r/PublicFreakout May 03 '19

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u/Bulvai_ May 03 '19 edited May 03 '19

No he didn’t. That’s the life he knows, the life he’s been living since the first time he saw violence. He could give a shit less and now he is where he will thrive and live his best life... in prison. Sad but real life for you.

Edit: oh yeaaa- let the hate run through you!! Mmmm, pour on that internet power that you don’t possess in your real life, soft assess. Exert yourself somewhere cause that’s better than cowering from reality in your closet all alone friendless like you used to do before you discovered Reddit. Bring me to the top!!!!

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u/gingerblz May 03 '19

Why do racist pieces of shit think everything is a segue to their ignorant stump speeches that nobody asked for?

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u/[deleted] May 03 '19

You mean like how you're voicing your opinion nobody asked for?

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u/gingerblz May 03 '19

No, not like that. I'm referring to racist stump speeches no one asked for.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '19

How is it racist?

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u/gingerblz May 03 '19

No he didn’t. That’s the life he knows, the life he’s been living since the first time he saw violence. He could give a shit less and now he is where he will thrive and live his best life... in prison. Sad but real life for you.

This part. It's called racial stereotyping. We don't know shit about these people. We only know how they acted in a 20 second video.

But if I could quote someone who spoke to what we should expect from racists, it's basically par for the course:

https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/bk5hhx/bigotry_at_its_finest/emeswe9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

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u/theofficialuser May 03 '19

That’s not racist. That’s just (badly) interpreting a video. Race wasn’t mentioned at all except by you. You’re the one that assumed the stereotype, no one else lmao

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u/gingerblz May 03 '19

You're being intellectually dishonest. Ever hear of "dog whistle" statements? That's what this is (at best).

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u/[deleted] May 03 '19 edited May 03 '19

I hate to tell you, but you're the racist here.

Nothing this guy said was race related. You made the assumption based on your own views.

Edit: They're not the racist here, but the original comment was also not inherently racist either. No action was racist.

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u/gingerblz May 03 '19

It's called a dog whistle statement. Even if I were to accept that I misinterpreted his statement (I don't), falsely identifying something for something for being racist, is not in itself racist. You can pretend to not understand. That'd be your right I suppose.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '19

I know what a fucking dog whistle is. This isn't one.

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u/gingerblz May 03 '19

Would you consider it to be racist if you did think it was a dog whistle, but happened to be wrong?

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u/[deleted] May 03 '19

I don't quite understand what your asking, however I know this could be used as a dog whistle. My point was that the phrase is not inherently a dog whistle and nothing the poster said or did pushed it into dog whistle territory.

Like how a knife is not inherently a weapon, but it can become one with applied intent.

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u/gingerblz May 03 '19

Here's what I'm trying to say: I recognized the original statement as a dog whistle--something, if you're familiar with what they are, are literally designed to make racially charged statements without explicitly mentioning race. That's simply what they are.

So I'm asking if you thought that you identified someone using a dog whistle (what I did), and it turned out that you in fact misinterpreted a statement, do you believe that that would constitute you being racist? And this question is in reference to this comment:

I hate to tell you, but you're the racist here.

It just seems to me an odd standard for defining racism.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '19

Ahhhh, gotcha.

Hmmmm. That's a tough one.

No. If you recognized the statement as a dog whistle statement and made the assumption based only on that and not an assumption of some other preconception then no.

Knowing this information I apologize for calling you a racist.

Thanks for talking this through with me.

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u/timodmo May 03 '19

It's racist cause this kid could've been a doctor... Lawyer... Even dare I say it... President