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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As a white dude, I would be horribly embarrassed to do something like that. I hope the guy in the story learned a lesson from it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this ever happens, all it needs is an acknowledgement of the mistake and an apology. It's very easy to fix!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can apologize, sure, but in that situation I would absolutely judge you strongly for it regardless. Forever or until you proved you grew out of that kind of bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Frankly, I would not want to associate with people who bully people after a sincere apology.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never said I'd bully anyone but I would absolutely remember behavior like that. You don't get to act like a bigot and then just say you're sorry. This isn't christianity where everyone has to be forgiven no matter how shitty they are. This is real life where your words and actions have consequences.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suppose it depends on the apology, doesn't it? The person may not read social ques well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Nah, we'll just disagree. The apology is you doing what you think you need to do to make it right or get out of a situation. What you said or did at first would be what you believed at the time. Immediately apologizing shows no growth at all.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a white man, I don't give a fuck about group identity

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's easy to do when you're part of the two most privileged groups.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry for being born as the two most privileged groups.

At least I'm a gay, fatherless and poor. Its all ok, put your pitch fork down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What pitch fork? Do you even know what the word privilege means?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you saying? If I go out and do some horrific thing you aren't personally responsible and should feel shame for being a white male?

That's completely unacceptable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I almost killed myself because I felt responsible for Hitler's actions when I learned about them at school 50 years later

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's fucking disgraceful BTW you should be shamed of yourself for what Hitler did.

All my family got bombed by the Germans or directly fought against them but I feel personally responsible for the crimes white men I'm not related to in anyway did to my ancestors.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, as a white man, I agree