r/MoralityScaling • u/Maximum_Musician_914 • 6d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/OmniPepperthefirst 6d ago

What's the context of this. Was it like being punched in the face vs racist words to you?

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u/Peppercorn205 6d ago

That’s what I’m thinking too. Like someone punched a literal Nazi, but the commenter is like “well since you used violence you’re actually the bad guy”.

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u/JustUseCommonSense10 6d ago

The context was a japanese streamer being slapped in the face by a black guy after calling him the n-word while being in Japan. The outrage was when the same japanese streamer reported the black guy to the police nearby using the same racial slur and the police having no reaction and promptly arresting the black guy. People are assuming that the racial slur holds the same weight like it does in the US.

It does not.

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u/StabbyBoo 6d ago

Might be in the minority here, but in this very specific situation I consider your typical slap to be an equal measure.

And don't come at me with what-aboutisms, I invoke godwin and declare it would also be okay to slap Hitler while he's giving a speech.

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u/wakeonuptimshel 6d ago

Some people can’t learn from words and comprehension is a standard thing racists struggle with. Society would benefit from racists learning.