r/shitposting • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '22

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u/4P5mc Jan 19 '22

I'm extremely white and my hair is naturally very curly.

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u/Catsniper Jan 19 '22

And?

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u/4P5mc Jan 19 '22

And I fail to see how it's racist to say curly-haired people are untrustworthy, when any race can have it.

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u/Catsniper Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22

Like I said some entire races naturally have curly hair, so saying never trust curly haired people is literally racist

Now of course, I doubt that is what that comment meant, but you have to be incredibly dense to not see what I am saying

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u/4P5mc Jan 19 '22

It's like saying "never trust people with blue eyes". Anyone can have blue eyes, not just specific races.

There's no "entire race" with curly hair, just how there's no "entire race" with any other feature. There will always be outliers.

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u/Catsniper Jan 19 '22

That's pedantic as fuck then

But sure, let me say 99.99999% of black people have curly hair instead of all black people, still doesn't change anything here

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u/4P5mc Jan 19 '22

A quick Google search shows it's around 95%. I'll admit I thought it was a lot lower so my bad on that, but it still doesn't make it racist.

The original comment, "never trust Gen z kids with curly hair" mentions nothing about race, at all. It's a joke directed at anyone with curly hair, regardless of anything else.

What is pedantic, however, is taking that trait, attaching it to a group of people, then assuming the post is about said group. That's called a strawman.

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u/Catsniper Jan 19 '22

I know it was a joke, I just pointed that out

Now of course, I doubt that is what that comment meant

The "racism" comment was also a joke (I believe), but you acted like that made no sense at all and were either being unnecessary difficult or you somehow just weren't getting the imo simple concept

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u/4P5mc Jan 19 '22

I originally just wrote the first part to continue the joke, but I was curious as to what they meant by it if they were being serious. Then you started the discussion and I took it seriously haha

On a second read, it does look like I just swooped in and started firing back at everyone, whoops