[quote=@TokyoPewPew]
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I need help understanding how confronting and mocking this pattern of behavior, per the conceit of this thread, is actually endorsing and perpetuating it.
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The issue isn’t that you’re mocking the trope. That part is completely fair.  It’s that "Aladdinland" also flattens Middle Eastern inspiration into a punchline while accusing others of doing that exact thing. That’s what I was responding to. You weren’t endorsing the trope, but the phrasing definitely leaned into the same reduction, which is why your reading of my comment felt like a big double standard.