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#33
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03-05-2020, 12:16 AM
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Re: Tyler Williams Shot in Eyes
Oh, they're white? As one guy on here who loves to comment this when it comes to black crimes, "It's the *******". Did I do it right?
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03-05-2020, 03:35 AM
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Re: Tyler Williams Shot in Eyes
No, I don't think you did it right. This isn't a black or white thing, it is a rotten, lost girl frying in the frying pan, too much time staring at the sun...forgot the beauty of life... but yeah if you were trying to make some kind of racial commentary you failed. maybe next time |
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#35
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03-05-2020, 12:16 PM
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Re: Tyler Williams Shot in Eyes
He was really making a comment specifically about one of our more egregiously racist and outspoken site members here. Not so much about racial issues in general. We have several members who have a long-standing history of blaming race every time there's a black-on-black crime depicted on this site. He was merely mentioning that those same people are oddly silent in the face of this homicide. I'm afraid it was you who failed. Maybe next time. |
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#36
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03-06-2020, 01:34 AM
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Re: Tyler Williams Shot in Eyes
Yea, I have been here and on the internet in general for a little while. I see the kind of posts some idiots make. It is all boring stupidity and I saw nobody being stupid in this thread yet. It is generally best to not indulge the ignorant anyway and I feel most regular people who can think know those specific people you may be talking about say that stuff because they are stupid or they are trying to get a reaction, which is utterly mundane. To me it just feeds the fire to make comments like omega did, it contributes little to any conversation and it may just invite trolling or make things worse, so I consider his racial commentary attempt a failure for its content and insight, which left much to be desired. Also, I encourage him to not give up on his intellectual journey and maybe next time his comment will have some real value or humor. Thank you tho Ved, you command respect on this forum and I am honored by your response. I do not take your curtness with me personally, I know I am just a lurker, some guy on the internet |
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#37
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03-06-2020, 02:11 AM
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Re: Tyler Williams Shot in Eyes
He could have presented a better argument, yes. Or a funnier one or whatever. I'm not disputing that. But I've seen what happens when you let the alt-right racists run rampant on sites like this. You wind up with a shit-infested, half-assed nazi clownshow like ******. The site owner and the site as a whole have a strong disposition against racism in any form, but we typically only hard-police it when it is overwhelmingly blatant. I feel that in today's climate, especially in an environment like this one, ignoring it and allowing it to go unchecked is tacitly permissive and serves as a de facto endorsement of the conduct. So I am often inclined to demur when a user chooses to call out an egregious racist for his incessant racist monologues. But you aren't wrong that it could have been better presented, or at least given more appropriate context. Thank you for your thoughts. And I apologize for my curtness if it was unwarranted. As you say, been modding here too long to give total strangers the benefit of the doubt when they smack a poster for calling out Oswald's racism. |
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#38
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03-06-2020, 08:32 AM
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Re: Tyler Williams Shot in Eyes
Amazing what Meth can do over the course of 6 years... The contrast is scary, now the kid has to grow up without real parents...imagine if 10-15 years from now on he/she found these pictures of the parents when they were a happy normal couple, then found his/her dad's murder photo and the mum's methhead mugshot |
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03-06-2020, 09:31 AM
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Re: Tyler Williams Shot in Eyes
Hispanic and white aren't alternatives but supplementary. Hispanic is an ETHNIC identifier, not a racial classification. so, you can be white Hispanic, black Hispanic, etc. and they classify as race + Hispanic or race + non-Hispanic
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