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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 28 points 10 months 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.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 14 points 10 months 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!

[–] OftenWrong@startrek.website -2 points 10 months 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.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] OftenWrong@startrek.website -1 points 10 months 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.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] OftenWrong@startrek.website 0 points 10 months 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.

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months 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.

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months 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.

[–] viss3@feddit.it 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, as a white man, I agree