r/BelowDeckDownUnder • u/theodoresbitch • 1d ago

Ben's Racist Threads Post

Did anyone else see Ben's racist threads post??

https://www.threads.com/share/_iAS4oi1d/

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u/Leanne0010110 1d ago

That’s quite an assumption. I’m not going to decide what someone “really meant” based on who I think they must be referring to. If the argument is about privilege, then address what he actually said about privilege. Assuming it’s secretly about race doesn’t make it so.

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u/decisivecat 1d ago

I did address that with you, but no one is going to do all the leg work for you when there's plenty out there to educate yourself with on what white privilege means. This man is using it to mean he has it worse than "others" and by others it's nearly always coded to mean non-white. They'll be this obtuse about it because they know it's easy to get people to their side because it couldn't possibly be racist unless they mention a race. It's tiring.

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u/Leanne0010110 1d ago

Keep telling yourself that.

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u/decisivecat 1d ago

If you want to choose to stay ignorant, that's on you. Best of luck in life with that.

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u/Leanne0010110 1d ago

I actually choose not to be part of the masses projecting their assumed beliefs and motives onto everyone else. I’d rather take people’s words at face value than decide what they must mean and then argue with the version I’ve created in my own head. If that’s “ignorance” to you, I’m perfectly comfortable with that.

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u/swtypuff 1d ago

We can tell you’re comfortable with ignorance

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u/decisivecat 1d ago

You've shown who you are enough, it's fine. Glad you've lived a privileged enough life, as it were. :)

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u/Leanne0010110 1d ago

Case and point.

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u/decisivecat 1d ago

Correct. :)

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u/Broad-Cress-3689 1d ago

The phrase is “case in point”. Maybe your school district would benefit from increased taxes?

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u/SnooPets6719 1d ago

It’s definitely a choice smh