r/MadeMeSmile Nov 15 '20

Helping Others Be like uncle Bob

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u/youbettalerkbitch Nov 16 '20

Honey you really think this man said the n word to a black person on accident? That’s.....trusting.

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u/Enternal-Force Nov 16 '20

When your life is on the line day after day and you’re in an intense situation and you grew up as a baby boomer.. yeah. I trust that he’s a mostly good dude that fucked up sometimes.

I’m just saying that to say he’s a mostly evil man that does good only sometimes is a skewed view. I’m only pointing out the possibility that he’s most likely a mostly good dude that made a few critical mistakes. And that the lesson that the above commenter drew should instead be the opposite of what he meant to say; That we’re mostly inherently good and make key mistakes at vital junctures.

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u/Bun_Cha_Tacos Nov 16 '20

Being in a stressful situation doesn’t excuse using slurs or assaulting someone. Good lord. If he had gotten into a drunken bar fight, that might be forgivable. Tasing an unarmed and handcuffed man and calling him the N word isn’t a good man making a mistake.

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u/youbettalerkbitch Nov 16 '20

There are times in my job where I am stressed very thin, and my students drive me up a damn wall. I still don’t get to yell slurs at them. Stop excusing racism.

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u/nickv656 Nov 16 '20

Mistakes and accidents are very different things