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What does “orientalist” even mean
I don’t know what he meant by it, but orientalism is the tendency of western authors, audiences, etc. to conflate many different eastern cultures. It usually stems from a lack of familiarity with any particular culture, and a very shallow knowledge and understanding thereof. An example could be using Mongolian designs in a Persian setting.
I am pretty sure the chink in his armor was to write something other than “orientalist”. Pathetic really
Can you not use that word even if it’s ironic?
Do you mean removed in his armor?
It would be if that was the message I was writing. I’m saying that term is nothing more than a dog whistle and I used a dog whistle myself.
I’m sorry, I was making a joke. lemmy.ml censors the word “chink” and changes it to “removed”, making “chink in his armor” turn into “removed in his armor”.