nobody gets to bully Texas except us Americans!

Chandler

Goblins run the banks in Harry Potter because they're renown for being proficient at metal working and the wizarding world uses gold for currency. Pretty lame takes all around.

Daniel

"Trans women not having the same biological needs as a biological woman" This is exactly the problem that you and JKR seem to share that is the crux of the trans argument. You are conflating "woman" with FEMALE (or "biological woman" in your terms). If ever there comes a time where you can understand the difference between a social role/identity and a biological identity, you will understand why it IS absolutely anti-trans. not in the "lets minecraft them" kind of way, but in the "you don't have the right genitals to act/dress/talk this way" kind of way. It's incredibly dismissive to say the least, and what sucks is that it seems you aren't even aware of it. That being said, totally agree with you on goblins being too similar to Jewish caricatures thing though. I can see Paul's side, where he doesn't really wanna think about it that way cuz it would ruin his engagement with lots of media that incorporate goblins, but if we're being real about it....yeah. They certainly have the appearance of being a dog-whistle/wink and nod to Jewish stereotypes.

TeaWrecks

Paultard? WoW goblins are tiny and green, and they definitely don't run Alliance banks or auction houses.

Maya Balsich

Damn Paul with the antisemitic takes today, nice to see that my 7$ are going towards all this Jew hatred I guess.

Maya Balsich

No wonder Bulgarian rappers aren't very popular....they have the cheesiest beets

TeaWrecks

Gringott's Goblins are definitely coded Jewish

PixelCrusader

Idk seems pretty clear to me. Those Goblins have multiple Jewish stereotypes and one thing about a caricature is that it is not implicitly obvious. I agree that JKR gets too much vitriol over being a "terf" but that's not really anti-trans. It's quite clear that her comments about trans women not having the same biological needs as a biological woman should be considered is not anti-trans. It's a fact. People just want to attack her but these goblins are too similar to Jewish caricatures

Brad The Patreorn

oof Pauls Czech Bulgaria fantasy

Junigame

FAP

Jonathan Jones

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Agares

Do a deep dive on Bulgaria! It's must happen now

Omerta 2 tymes

Some real grease went into the trap today

Jon Kick