Comment on Posting for the "Now guys he was MURDERED! Don't celebrate!" Crowd

• Treetrimmer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I mean ideally it would’ve been at his time of birth

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  • phoenixarise@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Okay, second-best time. 😂

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• Cruel@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I mean, most gang activity comes from young black men, but that does not mean it’s racist to talk about it. I think talking about whether to include or exclude “gang violence” from a conversation about mass shootings is appropriate and not offensive in the slightest.

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  • WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    a dog whistle has nothing to do with the facts but a shared agreement between people in the know as to its hidden meaning.

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    • Cruel@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I understand that. I’m saying that there is no hidden meaning. Gang violence is understood on its face by everyone.

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      • WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        unless you use it as a overgeneral brush, and fill it with only minorities, and use it as a short hand for black people like it’s used in this context. are you a native english speaker?

        dog whistles specifically use words with a cover meaning and the group agrees to internally change its meaning.

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  • phoenixarise@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s why you just had to go out of your way to point out that gang activity comes from people of color. Thank you for your contribution, goodbye. 🙂

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    • Cruel@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      “That’s racist.”

      “It may involve a race, but it’s not racist.”

      “That’s why you said it involved that race!”

      Bizarre logic.

      Offensive was the wrong word. I meant that it’s not racist. It’s unhealthy that one would be offended by acknowledging the existence of gang violence.

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