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breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not arguing everyone has to like the memes.

  I’m objecting to the leap from “this post violates our rules” to “you’re racist.”

  Those are two very different claims. If the content isn’t welcome in that community, that’s the moderators’ call. But labeling someone’s character based on a single meme is a much more serious accusation, and I don’t think that’s justified.

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  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    if the content appears racist, i’ll assume the poster is racist

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    • Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s a pretty low bar for calling someone racist.

      You can think a post crossed the line without deciding the person behind it is racist. Those aren’t the same thing.

      I think it’s fair to judge the content. I don’t think it’s fair to judge someone’s character from a single repost.

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      • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        choice 1 - post here whining youre not racist for posting racist memes. double down defending yourself

        choice 2 - accept your post was racist, accept the removal. move on.

        Choice 1 makes you seem like a racist.

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      • CTDummy@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “I’m not racist, I just repost racist memes” isn’t really a compelling argument. More so when, as breadsmasher says, you come here to complain about semantics and try to paint the mods as “psychotic” over it.

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    • Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      answer the question - why is this not banned from reddit then?

      These posts are still up on Reddit, where thousands of people have seen it. Clearly not everyone interprets it the same way. Reddit would have definitely banned it would it be racist

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