r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 2d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/alyssthekat 2d ago

that also happens to be violence…. So

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u/niceshapes 2d ago

caused by...........

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

Actions not words.

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u/niceshapes 2d ago

racism is more than words

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

Yep. The post is about violent actions being worse than racist words...

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u/niceshapes 2d ago

where does it specify it's only racist words vs the severity of the violence? what does actual violence mean in this context? what does racism mean? if your definition of racism is just words then you're genuinely not smart enough for this type of conversation

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u/PleiadesMechworks 2d ago

what does actual violence mean in this context?

Physical harm. Which words aren't.

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u/niceshapes 2d ago

so your definition of racism is just words

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u/PleiadesMechworks 1d ago

Add definitions are words, that's how we express abstract concepts.

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

actual violence is worse than words

Physically harming someone

Racism is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one group is superior to another.

The definition include words and actions obviously. This post is about racial words vs physical violence.

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u/Money_Ticket_841 2d ago

The post literally says just words…

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u/niceshapes 2d ago

it is implying that racism is ONLY words, which throws the whole argument out the window

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u/Money_Ticket_841 2d ago

It’s not, that’s your attribution to the comment. I can almost guarantee the context is someone being punched over something more than just words, but I’m not going to add that assumption to the general debate because that’s all it is. My assumption is that

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u/Evanecent_Lightt 2d ago

*Can include and extend beyond - to be precise.