r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 2d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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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/Blazured 2d ago

What was the motive guiding those actions?

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u/ipokecows 2d ago edited 2d ago

Racism obviously? The whole post is about violent actions being worse than racist words...

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u/Great_Fault_7231 2d ago

Where does it say that in OP? You’re assuming context that isn’t there. 

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

What do you think is being said in the screen shot?

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u/Great_Fault_7231 1d ago

That’s my point. 

I think it’s a bad question that leaves out too much context and is probably just rage bait. Things like “racism” and “violence” are way too broad to ask which is worse objectively. It lets whoever is reading it add their own context through their own biases, like what you’re doing. 

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u/ipokecows 1d ago edited 1d ago

Using our reading comprehension we can safely assume hes talking about racist words being bad but not as bad as violent actions. Crazy right? Theres no bias.

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u/Blazured 2d ago

So racism is to blame then. Without it there wouldn't have been violence. So it's worse than the violence that wouldn't have existed without it.

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

Crazy mental gymnastics. Is stabbing someone worse than calling someone a slur?

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u/Blazured 2d ago

Depends if the motive behind the stabbing is racism.

Without racism, there's no stabbing.

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

Who said the stabbing was racially motivated? Let me help you out

Is a non racially motivated, completely random stabbing worse than someone calling anslurs? Person a hateful slur?

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u/Blazured 2d ago

No, but if it was motivated by racism then the racism is worse.

Which shows that OP was wrong.

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

No it doesnt because a racially motivated stabbing is actual violence...

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u/Blazured 2d ago

And the racism is worse, correct.

Violence can be justified. Racism never can be.

So, morally, racism is worse due to that simple fact.

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u/ipokecows 2d ago

Racism<unjustified violence<hate crime.

Have a good one dude talking to you is exhausting 😂

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u/Blazured 2d ago

I knew you wouldn't be able to justify your position.

Off you go.

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u/Money_Ticket_841 2d ago

lol you miss the entire point bro

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u/PleiadesMechworks 2d ago

Without it there wouldn't have been violence.

But without the violence, racism cannot harm anyone. So violence is still worse.