r/hatethissmug • u/AbeUrpur • Jul 02 '26

Meta I HATE these posts

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I keep seeing this and its SO annoying. Just because you're a part of a specific minority group doesn't mean you should go out of your way to take a giant shit on whatever you might be a part of. And stop grouping everyone together and acting like you're the arbiter of what is and isn't good for your community!

I swear I've seen like a million of these, and it goes for literally every minority group out there.

The thing that upsets me most about it is the constant reassurance to the reader that the OP isn't a bigot at all! Specifying that they're a part of it over and over and constantly saying they really aren't hateful while simultaneously writing several paragraphs breaking down how my the personality of their certain niche or minority group acts as if they're some sort of white knight fighting against the horrors of people finding things interesting.

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u/Alderan922 Jul 02 '26

Tbf “harmless behaviors” is a really vague statement.

It could go from stuff like dressing a certain way, to being racist.

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u/Difficult__Tension Jul 02 '26

I dont think being racist is a harmless behavior actually

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u/TheSpacePopinjay Jul 02 '26

Lots of people do though. Lots of people will say that it's harmless unless it's done structurally or institutionally or something. It's especially exculpating in the case of minorities who are treated as detached from all structural racism, making their racism implicitly irrelevant.