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“华人”是什么

这几天一直在YouTube上看波特王Potter King的“粉红月报”,笑得我气快都喘不过来了。老婆和女儿抗议我笑得太大声、太突然,把她们都吓到了,说要去给波特王留言告状他破坏家庭和睦。

“粉红月报”以台湾年青人特有的幽默感和段子手能力(也就是英文所谓的“trash talk”),嬉笑怒骂小粉红的各种逻辑混乱的言论,看了以后又开心又解气。尤其难得的是他对小粉红还区别对待,碰到那种完全没救的,就一顿爆锤,但骂人不带脏字;对于那些良知未泯,只是因为长期生活在谎言和洗脑文中一叶障目的,就苦口婆心的摆事实、讲道理,希望能够唤醒他们的良知。这种教育还真的起到了效果,居然有不少留言说自己以前就是个小粉红,看了波特王以后才发现不是这个世界的人都疯了,而是自己疯了;就好像开车发现其他人都在逆行,就应该想一想是不是自己开错了方向。

很快,YouTube的推荐算法就把我带到了已经红遍整个华语世界的、音乐鬼才Namewee黄明志的MV《玻璃心》:


因为这首歌,我才开始关注黄明志的音乐,发现“鬼才”之称确非浪得虚名。这才发现他就是当初在微博上发这个著名段子的人:



他的其他MV也非常有意思,我个人尤其喜欢这两个:

  • 《一万个开心的理由》(原曲传送门


我这样一说应该立刻暴露了我的年龄,毕竟流行音乐的时代性特别强,基本上十年就是一个代际更替。

这还没完,顺着他的YouTube频道,我发现他还拍了两个视频,就是让网友也模仿张学友和郭富城的声音来唱这两首向他们致敬的歌曲,然后从中挑选出学得最像的那几个,混剪成了这样两个有卡拉OK即视感的MV:
  • 《一万个开心的理由》

  • 《对你爱完了》

看完了这两个视频,我感慨良多。除了满满的怀旧感以外,我不禁思考为什么一群来自不同国家的人可以一起玩得这么high?他们之间的纽带是什么?他们这一群人应该怎么去称呼?

我的第一反应就是称呼他们为“华人”。因为共同的语言(官话、粤语)和文化(儒家文化圈),他们会喜欢同一个歌手,欣赏同一种音乐,享受同一种娱乐方式(卡拉OK)。这种共同喜好不是建立在国籍的基础上的,也完全不必跟国籍挂钩。大家在一起唱的时候,能感到一种强烈的认同感。这种认同感,跟你加入一个登山俱乐部或是业务足球队,是同一性质的。

在西方世界中,有许多相似的群体。比如“犹太人”,也是散落在不同的国家中,因为曾经共同的语言(希伯伦语)和宗教(犹太教)而形成了一个松散的群体,拥有一些共同的爱好。又比如说“法语文化圈”里的国家(法国、比利时、加拿大魁北克、阿尔及利亚等等),也是这样的关系。他们国与国之间平等相处,人民之间文化交流频繁,有共同喜欢的音乐、艺术等等。

但是“华人”这个群体,乃至于这个词本身,已经被小粉红绑架了。动辄“辱华”、“出征”,让很多人对“华人”这个词都已经产生了反感情绪。波特王也谈到过他对这个词的看法,甚至主张不要再使用这个词。一旦没人认为自己是“华人”,那么小粉红口中的“辱华”也就完全失去了它本来的肮脏目的,可谓釜底抽薪。

其实,真正让世界文明国家瞧不起、满口脏话、逻辑混乱、给“华人”这个词抹黑的,正是“厉害了,你的国”以及它蓄意培养、洗脑洗出来的小粉红。所以要说“辱华”,他们才是罪魁祸首!

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