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> While the rule on hate protects such groups, it does not protect all groups or all forms of identity. For example, the rule does not protect groups of people
by schnautzi 6y ago
> While the rule on hate protects such groups, it does not protect all groups or all forms of identity. For example, the rule does not protect groups of people who are in the majority or who promote such attacks of hate.
Some are more equal than others.
- peroporque 6y agoThe left is currently redefining racism. Hate against Whites is defined as not being racist. And being White is means that you are always racist. I wish, I was kidding.
- collyw 6y agoSad that this truth has been downvoted.
- peroporque 6y agoBetter only being downvoted than being Canceled, like so many others are for daring to question the new "truths". So many people's economic and social lives have already been destroyed.
- collyw 6y agoThe silent majority needs to be able to stand up to the authoritarian and vocal minority. The problem is that you can loose your job over questioning them.
- lowtolerance 6y agoI wish white people would stop crying victim every time someone mentions the word “racism”.
- leereeves 6y agoI wish anti-white racist remarks were taken as seriously as other racism. Not much hope of that, I guess, when a major website like reddit is clearly saying they won't do anything at all about anti-white racism.
- mckirk 6y agoThey are allowed to point out racism perpetrated against them though, are they not?
- lowtolerance 6y agoYes, of course. But they should be called out for misrepresenting policy designed to work against discrimination of racial minorities as a discriminatory act against white people.
- peroporque 6y agoI lived most of my life in countries where "white" is the minority. I have experienced racism, from other people and from governments. But that doesn't count, because of my "wrong" skin color. You are a racist for judging people based on the color of their skin.
- lowtolerance 6y agoI didn’t make the argument that racism against whites doesn’t exist. I am a white male who has been a victim of racism, too. I’m making the point that policing instances of racism perpetrated against people of color doesn’t make white people victims. Don’t like the association with racism just because you’re white? Then do something about it. Spread the word that racism is wrong. And well, if don’t mind the association with racism quite so much as the fact that many white people are starting to be held accountable for their racist actions, then you are a racist.
- leereeves 6y ago> I’m making the point that policing instances of racism perpetrated against people of color doesn’t make white people victims. But this discussion is about reddit declaring that they will not police instances of racism perpetrated against white people.
- lowtolerance 6y agoThat is not what they declared, repeating a misrepresentation of the truth doesn’t make it any more truthful.
- leereeves 6y agoIt most certainly is what they declared. > the rule on hate ... does not protect groups of people who are in the majority That statement has nothing to do with protecting minorities, it's a declaration of not protecting the majority.
- mckirk 6y agoYou are correct. I found this video quite enlightening, particularly the part starting at 5:58: https://youtu.be/zT_0SULHCJI https://youtu.be/zT_0SULHCJI The SJW-left is indeed redefining the word 'racism' to fit their own power-based view of the world.
- yokaze 6y agoClearly a false equivalency. "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread"
- leereeves 6y agoThat sounds as if you're dismissing the seriousness of anti-white racism. I think you're wrong to do so. For example, 1036 people were victims of anti-white hate crimes in 2018. There were more anti-white hate crimes than anti-Asian, anti-Hispanic, or anti-native hate crimes. https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2018/topic-pages/victims https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2018/topic-pages/victims
- yokaze 6y agoI am dismissing equating protecting vulnerable minorities with the allegory of George Orwell's Animal farm, where the ruling class was enshrining privileges for itself.
- leereeves 6y agoYes, the "ruling class" of social media is enshrining their privilege to say nasty things about white men and women. Banning "hate speech" would be less disturbing if it were done fairly, but so much of the content on reddit is hate speech that I'm sure that won't happen. By adding the caveat "the rule does not protect groups of people who are in the majority", reddit admits that anti-white racism is a problem on their site, and says they've decided to allow it.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoAllowing white hate isn't "protecting vulnerable minorities," it's spreading hate.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoIt'll bite them in the ass when the trolls start posting white racist content.
- 0-_-0 6y agoIn the US 51% percent of the population are women, so the rule protects men but not women.
- Reimersholme 6y agoIn most countries in the world, white people are a minority, so I assume that Reddit in those countries will allow white people to hate on other ethnicities? If they would use a policy based on US ethnic composition globally, that would be extremely ethnocentric and colonial.