Re:4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager
by rarec on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:27PM
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Not to defend racism, but you'll find that pretty much every race that's not 2D gets shit on when you're on 4chan. That's just part of being a moderator-lite website. The entire idea is you shouldn't bring your real life onto the site, you'll find people ready and able to tear down anything for incredibly inane reasons. Why is it that it's so prevalent is an excellent question; why do people resort to such strong racist/sexist/divisive opinions when they get to have a mask?
Re:4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager
by Brakenshire on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:42PM
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Most people are not racist/sexist when given a mask, the people who are go to /b/ or /pol/, and in the process get further radicalized.
Re:4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager
by aspaceman on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:53PM
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Part of 4chan's whole game is claiming that "everyone is racist with a mask" in order to justify "I'm racist with a mask".
Re:4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager
by mikec3010 on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:46PM
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What's ironic here is how conservative your position is: defending the status quo that the n-word must reflexively provoke outrage. People are imploring you to accept that times are changing and the word is being disassociated from hate, yet you're sticking to the 40 year old definition because "that's just how it always was".
Doesn't that remind you of something?
Re:4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager
by aspaceman on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:53PM
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???
I don't care how conservative my opinion is. I don't equate the quality of arguments and opinions with which adjectives can be used to describe them.
Also please point to which decade it was where the n-word was "disassociated from hate". When has the word not been used in a hateful way?
Calling people the n-word provokes outrage because it is an outrageous thing to do. The word has a history and we all know it.
> People are imploring you to accept that times are changing and the word is being disassociated from hate
The only people imploring me of this are random folks on the Internet. I talk to black folks all the time in the real world, and you know what? It's still not ok.
I really cannot wrap my mind around the lack of empathy required to say "if you can't handle it" to people being called racist slurs. I presume you have never been called a racist slur. I presume you have never been demonized for your skin color - how can you even begin to know what that's like?
Ignoring the hatred that people on 4chan have for black people is not trivial - obviously this is more affecting for a person if they're black.
Have you read any testimonials about racism, or how it's made folks feel, or anything like that? There's many books out there, and I think your lack of empathy comes from ignorance. Reading some first-hand experience may make it more clear.