^ Ditto with the noted changes.
Hello There, Racists!
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^ Ditto with the noted changes.
This tumblr is doing great work. Public shaming has always been an efficient tool for social change. The fact is none of these people can hide behind "I didn't know better" as an excuse. No one living in 2012 can. So now let their comments be permanently tied to their real names and good luck getting a job when your potential employer googles your racist ass in a few years. Or the college you apply to.
Barbacoatl
Banned
A 15 year old is responsible for his/her actions. The law may protect them in certain justifiable instances, but life will take care of their stupidity sooner or later, be it by public shaming or by biting them in the ass later. No sympathy. Public shame the stupid out of them. They wanted the attention after all.
wickedcapedkid
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I agree with the above statements, but... While I think this behavior is disgusting and intolerant, but I also don't exactly think it's our (or the creator of the tumblr's) role to make an attempt to punish them through exploitation and exposure, ie some sort of witch-hunt. Do high school kids really need the FBI called on them by an anonymous internet user for saying "Death to Obama!" on their twitter? Err...well, I don't want to argue with you guys.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I can't say I agree
Threatening to kill the president is a crime, a felony, regardless of ethnic background
Yes, yes they do. Children are taught right from wrong. At these ages, the basic morality should be in place. This is not just random errors in judgement. This is pure hatred on the screen. This is not a game. This kind of behavior must be stamped out.
Is this the "just look the other way" argument? I'm not advocating violence or harassment and tipping off the FBI might be extreme in most of these cases. But there should be a proportional response of condemnation or else these people (not all of them are teenagers) will continue to push their bigoted views without consequence.
As members of society this very much is our job.
Anyway, I'm off linking this tumblr in every board or site I can. Gotta make it as visible as possible.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
How about 15 year olds selling drugs
Do they really need the police to arrest them?
Barbacoatl
Banned
there's a difference between being a kid and saying "lol that guy's a fag!" to a friend in a joking manner, and threatening to kill the president or physically harm a person of a different ethnicity on a public social network.
One more point, today these young people may express their views in outright racist, vulgar, and violent terms. But one day they could be the adult who doesn't hire minorities or blames minorities for why they lost their job. They could become a politician who thinks the country should only support white people or that food stamps is an evil program designed to make life easier for lazy minorities who refuse to get jobs. One day immature voices of hate turn into hateful actions with consequence.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I know you are playing but really
Threatening to kill the president is a felony
Why shouldn't they be investigated?
I learned long ago that you can't fight ignorance with facts or outreach, the best weapon against ignorance is shame. And if a 16 year old kid hasn't learned that being bigot is bad yet I have no problem with them being shamed. Better kids have been shamed for far less. And just maybe they'll learn something.
Shogmaster
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I disagree. Without an event that strongly impacts them, these 15, 16, 17 year old racists will simply become life long ones. This tumbler page is doing them a favor; giving them a chance to break out of the path by shaming.
The cycle has to be broken somehow. Waiting for racists to die out ain't working since they are raising new ones before they die out.
We are a social species, shame is an effective method of communicating which actions are deemed antisocial. Someone needs to point out that their ideas are wrong and bad for the whole, if no one does, it will be passed on in perpetuity like it has continued to up to this very point.
railGUN: Odds are no one hacked anyones account to leave hateful words, and if anyone did, it would be such a small number that they should be able to clear up any misunderstandings.
Barbacoatl
Banned
I actually fully agree with you. 15 yr olds (even younger kids) have murdered people. These are not children. These are sociopaths in training. They might be "following the leader" to fit in with their racist contemporaries, but that path will lead them to no good, and society needs to fight back these sick "worldviews".
Devolution
Member
They should just hire Jay and Silent Bob to go to their homes. Ask to see them. And give them a public spanking.
RSLAEV
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Name 'em and Shame 'em. No pity for these dumb shits. I wish I could donate money to this tumbler to keep it running until the internet shuts down.
YES
YES
Devolution
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I didn't do stupid shit like this twitter nonsense. I was raised right.
I just LOVE how mad they are. Seriously. I'm in tears. Thank you racists for making my night better. Bookmarking and sending this out to all my friends so we can all laugh at you.
Now back to playing BLACK ops 2 on my BLACK Xbox 360.
Also.. It's black as hell outside right now. They're mad. Lol.
Now back to playing BLACK ops 2 on my BLACK Xbox 360.
Also.. It's black as hell outside right now. They're mad. Lol.
When I was those ages I knew right from wrong and my parents taught me that one must be responsible for their actions even before I was a teenager. I already have answered for the dumb shit I done and learned from them.
Were you racist from 15-17 but enlightened at 18?
andthebeatgoeson
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Exactly how old is 15, really? I'm fully prepared to pee on each of these bastards.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
I did and said a lot of shitty things as a teen. I owe a few people apologizes, but I can say I am a better person now than then. If I went through a public shaming like this, I don't think I would be so shitty for nearly as long.
Owning up for past mistakes is apart of becoming an adult. If one of these racist kids wants to own up for being shitty, I'd accept that apology and wouldn't mind having a back and forth on the topic of race if they were up for it. I think most of this is echoing parents' racist bs, ending it now rather than letting them grow used to the ignorance is good for everyone involved.
I wasn't going on the internet spouting hate or advocating violence. Any stupid shit I did was on a local level and I was subject to local shame and consequence. A lot of teenagers don't know how to behave themselves on the internet. They see it as a risk free outlet for bad behavior. It isn't. If a high schooler shouts out "I'm going to kill you" in class they should, at minimum, be made to see that threats aren't tolerated. If a teenager on the internet advocates the murder of the president they should likewise be held accountable.
Barbacoatl
Banned
I better be! If not, what a shame for my parents. Regardless, it doesn't matter if you're ready or not. The world is a tough place, jails and cemeteries are full of proud idiots.
And if your parents hadn't taught you?
Any one of us could be tweeting stupid shit if that's how we were raised at that age.
Devolution
Member
Which is why society has to collectively tell them to shut the fuck up if their parents don't. But depending on their region, even those around them encourage these shenanigans.
Laughing my ass off at this response. Lol. Too funny. But to answer that question.. When I was that age I would consider trying out drinking and smoking at that age a "stupid" mistake. But these teens.. This is just crossing the line. C'mon now.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I paid for most of them in full
LyleLanley
Banned
Thank god twitter wasn't a thing when I was a teenager.
Edit:
That being said I think there's a very big difference between some teenagers posting offensive tweets and making death threats. The threats should be handled accordingly, just like when some asshole would call into a school with a fake bomb threat.
And then we should be made to feel shame for being so dumb and learn not to do it again
If these kids weren't taught by their parents that racism and advocating for the murder of the president are wrong then I would hope their community taught them that. If not, then their bigotry could eventually be exposed on the internet for condemnation and ridicule on a much larger scale. Funny how that works.
I would fully expect society to do so which is pretty much what's being attempted here.
and that's the way the cookie crumblesRay Bradbury said:
And we would continue doing it forever until someone told us to knock it off.
Racist kids unless reprimanded grow up to become racist adults, this is the way of the world.
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
Sure. My 10-13 years is when I did most of the things I'd rather not remember.
Everyone ages differently, but I think at some point as kids we gain some modicum of self-awareness and responsibility. I hope I'm not giving people too much credit.
Barbacoatl
Banned
Funny, I was all into PLUR (peace, love, unity, respect) at 15. I guess a DJ did save my life.
Just give some mdma to these bastards.
Just give some mdma to these bastards.
Devolution
Member
I was too busy doing that whole teenage girl crush thing to be an angry racist little shit. Plus my area was diverse as were my crushes.
Barbacoatl
Banned
You know, it actually kinda saddens me that these kiddos have so much hate in their hearts. It's fucking sad, but also dangerous.
Devolution
Member
As much as we don't like what these kids are doing to me they definitely display a failure of parenting.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
social media is a construct of the socialists, haven't you heard?
Angelus Errare
Banned
Stop with all this librul talk! You're ruinin this once great nation (I STILL don't know what the fuck that means).
Somethin somethin bootstraps somethin somethin house is white somethin somethin.
Devolution
Member
Even in pretty liberal areas there are stares, from all kinds of people.
Lol. But seriously, how many posts are there? My thumb is tired from scrolling.
Smh @ all those assassination posts. Haha. They won't do a damn thing. They'll flake like old paint.
The rage is sooooooooo gooooood. Where's the James Franco gif?
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