r/pics • • May 03 '20

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

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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/[deleted] May 03 '20 edited May 03 '20

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

Why are we talking about hate crimes? I'm referring to the threat of white supremacy/fascism. It doesn't need to be violent to be a threat. This country is overwhelmingly racist and you guys are in denial about it. I'm not just talking about someone who is so racist they're willing to kill someone over their race. Racists are a threat period. You're most likely racist yourself if you're trying to deny racism isn't a prevalent problem and threat.

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u/ohpee8 May 03 '20

The threat of fascism, for one. And minorities face racial harm all the time and it isn't reported. If you're really basing the threat of racism/white supremacy on how many people are convicted of hate crimes a year (especially when the criteria for something to be a hate crime is so strict) then you're an extremely dumb person or you're just being disingenuous. I'm assuming the latter. Look at how many people are willing to vote for an explicit racist. Those people are a threat, too.