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Grendel  ·  3238 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Emotional Scars of Hubski

That's racist.





user-inactivated  ·  3237 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The fact that this many people circle dotted this dude's comment has got me losin some hubski faith, no lie. I mean I know the circle dots are overall unimportant, but still, shit you guys.

Like when the MRA guy goes around and bitches about racism, the general idea is to NOT encourage his indulgent whining. You can all preach about being thoughtful, so thoughtful and playing devil's advocate, and play pretend, but stuff it. You're giving points to a dude that's arguing semantics. Like I can fucking SEE the same smug shit-eating grin that probably came with pressing the "reply" button after typing this out, like the million times I've seen it IRL.

I'm now able to count on both hands the number of times I've seen this same disingenuous bullshit here. "Ugh, 'Don doesn't trust white people, that's so racist. Now I'm going to go to the store and not get followed around in it, then walk down this street while getting to keep my hands in my pockets without any problems, so I can get into my car and drive away without worrying that some cop won't think it's mine." Boo fucking hoo.

The projection is real. Do I get to complain about hubski's good old days now? Have I been here long enough? If that's true then get me some protein and call me Akihiko 'cause

thenewgreen  ·  3236 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not sure if there are many other places where you'll find this type of conversation occur as a result of a two word comment.

I'd say the thoughtfulness is alive and well.

thenewgreen  ·  3236 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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mk  ·  3234 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Circledots on a comment are a poor way to judge the lot of us. Without downvotes, it won't be long before a small amount of users can fill a hubwheel, especially if it resonates with an unpopular opinion they hold.

OftenBen  ·  3234 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Would a bigger hubwheel, or some way to visualize circledots beyond the initial 8 help?

_refugee_  ·  3232 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think we have talked about potentially weighting votes so that a spoke is not equivalent to one person. But that might have its drawbacks.

humanodon  ·  3236 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is where things are, dude. Had an interesting conversation with a Colombian yesterday; she told me she doesn't feel safe in East Boston, which is heavily Colombian.

Her reason? Because she knows what Colombian people are like. That blew my mind. I don't know if that's primarily a race thing, but the fact that she just assumes that living around other Colombians is more dangerous than living around Americans in America, is weird.

zeroFail  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Holy shit, this comment is almost as bad as one of those people that start a sentence with "I'm not racist, but..."

You seriously think distrusting a race of people based off the color of their skin isn't racist? Seriously, there's literally no amount of mental gymnastics that can spin such an opinion into a logical conclusion.

user-inactivated  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And so it begins

Edit: bruh it's cool I haven't been on Hubski in forever and I don't forsee that changing anytime soon (I just got Splatoon, you see).

I've had my fair share of smug Internet superiority debates about shit white boys don't understand anything about as it is, this summer is mine. Try minimum, she loves fucking with people like you

omnishant  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

so someone disagreeing with you is the end of the world? Rather than pointing out anything worthwhile against zeroFail's argument, you just played the troll card.

user-inactivated  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...yes.

Good night

omnishant  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

at least you're honest. have a nice night.

zeroFail  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man, I'm not looking to get into a debate over you agreeing that saying "I don't trust white people" isn't racist. Like, you can't even debate something like that. I just saw the comment and was so taken aback I had to say something.

Please, enjoy Splatoon. I hear it's a great game.

thenewgreen  ·  3236 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hopefully this tells you something about the better angels of our nature and the nature of the community here. Overwhelmingly shared:

We love you pal!

That said, I am growing a bit impatient for some Hubskina... not gonna lie.

user-inactivated  ·  3238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

in the words of Bahar Mustafa,

    I, an ethnic minority woman, cannot be racist or sexist towards white men, because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender. Therefore, women of colour and minority genders cannot be racist or sexist, since we do not stand to benefit from such a system.

    In order for our actions to be deemed racist or sexist, the current system would have to be one that enables only people of color and women to benefit economically and socially on such a large scale and to the systematic exclusion of white people and men, who for the past four hundred years would have been subjected to block colonization.

    We do not live in such a system, we do not know of such a history, reverse racism and reverse sexism are not real.

tl;dr shut up white boy

Grendel  ·  3238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry, but there's no such thing as "reverse racism"; there's only racism. When people start saying things like "you can't be racist against whites because blablabla", they're only making excuses for their own bigotry. They want to be able to openly hate a racial group without the social repercussions that come with such behaviour.

user-inactivated  ·  3238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i said shut up white boy

caelum19  ·  3238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I, an ethnic minority woman, cannot be racist or sexist towards white men, because racism and sexism describe structures of privilege based on race and gender.
Nope

    In order for our actions to be deemed racist or sexist, the current system would have to be one that enables only people of color and women to benefit economically and socially on such a large scale and to the systematic exclusion of white people and men, who for the past four hundred years would have been subjected to block colonization.

I will agree the majority of racism is directed toward black people, and the majority of sexism to non-men. But she is basically saying because of the 'current system', SHE is unable to be racist or sexist. They are completely unrelated.

    tl;dr shut up white boy
Fighting fire with fire may be effective, but you end up with a lot of burnt down buildings.

It's also pretty mean and narrow minded, I was expecting much better on Hubski.

user-inactivated  ·  3236 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    These can take the form of social actions, practices or beliefs, or political systems that consider different races to be ranked as inherently superior or inferior to each other, based on presumed shared inheritable traits, abilities, or qualities. It may also hold that members of different races should be treated differently.[1][2][3]

hmm sounds like structures of privilege to me

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