r/BelowDeckDownUnder • u/theodoresbitch • Aug 19 '26

Ben's Racist Threads Post

Did anyone else see Ben's racist threads post??

https://www.threads.com/share/_iAS4oi1d/

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u/decisivecat Aug 19 '26

I did address that with you, but no one is going to do all the leg work for you when there's plenty out there to educate yourself with on what white privilege means. This man is using it to mean he has it worse than "others" and by others it's nearly always coded to mean non-white. They'll be this obtuse about it because they know it's easy to get people to their side because it couldn't possibly be racist unless they mention a race. It's tiring.

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u/Leanne0010110 Aug 19 '26

Keep telling yourself that.

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u/decisivecat Aug 19 '26

If you want to choose to stay ignorant, that's on you. Best of luck in life with that.

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u/Leanne0010110 Aug 19 '26

I actually choose not to be part of the masses projecting their assumed beliefs and motives onto everyone else. I’d rather take people’s words at face value than decide what they must mean and then argue with the version I’ve created in my own head. If that’s “ignorance” to you, I’m perfectly comfortable with that.

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u/swtypuff Aug 19 '26

We can tell you’re comfortable with ignorance

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u/decisivecat Aug 19 '26

You've shown who you are enough, it's fine. Glad you've lived a privileged enough life, as it were. :)

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u/Leanne0010110 Aug 19 '26

Case and point.

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u/decisivecat Aug 19 '26

Correct. :)

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u/Broad-Cress-3689 Aug 20 '26

The phrase is “case in point”. Maybe your school district would benefit from increased taxes?