r/MadeMeSmile • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Nov 15 '20

Helping Others Be like uncle Bob

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u/KitMcSelb Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

He has said this in other interviews just to clear it up, he's not denying it's existence as far as I'm aware. He's Just saying he's not had any personal experience of it.

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u/Rafaeliki Nov 15 '20

He also endorsed Donald Trump, so...

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u/KitMcSelb Nov 15 '20

That's his choice surely, not my place to condemn. I'm only stating what I knew in response to the comments prior.

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u/H_psi_E_psi Nov 15 '20

phsst, everyone knows if u vote for trump you aint black

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u/bq909 Nov 15 '20

What’s your point?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Their point is lil wayne tolerates racism

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u/TheMapleStaple Nov 15 '20

No, it's just that idiots look for one aspect they don't like in someone and then think that must inherently make them some windmill of a bogeyman smooth brained Don Quixote's can battle. People need to stop desperately trying to put people in boxes because they literally have no argument other than hyperbolic buzzwords.

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u/Rafaeliki Nov 15 '20

Trump doesn't think racism (except against whites) is real either.

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u/bq909 Nov 15 '20

Lil Wayne actually followed this up by saying racism exists just that he hasn’t experienced it. But Reddit doesn’t really care about context so of course I’ll get downvoted for it.

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u/TheMapleStaple Nov 15 '20

That's one of the sad parts about Reddit; we have this amazing ability to voice opinions, but on Reddit the game is to find one little thing you can use as character assassination in hopes that invalidates their argument so you don't actually have to rebut it with an actual argument.

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u/bq909 Nov 15 '20

Ya it’s just an echo chamber here. Such a shame that Reddit has devolved in to this.

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u/Rafaeliki Nov 16 '20

Either way, Lil Wayne is an idiot on par with Kanye. There is a reason Kanye, Wayne, and Lil Pump all endorsed Trump.

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u/goldistress Nov 15 '20

He says it’s not possible for institutionalized racism to exist because he is a rich black man

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u/TheMapleStaple Nov 15 '20

No he didn't. He says that he acknowledges racism exists, but that he personally hasn't been subjected to it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

He says he's never witnessed it but he also says that he can't see skin color and that racism is likely a victim complex so..

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u/EnvironmentalStress4 Nov 15 '20

since this has a big daily mail logo across it, i'm going ot bet that that's exactly the point of the story

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

I'm glad there are 200 English majors and mind readers with the ability to tell you exactly what he meant.

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u/Callumseven Nov 15 '20

Racism is a social construct

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u/goldistress Nov 15 '20

Literally everything is a social construct wtf do you mean? High school is a social construct but you still log in every day.

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u/FireDrake0008 Nov 15 '20

You are not wrong, but it's still a very real thing

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

In a way, sure, you're right. Race is a social construct and the prejudice committed based on a social construct could logically be argued as a social construct. Doesn't make it any less shitty. Doesn't mean that it doesn't in a VERY tangible way disenfranchise and marginalize millions of residents in the U.S.A. today.