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sfj

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    Comment #23666563

    You banned me because I taunted you. Then you double downed on your passive aggressiveness by accusing me of something ridiculous. A theory that is not allowed to be challenged is …

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    Comment #23658725

    > Since racism is systemic... Regardless of public opinion, how do we know this? Couldn't black people be just innately more violent then whites due to genetics? They certainly hav…

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    Comment #23658051

    > Censorship of speech is not okay! No matter what! If someone handed you a a stack of flyers and told you to post it everywhere, would it be ok to not do this and just throw it aw…

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    Comment #23657154

    > The algorithm may not be racist, but it is guaranteed to perpetuate our objectively racist policing of the past. Depends on how the algorithm is formulated. If it's based on numb…

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    Comment #23648152

    Article is mostly filler, doesn't talk or explain much of anything as to what makes Robinhood addictive.

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    Comment #23637495

    > However it can prevent people with "different views" from evangelizing effectively. Look at the anti-vaxers, "chem trails", or 5G conspiracy theorists: the majority of these para…

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    Comment #23611045

    Yes, exactly ! I remember traveling through Asia and seeing a “no durians” sign posted near the metro entrance. I forget the country, but it was probably Singapore or HK.

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    Comment #23589012

    You might be suffering from confirmation bias. You have a forgone conclusion (it's all due to racism), so you see racism everywhere. It's just really farfetched that all black peop…

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    Comment #23583524

    > This is what you wrote. "Did you ever think" is a hell of a way to start a polite conversation. It's a condescending, accusatory and downright shitty way to basically call a pers…

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    Comment #23571274

    > Yeah, in exactly the kind of snooty passive-aggressive way that climate-deniers are just "asking questions". I didn't want to come out all hot at you and gently encouraged you to…

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    Comment #23558281

    > Well to honest your post was the textbook definition of victim blaming. It was hardly a "premise." With absolutely zero evidence you flat out accused them of wrong behavior (dres…

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    Comment #23558198

    I wasn't “finding excuses for racism”. Just trying to determine if actually occured, or not.

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    Comment #23548629

    I disagree with the premise of “victim blaming”. If we can't look at all sides of an issue for fear of being publicly shamed for going against a narrative, we'll end up with wrong …

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    Comment #23546959

    Assuming it is race, do you really think the whole TSA does? Wouldn't it have to be codified in order for them to do so? I think it would probably be more likely a few racist emplo…

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    Comment #23546951

    Where is your evidence? I think the null hypotheses, i.e. we don't know, is more probable then what a appears to be an unsubstantiated conclusion that you wrote.

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    Comment #23546746

    Isn't the implied assumption that he is being treated that way simply because he's black?

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    Comment #23546739

    > The difference is hundreds of years of slavery and institutional discrimination specifically target toward blacks and all the accompanying cultural baggage. Part of that baggage …

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    Comment #23546682

    Did you ever think it might be the way you dress or your demeanor? Obviously, it could be racial also, but how could you know that?

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    Comment #23539356

    I think the parent is saying that Facebook could have been lying about the exploit being patched away, in order to keep the exploit available and have an excuse as to why they didn…

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    Comment #23535651

    >I've never seen an example of riots breaking out in a city before police instigate violence with rubber bullets and tear gas. (emphasis mine)

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    Comment #23535614

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVKDKWKR498Ut2m8H5oUEcA/vid...

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    Comment #23507324

    > To me it's pretty clear the words used to describe people and their actions influences how these people and actions are viewed and understood. It can have unintended consequences…