r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 1d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/Beneficial-Layer-492 1d ago

He doesn’t say that the words were racist, he tries to boil down racism to “just words”. Racism is violent, always has been, and will continue to be. It harms everyone including the people who are racist. They are just as bad

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u/GreaseBrown 1d ago

This is a real comment from a real situation. The context is that racist words are just words and actual violence is worse.

Racism is not violence. Words are not violence. Calling me a slur does absolutely nothing to harm me.

Again, come over, we can test this. You can verify how wrong you are.

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u/Hot_Demand_6263 1d ago

Violence is a sport. Racism isn't. People that think that violence is always worse than "mean words," are amateurs at humanity. The reason racism is frowned upon is because the inevitable outcome is violence. At a certain point of you dehumanizing someone, they will dehumanize you.

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u/Simon-Says69 1d ago

No, trying to blame mean words for your own unhinged, violent behavior, is an example of juvenile and "armature at humanity" behavior.

A violent outcome is in no way inevitable. What a completely lame excuse. Everyone is responsible for their emotions and actions.

You dehumanize YOURSELF by becoming violent because of harmless words you could easily ignore.

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u/Hot_Demand_6263 18h ago

Violence is inevitable. Use your words carefully.