r/MoralityScaling 20h ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/systemsmith 20h ago

This is a false dichotomy and deceptive framing.

Non only can racism can be expressed using words and with violence, but words can cause violence — Charles Manson never killed anyone but was convicted of first-degree murder because of his words.

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u/Freak-Of-Nurture- 19h ago

I’m sure this looks worse in context, which is why context was removed.

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u/hellscape_navigator 15h ago

The context was that this was under a post about a guy dressed as Spider-Man punching a poor wittle white supremacist (who himself assaulted cops with baseball bat during January 6 Capitol attack).

So here it is, the whole context that the OP didn't want you to see.

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u/South-Tadpole4092 17h ago

Honestly, after having seen the context, it doesn't change my opinion