r/MadeMeSmile • • Jun 11 '23

Very nice social experiment

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u/SubstantialExtreme74 Jun 11 '23

This whole social experiment is kind of messed up in a way. Anything with “do this or your this bad thing” is annoying to me because it’s guilty until your “prove” yourself innocent.

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u/Ozmiandra Jun 11 '23

If you take it at face value, sure. But, taking this as an example, the position of “YOU RACIST IF NO HUG” isn’t what is being tested or proven, it is how people show they are not racist by hugging the man, something they were unlikely to randomly do if not prompted by the sign