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Pink Power Ranger takes down white supremacist dating sites

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Post by archagon »

hagbard_c wrote: post #24
r14c wrote: post #20

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Bullshit. I might be considered white today, but my ancestors wouldn’t have been[1]. And my particular Eastern European “white” culture has relatively little overlap with other European (French, Spanish, Italian, etc.) “white” cultures.

If I identify with any ethnicity or race — which I very barely do — it’s Slavic, not white.

“those word definition games don't work any more now that people have gotten on to the trick”

Saying it doesn’t make it so. Maybe go educate yourself instead of tumbling down a white supremacist rabbit hole.

[1] From Wikipedia article on Anti-Slavic sentiment: “Slavic peoples were considered to be people of an ‘inferior race’ who were unable to assimilate into American society. They were originally not considered to be ‘fully white’ (and thus fully American).” Same goes for Irish, Europeans of a darker complexion, etc.

More on the modern notion of whiteness and its direct connection to slavery here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_people

Re: Pink Power Ranger takes down white supremacist dating sites

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Post by lifetimerubyist »

netsharc wrote: post #30
lifetimerubyist wrote: post #17

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The difference is... one of these colors is the only one that has centuries of privilege and power, a lot of times used violently, and the only one claiming victimisation when someone mentions "how about equality/equity, or even just acknowledging the privilege you have?". It seems to be a thing of decorum not to explicitly say "I will only date $color people". Saying those words out loud or joining this site exposes…

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Post by subdude »

hagbard_c wrote: post #24
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Whiteness is a 19th century concept designed purely to exclude certain, typically immigrant, groups. It’s why Irish, Italian, or Slavic people weren’t historically considered “white,” or why white supremacists today can’t agree on whether Hispanics, Jews, or Indians are “white.” It’s entirely arbitrary. They could have just as easily made a racial category based solely around hair or eye color.

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Post by netsharc »

lifetimerubyist wrote: post #32
netsharc wrote: post #30

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The difference is... one of these colors is the only one that has centuries of privilege and power, a lot of times used violently, and the only one claiming victimisation when someone mentions "how about equality/equity, or even just acknowledging the privilege you have?". It seems to be a thing of decorum not to explicitly say "I will only date $color people". Saying those words out loud or joining this site exposes…

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Sorry about the oppression you have to go through!

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Post by lifetimerubyist »

netsharc wrote: post #35
lifetimerubyist wrote: post #32

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Sorry about the oppression you have to go through!

I’m not white but I’m also not stupid enough to think that only white people have ever been violent oppressors. Shame on you.

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Post by Freedom2 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #25
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> You clearly don't have much respect for the rule of law either… Applying the CFAA - an American law - to German citizens on German soil for a German crime would be disrespect to the rule of law. The Germans get to decide what they want to do here, and use their own laws if they see fit.

Considering Americans are fine with kidnapping another country's leader these days, I would say they're more than happy to also decide what laws Germany gets to use as well.

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Post by r14c »

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Every white person comes from a specific ethnic background, be it German, British, Swedish or whatever. These are all high caste cultures in western European imperial tradition. A common identity among the various ethnic groups in the northern kingdoms. Idk how anyone would think German and British are the same ethnicity just because they are neughbors.

Idk why that's upsetting, this is your culture.

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Post by thefz »

ZebusJesus wrote: post #2

This is how it is done, the hacker ‘Martha Root’ dressed as the pink power ranger and hacked white supremacist dating sites, stole their data, took down their sites and then proceeded to DOX members by making a map with members locations and information around the world.

While no one likes racists:

A crime against someone you disagree with is still a crime.

A crime against someone you despise is still a crime.

A crime against someone who commits a crime is still a crime.

So good intent, very, very bad execution, IMO.

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