I really have no idea what this crap about Tumblr is. I don't use it, and I don't really know anyone who does. When I click a link to it, it's almost always a cute animal picture or a piece of art that has no relation to any controversial subject. If there's something more to Tumblr, I wouldn't know, and there is no reason to assume I would.
People raised not to call others monkeys are not somehow the result of the latest social media fad.
By the way, the key line from the article you didn't read (yet presume to understand its author's intent): "I have come to the conclusion that OpenSSL is equivalent to monkeys throwing feces at the wall."
"Not surprisingly, it wasn't worth my time," says the guy conducting multiple conversations in the comments section of an article on the internet that he didn't agree with.
If there's something more to Tumblr, I wouldn't know, and there is no reason to assume I would.
"This guy says something I associate with racism so he's racist. I say something you associate with Tumblr and there's NO REASON TO ASSUME I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TUMBLR".
The trope is universal and deeply embedded in American society. It is not surprising that someone apparently from the UK would not realize this. It is surprising that a non-American is so eager to force their own cultural context onto an American issue. Isn't that a very American thing to do?
> The trope is universal and deeply embedded in American society.
No, it's not. Quit trying to pass yourself off as the ambassador of American culture. The majority of my 50 years on this earth have been spent living in the Midwest or U. S. South, neither of which are exactly hotbeds of racial tolerance and likely the origin of any racial slur you'll hear. And yet when I saw the title it never occurred to me to think of race at all. That is, until your comment showed up and I said to myself, "what the hell is he talking about?"
Sure, there are some racial slurs that involve the word "monkey". But they're not even close to what you're talking about, and if one were to use them one would come off sounding about 76 years old.
People raised not to call others monkeys are not somehow the result of the latest social media fad.