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>cryptoracist He hates cryptographers?
by joe_mamba 9mo ago
>cryptoracist
He hates cryptographers?
- laidoffamazon 9mo agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cryptoracist https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cryptoracist
- joe_mamba 9mo agoSo it's a made up term from people who want to discredit people they don't like by calling them "secret racist" without having any proof.
- laidoffamazon 9mo agoAll terms are made up by humans
- joe_mamba 9mo agoYeah but calling someone a racist is a serious accusation, you better bring receipts or be liable for defamation. Calling them a "secret racist" instead isn't the workaround that absolves you from this.
- tptacek 9mo agoYou cannot in fact be made liable for defamation for calling someone a racist. (Patrick, a close friend I have known for many years, is not a racist.)
- dragonwriter 9mo ago> Yeah but calling someone a racist is a serious accusation, you better bring receipts or be liable for defamation There are a large number of countries with their own systems of law, and its possible that in one of them calling someone a racist might be subject to defamation law, but in most I am aware of that's going to be a problem because its not even a well-enough-defined fact claim to be legally true or false.
- renewiltord 9mo agoI should warn you that the user you are replying to is a crypto-paedophile. Be careful. There is no evidence to describe how he might retaliate.
- mikkupikku 9mo agoCrypto[insult] is just a shorthand for saying "I don't actually have evidence to support my accusation."
- mock-possum 9mo agoNo, it’s a term for a particular brand of racism - Like complimenting someone for being ‘articulate,’ or ‘one of the good ones.’ Sounds innocent enough, until you understand the racist underpinnings.
- mikkupikku 9mo agoSee above, where it is being used as an insult without any evidence to back it up. This is the most common usage, and usage defines the true meaning of the word.
- SketchySeaBeast 9mo agoThe man has nothing nice to say about Bigfoot.
- renewiltord 9mo agoThe alternative explanation that he is against cryptocurrency actually is true.
- SketchySeaBeast 9mo agoSeems to be a bad use of "racist".
- renewiltord 9mo agoOh I agree. I’m mostly just being facetious.