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TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 2 weeks agoThe civil rights movement, segregation, Rosa Parks are all things that are often taught on the UK school curriculum, well they used to be, not sure about the last 25 years. A 40 year old person who has even a modicum of historical intelligence should know who Rosa Parks is (and by extension) everyone should really. There shouldn’t be any questioning it. Also, if someone was unsure I’m certain 5 seconds searching it would help them.
There are some things people SHOULD absolutely know. To not is just ignorance and in this case, part of the problem. Its like we are giving excuses to people for lack of knowledge. Sorry, that may seem harsh, but its the way I feel.
Hazzard@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Not a lack of knowledge mate, your friend was giving you the benefit of a doubt that you didn’t find “Rosa Park’s OnlyFans” so funny that you messaged him about it. As you’ve said, she’s a civil rights icon, so it’s pretty reductive to make a porn joke about her, especially when that… doesn’t really riff off anything specific about her. If it was at least a joke about “Harriet Tubman getting railed” or something, you could call it dark humour, but the joke you shared is essentially “hehe girl nekkid” targeted at Rosa Parks. It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if the person who had that username was a racist and being dismissive of Rosa Parks intentionally. Probably not, I know how multiplayer lobbies can be, but it’s not a good look regardless.
He clearly knew who she was, he told you when he asked for clarification, and the timestamps suggest he didn’t have to look it up either. To be overly blunt, you don’t look the brightest that you’re so confident he’s an idiot for giving you the benefit of a doubt, when if you’d given him the benefit of a doubt, you wouldn’t be publicly embarrassing yourself trying to shame your friend. I’d assume that’s the cause of nearly every downvote you’ve received on this post.