Punching down doesn't mean 'we only make fun of white straight males' at least not in GTA's terms. The joke is the LA thinks it's progressive but is still as much apart of the white and rich power structure as anywhere else.Īlso this 'punching down' thing is being blown out of proportion. In the mission where you have to sneak into Michael's house as franklin and you're caught by the Yogi whos banging Mike's wife he goes: "Ohh nooo! He's Blaaack!" During the mission failure cutscene. The Republican Space Rangers aren't presented as 'fake' wannabe rednecks. Impotent rage isn't a progressive, he's champagne socialist and limousine liberal. But these are not being made fun of from a 'conservative' point of view, its making fun of them for attempting/protending to progressive and forward thinking and how they fail. Yes I'm obviously aware of Impotent Rage and cosmopolitan hipster jokes. This is not 'both sides'.Īnd I know where you going, "Well what about when it satirizes/makes fun of left wing people?!" The usual targets of GTA gun culture, conspiracy theories, jingoistic hyper-patriotism, ultra-capatalist consumerism, hell even the 'american dream' is meta narrative being deconstructed in every single game. GTAV's main villians were both straight white men one corrupt law enforcement and the other a narcissistic billionaire. Jizzy B, massive mysoginist and hated piece of shit.
Rocco Pelosi, racist and homophobe, hateful piece of shit. Think of Billy Grey, noted racist and anti-semite. GTA has never been a 'all sides are as bad as each other' the game goes out of its way to portray bigoted characters as uniquely evil and stupid. Have any of you actually played these games? Listened to the radio stations? Visited the websites? Listened to these characters talk?
I'm starting to think all the jokes about the GTA community being pissed off zoomers on GTA online hold more truth than jest.
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