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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 80 points 4 weeks ago

Family guy hit a slam dunk with that bit

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 73 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"Officer if I had known they were not Palestinian of course I would have never shot them."

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 28 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

“My mental health only deteriorates near Muslims!”

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

"And that is why Muslims are dangerous!"

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 58 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Is it racist to censor out the word Israeli? Fucking bizarre

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 41 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

From what I understand it's some kind of self-censorship people are engaging in on major social media platforms in an attempt to stop posts with potentially ""problematic"" words being demoted. It leads to this sort of stupid arbitary brushing out of words.

I blame both the platforms for having shitty algorithms designed to whitewash everything, and users who are absolutely obsessed with engagement and likes on their posts so they censor the shit out of so many words. If you have to censor words like "die", "kill", "fuck" "nazi" etc. then there's a big problem.

Fuck big tech, fuck advertisers, and fuck influencers.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's pretty florking stupid and makes me want to unalive myself.

[–] riot@slrpnk.net 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The Tik-Tok inspired use of unalive has seeped beyond the boundaries of the app. It drives me crazy when people say that in real life. The dystopian vibes really start to hit when censored online jargon bleeds into IRL. For the sake of pushing past it - it makes me want to kill myself.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 4 weeks ago

It does give off Ministry of Truth vibes from 1984...

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

I'm sure you're right. I was thinking "not allowed" but yeah those fucked algorithms are behind everything now. Agree, fuck those three groups.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

My solution is to block every individual who ever posts a meme censoring words. I know they didn't create it, I don't care, willingly censoring benign words (and sharing this behavior like it's acceptable) is my line in the sand for dumb Internet bullshit and I will die on that hill. We must not reshape our language for this nonsense.

Downside is I'll be having a quieter Lemmy experience soon, lol

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's to try to stop brigading on other social media. There's credible evidence that points to bot farms searching for anti-Israeli/Zionist posts and targeting them.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Hmm alright, that would make sense too

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Israeli isn't a race last time I checked

[–] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There were no human races last time I checked. It's strange that English is still saying people are a certain race.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because the meanings of words can shift over time, and in English, the word "race" now has two different (though slightly related) meanings.

Well, three, if you include car races...

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

biologically no, but socially white supremacy is very much a thing and so is race. Israelis can be of any race therefore a blanket statement of racism against them is nonsensical since Israeli is a nationality not a race

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

biologically no

Biologically still kinda yes in that most of the world was mostly reproductively isolated from each other for most of history, and as such something as hypothetically meaningless as skin color correlates with likelihood of a whole array of other genetic things.

For example, the bigger a threat malaria was in your ancestors' part of the world the more likely you are to inherit sickle cell (which has a bunch of downsides but also makes you resistant to malaria). It's the reason frequency of lactose tolerance varies based on where your ancestors are from. It also impacts organ transplant availability, because the organ compatibility markers are not uniformly distributed across all racial/ethnic groups.

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

none of the things you just listed are physical traits that race depends on. it's purely based on perceived phenotype

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Right, but because most of humanity has been mostly reproductively isolated from each other for most of history there is a correlation between expressed phenotype in the handful of things that we think of as "race" and a boatload of other assorted genetically linked things.

Like how dogs with certain eye colors are more likely to go deaf.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What the fuck does it matter? The last I checked, taking a flippant joke as serious and literal is pointless and just makes you look bad.

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

maybe try being funny next time

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lol the refrain of people like you: iT wAsNt FuNnY

Your comments scream "I'm really into Reddit"

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

we're on Lemmy so it doesn't take an Edward Snowden to figure that out. great job champ

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

It's more about the tone and general aloofness. Now, please go away

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm still unclear what an Isli tourist is.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Das ist verboten.

[–] FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Mods can we clean up this guys language? /s

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Luigi Mangione is a troubled youth that made an awkward gesture towards a CEO, a warning is good enough, case dismissed.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 weeks ago

Young Man Blames Health Crisis for Sudden Death of Chief Executed Officer

[–] Zidane@sh.itjust.works 44 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Fixed that for ya bub

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Mr. Tischler said that his client had “no prior history of violent or hateful behavior” and that he was cooperating with law enforcement. His client acknowledged the seriousness of the charges, he said, but had not been able to control his actions.

“At the time of the incident, Mr. Brafman was experiencing a severe mental health crisis which caused him to be in fear for his life,” the lawyer said in a text message to The New York Times. “It is believed that his ability to make sound judgments was significantly compromised.”

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 21 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Like like they're maybe trying to avoid the hate crime charge via an insanity plea...?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. What else is he supposed to say? The guy basically told the cops "Here's exactly what I did. Also, I meant to kill them, because of their race." Basically, all he can do is threaten to make them waste resources by dragging out the case as much as he can, to increase leverage to get as merciful a plea deal as possible.

I believed my health insurance claim would be denied and I was in fear of my life

-- Luigi, hopefully

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Extreme Racism is a chronic mental problem, not a mental health crisis.

[–] lady_maria@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

yes, but it's a systemic problem at its root

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Blocked for the censored word, we must not tolerate this horseshit.

[–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ya I down vote every censored post.

[–] HungLikeAHoers2010@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

American - check Israel supporter - check Two of the worst types of "people" in the world.

[–] S491@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't forget the tourists immediately sent out a tweet about the shooting and ended it by saying 'death to arabs'

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 4 weeks ago

And people say there is no poetic justice in the world.

These people deserve each other ❤️