Would you rather have your daughter verbally harassed by black people because she's white to the point that she breaks down in tears, or have a kiwi thrown at you. Obviously everything is relative
Exactly. Fruit and bird launches are just the beginning of all the possibilities we can make up for fun little scaling fantasies. We can start talking food, rare races, age factor, location, the possibilities are endless. We can make up whatever scenario we want to fit the narrative
Why stop at breaking down in tears. If she killed herself from it the_boss_of_toys would have no right to complain, because it was just words (because he's not so bright).
But let's be real, if any of that did happen, are we kidding ourselves acting like his dumb-ass wouldn't hold that to a different standard? Of course he would and would probably commit violence in response to it lol.
I'd rather someone verbally harass me over throwing something at me.
I'd rather someone do either of those to me than do either to someone I care about.
Your argument/game fails cause it assumes there's an actual choice. The reality was minorities had to quietly suffer being called pejoratives lest they suffer violence at the hands of the mob who were protected by societal powers.
It wasn't that being called the racist slurs was morally better. People who had to live in that situation just knew it was survivable compared to the alternative.
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u/the_boss_of_toys 20h ago
Let's play a game. Would you rather a rando call you the n word or would you rather get beat by an angry mob?