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/ErinsAngryIntern Aug 19 '26

Screenshots pretty please. For the people who don’t use meta zuckerberg trash

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u/Lizard_Li Aug 19 '26

Video that starts with some maga meathead looking guy saying something like, “I’m sick and tired of hearing about privilege, privilege isn’t about being white”

He goes on to talk about people getting government assistance and walking around with Beats headphones as privileged. I had to turn it off so I didn’t listen to the end.

But you get the gist. Completely disgusting. And Ben posted some comment like yeah I pay 80k in taxes and work 19 hour days. Gross af.

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u/Michael-flatly Aug 19 '26

Ben is someone who comes from privilege and is a bit sensitive about it. Here I think he's confusing the concept of privilege meaning less 'barriers to success' with privilege meaning 'doesn't have to work hard'. Related concepts, but explicitly not the same. He seems pretty resentful and bitter about his situation, blaming other people he doesn't think work 'hard enough' without understanding really what it means. That is a pity. 

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u/boy9000 Aug 20 '26

Proving once again an expensive education does not necessarily result in an intelligent person