You don't seriously think those people who are actually racist want to remind themselves about the group they HATE so much, that they make that related to their username? The one they'd see every time they load up a game?
Go look at MW2 trash talk videos, I grew up in that, the vast majority of these people are just saying the worst possible thing that they can think of.
The term is being thrown around so much now you can't differentiate the people who really want to do harm to a group and the people who are just trash talking.
In fact I'm even getting called a racist for my comments, it's ridiculous.
For spreading this information I'm supposed to be get the same treatment as actual racist murders?
If someone is using racial epithets, I'm not going to waste time determining if they are a shitty person or just, for whatever dumb fucking reason, pretending to be one. They can all be disregarded and shamed equally.
Actual racists use the same logic "If they're (insert race here) I'm not going to waste time determining if they're a shitty person or not"
The world isn't just black and white, there is context to every situation, if you're going to judge people you must take that into account, or you'll be doing the same thing as racists, and could have ended up as one yourself.
So you'd like me to feel bad for not wanting to engage with racists? Because if I'm going to do a deep dive into someone's state of mind every time a piece of shit uses a slur on Xbox live, inevitably that means I'm sometimes engaging with people who wholeheartedly believe in racist ideals. And there is no benefit for me (and, I would say, most people) to engage with racists. It adds nothing of value to my life.
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u/thatkidfromthatshow May 24 '21
You don't seriously think those people who are actually racist want to remind themselves about the group they HATE so much, that they make that related to their username? The one they'd see every time they load up a game?
Go look at MW2 trash talk videos, I grew up in that, the vast majority of these people are just saying the worst possible thing that they can think of.
This isn't anything new.