Re:Tor is not just for anonymity
by JewlionDid711 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:35AM
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It's not real racism. In the chan culture it's a lampoon of real racism, and is meant to antagonize people that aren't in on it being a joke. While there may be people that are actually racist on chan boards especially on 4chan's /pol/ which has been more or less co-opted by alt right loonies, most people who use the boards aren't and they are just memeing for the sake of triggering folks.
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What's the difference between being racist with the intent of offending ("triggering") people vs just being racist?
Isn't most racism done with the intent of making the target uncomfortable or offended? Like isn't that the entire point of racism? The KKK wasn't burning crosses to be friendly.
Re:Tor is not just for anonymity
by pcthrowaway on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:40AM
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I'm sure most KKK chapters were actually satirical, totally-not-racist, KKK chapters. It was that oddball 1 in a hundred chapter that crossed the line that gave the rest a bad name
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Making people uncomfortable. That's a really mild take on the whole KKK thing. Feeling very charitable today, are we?
Re:Tor is not just for anonymity
by JewlionDid711 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:02AM
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The difference being that I'm burning a cross in my front yard to keep my family warm because our heater is broken.
Speaking of chan culture, you must surely know that pretending to be racist is not really a great defense: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-was-only-pretending-to-be-r...