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[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The outrage isn't fake, and it's justified.

The impact of ethnic slurs on both the victims and the people overhearing them is documented in the scientific literature.

Lack of outrage is either ignorance or racism, depending on whether you're familiar with the impacts. Probably both.

Overt racism isn't as American as you would like to believe.

[–]MaiqTheTrue 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Or maybe call me crazy it’s about minding my own damn business. Your comment is what I don’t like about liberal busybodies— they use science as an excuse to stick their nose in where it doesn’t belong and harass people doing nothing to harm anyone.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Poe's law is law.

[–]TiberSeptim 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Every person who wants to take away a right does so under some definition of “protection from harm”. And here you are, defending the idea of words being too dangerous to utter aloud and thus paving the way to a totalitarian society in which questioning the narrative is no longer allowed.

🇰🇵 Do not Question Dear Leader 🇰🇵

[–]twolanterns 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Poe's law

""Poe's law is an adage of internet culture saying that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.""

I always though Poe's Law was : NEVERMORE !!

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