• Etterra@discuss.online
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    Because they saw old movies and cartoons where ridiculous villains had gator-filled moats around their evil lairs and felt inspired.

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      More that blacks being eaten by alligators and crocodiles is a racist trope dating back to at least the early 1800s.

      Article is actually a serious look at it.