Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by skinkestek on Thursday July 22, 2021 @07:45AM
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I think you are honest so I'll give you my best explanation:
Many people here, including many black I think are utterly fed up with nonsense.
I am someone who badgered my boss to get him to give a job to the foreign cleaning lady who had the necessary degree (he did give her a job). My Indian colleague came to thank me a few years later for helping them settle in.
And I'd probably step in in a fight to save someone.
But this stupid stuff that has been going on for the last few years? I guess it causes even more grief for everyone.
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by l33t2328 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:18AM
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They’re not dismissing systemic racism, they’re mocking some radical proposed “solutions”.
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by commandlinefan on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:03AM
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Well, just for the record, I'm dismissing it too - "systemic" racism is completely imaginary.
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by l33t2328 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:44AM
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Why do you say that?
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by commandlinefan on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:36PM
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Well, for one, it's not actually defined - and this is deliberate, because if one were try to define it in any meaningful way it could immediately be proven to be incorrect. For the most part, its proponents point to (somewhat arbitrary) statistics, but ignore counter-statistics (like incarceration rates of men vs. women, for example) that undermine their position.
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by l33t2328 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:29PM
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You would say average income, education level, incarceration rate, etc. are arbitrary?
Is there any statistic where black people in America are performing better than any other race?
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by hackerrrnews on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:12AM
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Definitely! It's completely imaginary to those it doesn't affect.
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by alexilliamson on Thursday July 22, 2021 @08:21AM
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Jokes are generally downvoted on HN, except of course when they come from illuminated edge-lords or the anti-woke! Hilarious, you see?
Are you making the point you intended?