For context, the issue was, as many posters said, this:

> African Americans may have been treated poorly

On my part, I'm british. "Fucking hell, man!" for me is a way of being exasperated; I was surprised with reading that. It's not a condemnation, it's surprise.

And a phrase containing 'may have' is begging for equivocation, especially when referring to black people as 'african americans' while talking about their treatment.

> Black people may have been treated poorly

^ this is the sentence that I read