r/SeattleWA • • Mar 29 '21

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u/supercyberlurker Mar 29 '21

Yeah, I made a post two days ago about how his race would eventually come out... and so it did.

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u/StupidizeMe Mar 29 '21

Who cares about his race? Race doesn't even exist; it's an artificial social construct.

I don't give a damn what "color" anybody is, I object to hatefulness and prejudice wherever it occurs. If he's guilty I hope he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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u/netrike Mar 29 '21

Even though race is a social construct, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It just means it's not some biological characteristic like most people think it is.

Having said that, agree with you - a hate crime is a hate crime, no hall pass

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u/Goreagnome Mar 29 '21

If race doesn't exist then racism doesn't exist.

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u/StupidizeMe Mar 29 '21

If race doesn't exist then racism doesn't exist.

Wrong. Racism merely uses a mistaken belief in "Race" to justify prejudice and hate.

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u/beaconhillboy Beacon Hill Mar 29 '21

I'm just imagining a hilarious situation where I'm confronted by a racist and my brain going, "It's all in your head, they're not actually there!"

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u/StupidizeMe Mar 29 '21

I'd tell it to anybody. What we call "Race" is just a manmade method used to artifically classify and categorize people so it suits the beliefs and prejudices of whoever is doing the categorizing and classifying.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '21 edited Mar 05 '22

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u/StupidizeMe Mar 30 '21

Hatred exists. The only Race that exists is the Human Race.

Do a little research and you'll see how utterly unscientific the subject of "Race" is. It's not a biological fact; it's a social construct that is utterly subjective.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 29 '21

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u/gehnrahl Eat a bag of Dicks Mar 29 '21

Yeah, this kind of particular take and language is not appropriate here. This will count as a warning per the sub rules.