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Pointing out their whinging is hardly hate. Way to be a perfect example of the post, whether you’re a white dude or not.

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“their” whining. Right, I’m the asshole for not liking language lumping a whole group of people into a bucket.

If you are ok with demonizing language like that, that’s on you. I want nothing to do with it.

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You know, I really, really think you’re reading something into this that isn’t there. What, exactly, strikes you as hate here? What in this meme is “demonizing language”? It’s a joke pointing out that privileged people tend to panic and lash out when the people who have historically had fewer privileges than them start receiving help to level the playing field, as if life is some kind of zero-sum game and others being treated better suddenly means they’ll get treated worse. This is a well-recognized truth that applies broadly across privileged populations and has been remarked upon by many people through the years of building civil liberties for minorities of all stripes, and this meme is just poking a bit of fun at it. No one thinks that literally every single cishet white dude is panicking that they’ll be up against the wall if minorities ask to be treated better. I’m really confused at your apparently visceral reaction against this so-called “hate”.

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If you are having trouble understanding simply replace cis white male, with any other group like gay black woman. Is it still funny and ok?

I don’t like to discriminate against races and sexes no matter where it’s coming from. And saying “it’s just a prank, bro” doesn’t make it ok.

There are plenty of ways to make a joke like this by actually targeting bigots.

My simple rule is: if it’s something you are born with it’s not ok to lump people together (race, sex, sexual orientation). If it’s something you chose, like political affiliation, etc then it’s all fair game.

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