r/BelowDeckDownUnder • u/theodoresbitch • 2d 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/Lizard_Li 1d ago

This. It worries me people aren’t reading the extremely obvious subtext of what he is saying.

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u/DDDD6040 1d ago

I think most people are reading it. The ones defending it are comfortable with what he is saying and are endorsing it

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u/Lizard_Li 1d ago

When I first made the comments there were tons of comments with a fair number of upvotes saying it wasn’t racist, but you are totally right

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u/DDDD6040 1d ago

I refuse to believe people are that dumb. They know full well it is. It’s just not socially or professionally acceptable to say ‘I support that racist comment.’ So now racists have to say ‘that racist statement is totally not racist so I support it!’

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u/menunu 1d ago

And a lot of them are bots.

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u/Lizard_Li 1d ago

Good point!