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Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S... by spacemanmatt on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:26PM (#15220839)
> Thinking black people are inferior is a political view.

No, that's not a political view. That's plain old racism. Politics has to do with money and power. Thinking black people are inferior is white supremacy. Don't conflate that reasonable positions taken in politics.

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Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S... by deong on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:46PM (#15221046)
I don't think it makes sense to deny that it's both. One can hold abhorrent political views -- that doesn't make them not political. What were the Nazis if not a political movement based on white supremacy?
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