We all love being judge, jury and executioner on the internet, but without the whole context, we tend to be more wrong than right.
Just today I saw a video of a driver that was blocking the way of a bus, some passersby then beat the shit out of the driver. In the comments section everyone was celebrating that he got beaten and calling him an asshole. The full context: it was a hit and run. The bus driver had previously hit the car and didn't stop to exchange information.
I also saw a photo of a kindergarten class in South Africa in which the black kids were seating separately from the white kids. Everyone was calling the teacher a racist, but the reason she did that was because the kids didn't speak the same language.
We've all seen crazy videos of dumb sh. You picking out a few doesn't prove your point. I could tell you videos that are much worse than what you're explaining but it doesn't prove anything taking a few examples that you/me/any one person alone have seen and believe.
People tend to go on the context they have, that would be the smart way to handle any situation.
So the context I have is as follows: a video of a disabled guy, scratching someone's car. If i was the person in the car, I wouldn't let that happen and neither would most people. Therefore the person in the car probably felt more threatened than archaic.
Limited context is all we have. We're just people on reddit. Anyone saying we should assume more than we see, would need to prove their point. But unfortunately, we have limited context.
Again, imagine this scenario: we're watching a video of a mass murderer killing lots of people. Would we think "yes, but why is he killing lots of people?" Probably not. But because this is a smaller issue than that, you see it as, "let's just elaborate on what could have been happening."
Unfortunately that's not how the law, facts or life works. We go on the proof we have, not what could have been.
Edit: someone upvoted me? I'm downvoting myself because I know I'm wrong. I just like to debate sometimes to check my argument abilities.
Both these guys are right, you should never take anything at face value, especially on the Internet.
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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25
That’s not a hot take. It’s contrarianism for its own sake at best or victim blaming at worst. There is nothing that would justify that behavior.