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AI Jesus Looks Like Colin Kaepernick
Driving racist men’s rights advocates insane
Some people are debating whether AI art will end the careers of tens of thousands of artists.
Others are losing their minds because an AI reconstruction of what Jesus Christ may have looked like . . .
. . . bears a resemblance to former NFL quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick . . .
Pointing out this resemblance via the hellhole known as Twitter drew a quick half dozen white supremacist (or just one guy with sock puppets) who used their usual moronic memes and gifs to mock Kaepernick. One person said they were not racist — Kaepernick wasn’t playing in the NFL right now because he, and I quote, “Changed his tryout location.”
I checked and this situation would have occurred … five years ago.
When I was a kid, I remember the social controversy about Muhammad Ali changing his name from Cassius Clay being discussed among adults. I only recall his change of name being discussed, not his refusal to submit to the Vietnam War draft.
In April, 1967, Ali, Olympic Gold Medalist and heavyweight boxing champion, refused to enter the draft for the Vietnam War, saying, “I ain’t got no quarrel with the Vietcong.” Ali’s title was stripped, he was fined $10,000, banned…
