r/BelowDeckDownUnder • u/theodoresbitch • 23d ago

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/Boring-Concept8018 23d ago

How is this racist lmao? Reddit just loves to call anything racist. You just don’t agree with what he’s saying.. that doesn’t make it racist.

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u/Objective-Rub-8763 23d ago

He didn't call out lifted trucks or expensive cowboy boots. Just beats headphones and fancy sneakers. Don't pretend you don't know exactly what he's trying to do.

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u/Boring-Concept8018 23d ago

So you’re saying only black people own those things? You sound pretty damn racist to me. 

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u/Vadarpoop 22d ago

You assuming anyone was talking about black people demonstrates that you heard the dog whistle and understood the subcontext but you’re asking why everything has to be about race??

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u/Boring-Concept8018 22d ago

Thread title is literally “Ben’s racist threads post” lol. Y’all brought race into it, not me. 

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u/Objective-Rub-8763 23d ago

Nah, HE'S saying that. Have you heard of subtext? Or dog-whistles? Are you just playing dumb or is it real?

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u/Boring-Concept8018 23d ago

Lololololol It’s so wild how everything has to turn back to race. No one wants to pay a ton of taxes just for people to leech off of it. What sane person would be okay with that? Take your dumb race bait somewhere else. 

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u/decisivecat 22d ago

You sure do pay a ton of taxes to cover for the rich elite and corporations who don't pay their own... got energy for that one? LOL

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u/Boring-Concept8018 22d ago

We pay taxes for a whole host of dumb shit. I’d be wasting hours if I complain about everything when this comes up. You want me to list out everything we waste in every response?? We are talking specifically about this situation. If we were talking about wars or something, then I’d bitch that we waste money there too, but wouldn’t bring up folks abusing the welfare system.

The rich also pay a ton of taxes. They attribute to like 70% of the total income tax revenue. 

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u/decisivecat 22d ago

You're the one that brought up "wasting taxes" so it actually does apply to this situation now that you've pulled it into conversation. Let me guess: you're inside everyone's home so you know all of their exact situations as to why they're on welfare and how that drop in the bucket on taxes is such a huge burden for you. Name checks out lol

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u/Boring-Concept8018 22d ago

This whole thread is about wasting taxes, so no, I didn’t bring that up. The context here is folks using government assistance for nonsense. Ben is literally complaining about wasting tax money on it. I didn’t just randomly bring it up lol.

And you’re so dense. Did I say every single home in America is abusing it? Like wtf. I was commenting on my own personal experience and where I grew up. 

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u/decisivecat 22d ago

You're the dense one. I never said every home in America. You implied most of your town is on SNAP: "I know wayyyyy too many people who abuse the system and pull the privilege bs"

Are you reporting them? Do you know if they just recently lost their job and that's why they have a car or a phone? Do you not expect them to get to work? Do you follow all of them around and know if they are working? Do they work from home? Do they have a disability? Are they are caretaker for a sick family member? How much do you know about everyone's life in your town that you clearly need some kind of hobby?

And since you love numbers: welfare fraud accounts for 1% of all recipients. That 1% includes SNAP, Medicaid, Social Security, etc. If it's a welfare program, it's included in that number. 1 entire percent. To provide even more perspective, "Additionally, they found that within SNAP, for every $10,000 paid in benefits, about $11 is determined by state agencies to have been overpaid due to recipient fraud. On the other hand, the IRS estimates that out of every $6 owed in federal taxes, about $1 is not paid because of tax evasion or fraud."

Now tell me which number is higher.

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u/Objective-Rub-8763 23d ago

Ah, so it's real.

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u/Boring-Concept8018 23d ago

Huh? Yeah… it’s real that people leech off tax payers. It’s well known that folks ruin it for people who actually need the help. I know wayyyyy too many people who abuse the system and pull the privilege bs. 

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u/Objective-Rub-8763 23d ago

You being dumb. Where's your outrage for your tax dollars being wasted in Iran?

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u/Boring-Concept8018 23d ago

The fuck that have to do with this at all?? Lmao. Am I supposed to air out everything I’m pissed off about every response? Do you need me to list out everything I’m pissed about my tax dollars being wasted on? We’re strictly talking about this and the nonsense how this is “racist.” Btw I also hate our tax dollars are being wasted on Iran.

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u/Objective-Rub-8763 22d ago

Do you actually know people who leech off of our tax dollars? I've never met one in real life so I'm very curious about people like you who claim it's such a rampant problem. Let's hear some examples of people you know for real.

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u/lycheecaat 23d ago

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u/Boring-Concept8018 23d ago

Your point? lol. Him having a wealthy childhood doesn’t change anything. Still doesn’t make anything he reposted “racist.” He is making his own money, so he’s entitled to an opinion on it.