• @GrammarPolice
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    -591 month ago

    Does this comment/joke assume all white South Africans are racist?

    • TheLowestStone
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      701 month ago

      No. It simply states that it’s not surprising when one is.

        • @KoalaUnknown
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          It’s bigoted to invade a county and extort them for labor because you believe the native population to be inferior.

          • @GrammarPolice
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            I know. It is also bigoted to say you’re not surprised by a white South African being racist. That’s like saying you’re not surprised by a black African American being a criminal.

              • @GrammarPolice
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                -231 month ago

                Yes it is. You’re making a judgement about both groups based on the colour of their skin

                • @Duamerthrax
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                  161 month ago

                  If it makes you feel any better, I’m pre-judging Musk based on his bank account.

                  • @GrammarPolice
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                    -121 month ago

                    Then it’s more like imperialist white South Africans, so judge away.

                • @Dkarma
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                  101 month ago

                  Wow …no you’re not. Jesus, where did you learn logic???

                  • @GrammarPolice
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                    -191 month ago

                    Since you’re so knowledgeable about logic Mr. Philosophy, why don’t you go ahead and tell me what is wrong with my comparison.

                    Also, you’re lucky I’m not blasting you for that atrocious punctuation

            • @AlexanderTheDead
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              Also, I wouldn’t frame it the way you framed it, but I don’t think it is racist to say “I’m not surprised by a Black American having a criminal record”. Not because Black Americans are predisposed to crime, but because they are targeted by overpolicing and system racism lmao.

              Edit: 1/7ish Black American Men have been to prison. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5996985/#:~:text=We estimate that 3 %25 of,African American adult male population.

            • @eatCasserole
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              230 days ago

              We had to invent a new term to describe the racism of white south Africans, they’ve earned a little suspicion.

        • @pyre
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          141 month ago

          you’re the guy who said that we can’t say the police is a racist organization because there are black cops. I wouldn’t be too involved in race conversations if I were you tbh.

          • @GrammarPolice
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            -91 month ago

            I admit that one might have been a bad take in hindsight, but my stance is unshakeable on this issue

        • Flying Squid
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          121 month ago

          I’m a white guy from Indiana. And if Elon Musk was from Indiana and someone said, “a guy from Indiana made his app anti-black? Shocking.” I’d be like, “I know, right? This state is full of racist as fuck white people.” I wouldn’t be offended.

          • @GrammarPolice
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            -61 month ago

            But he’s not from Indiana though. The point I’m trying to make is that the commenter posed an unfair stereotype which suggested that white South Africans are proclived to racism even though there are no facts to support that argument. There is however evidence to suggest that Indianans or Idahoans or whatever other white inhabitants of famously racist US states are proclived to racism.

            Do you see my point?

            • Flying Squid
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              111 month ago

              You’re right, he’s from an even more racist place. So I’m not sure why you think that’s an unfair stereotype when it is a fair one for a U.S. state that never had apartheid or slavery.

                • Flying Squid
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                  41 month ago

                  Interesting how eager you were for me to see your point, and when I responded to it, all you did was troll.

                  I guess I shouldn’t have expected any better.

                  • @GrammarPolice
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                    -41 month ago

                    How is that a troll comment?

                    What did i do to you? Sounds like you have some animosity towards me

            • @AlexanderTheDead
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              You know South Africa had(has?) apartheid, right? Culturally, yes, they are proclived to racism.

              edit: yeah it ended in 1990(1994?). Lmao. Within the last 30 years they were an apartheid state.

        • @PunnyName
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          51 month ago

          Oh no. White people being the target of bigotry? Welcome to the fucking club that they started.

          • @GrammarPolice
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            -91 month ago

            Just calling out the double standard man. We don’t have to continue a bad practice.

            • @PunnyName
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              Oh, so the oppressed aren’t allowed to dismantle their oppressors? They must rise above and be civil? They are the ones that must be kind and courteous to those who would subjugate them further?

              What kind of bootlicker are you?

            • @grindemup
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              -61 month ago

              Sir, you are bringing logic to a Lemmy thread where only emotion matters. It doesn’t seem to be going well for you frankly.

              • @PunnyName
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                71 month ago

                It’s flawed logic. Being kind and civil to one’s oppressors is literally further oppression.

                Were you one of those people bitching about the 2020 George Floyd protests, too?

              • @GrammarPolice
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                -71 month ago

                I don’t know why i still bother honestly; only to be labelled a fascist/Nazi once they’re done with the downvote bombing. It’s disgusting.