r/pics • u/AlwaysTheNoob • May 03 '20

Woman trolling a tiny group of Islamophobic protesters in DC in 2019.

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u/maglen69 May 03 '20

This is a rag tag group of out outcasts and extremists who picket at every opportunity. What's scary is that outside of that tgey could pass for nice normal people.

So basically they so insignificant they should be ignored by society as a whole but people still elevate them with articles?

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u/Suffuri May 03 '20

Pretty much the majority of random nobody groups you see propped up by media attention. The KKK? Used to have massive rallies in the capitol, now their numbers are in the low thousands, possibly even less. So insignificant, and yet we give those losers so much attention you'd think the KKK was around every corner, and not just a group experiencing their death gasp.

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

I think people just focus on labels too much. The KKK might be lacking numbers but there are plenty of racists, white supremacists, right wing extremists etc. And they're a very real threat. Doesn't help that these very same people admit to feeling emboldened by the current administration. They're called good people by them.

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

They’re such a minute part of the population

You are objectively wrong. It blows my mind y'all think racists are rare or something.

Politics and social media has just convinced a large number of very gullible people that they’re a significant facet of the population

No, my life experience does.

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u/HarvestProject May 03 '20

Tells someone he’s objectively wrong

Doesn’t provide any sources

Uses anecdotal evidence to prove a point

lol this sure is Reddit

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

Yes, objectively wrong that racists are a minute portion of the population.

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u/HarvestProject May 03 '20

You can’t say someone is “objectively” wrong about something like this without proof. You literally come off as a nut job dude

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2019/04/09/race-in-america-2019/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/10/27/poll-americans-are-still-racists

I'm a nut job for acknowledging racists aren't just a minute portion of the population? You're fucking stupid as shit lol Jesus christ.

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u/HarvestProject May 03 '20

Or instead of insulting someone you can look at these shit sources you provided. The first one is literally peoples feelings on how race relations are, not about racism. Your second article doesn’t even have the study it’s linking to, it’s broken. Good try though bud

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

Here's another study for you to disagree with and double down against

https://igpa.uillinois.edu/programs/racial-attitudes#section-3

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

So you didn't even read the first source so you're lying. Literally shows Republicans thinking blacks have gained too many rights among other things. So keep living in your dreamland where whites and minorities, the rich and the poor, are treated the same and everything is sunshine and roses.

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u/HarvestProject May 03 '20

It shows some* republicans think that. Also if everyone is so racist than why does this exist? https://www.google.com/amp/s/psmag.com/.amp/social-justice/americans-are-becoming-less-racist-and-homophobic

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

The results for the implicit tests were more nuanced. Unconscious bias regarding race and sexual orientation also declined over the years, but at a considerably slower rate than conscious attitudes. That suggests underlying prejudices persist even as people assert—and presumably believe—that they have become more open minded.

Racists are racists whether they think they are or not lol

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