She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk
She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk
Mate, I don’t really care. I responded with the idea that you were frustrated in good faith and just struggling with a bout of well-intentioned 'tism. I’ve been there before so I could relate.
Also, welcome to the internet has been cringe for over twenty years, and I’ve been here since social media was alt.rec.your.mom.
Of course you got accused for defending Kirk because there is no fathomable point to your post other than being disagreeable. The qualitative difference between what was said and your correction is nil. You knew what would happen, your preemptive protestations did nothing but make it clear you knew what you were doing and chose violence. But somehow “Lemmy” is the problem and not your comment.
Well, have it your way. I’m moving on.
I mean - I’m not frustrated - more amused than anything else. My hypothesis is that nobody actually read the snopes link and just assumed it said something otherwise. 🤷
Your hypothesis is wrong. You just type like an asshole.
You think people both followed a link and read the contents of the page it led to?
I think most of us did. Why do you think otherwise?
Welcome to the internet! I hope you have fun here.
I read it. Next time post the snopes article and the relevant quote.
And then construct an actual argument. This is what he said, people are taking it out of context, and this is why it’s important.
You’ll still get downvoted, but at least you’ll have done the hard work or connect the dots.
Honestly, I don’t know how pointing out that this was said about specific black women makes any difference to the quote. You seem to think it’s important.
Because quotes mean that it’s exactly what a person said. That’s the point. If you alter the quote you use [] to indicate the bits that have been paraphrased. It’s the intellectually honest way to quote.
I understand the technique. I don’t understand how that changes the larger issue when you accurately bracket it from, [Black women] to [These specific black women]. Do you have a point beyond pendantics?
I don’t know why I expected anything other than a lame, vaguely assholish reply…
Goodbye.
I dunno man - maybe if you just called me an asshole a few more times I’d be nicer to you. 🤷
I have no desire for you to be nice to me. I pretty clearly stated that I’m not saying you actually are an asshole, but that you did type like one in this thread. And that was why I, personally, downvoted your comment.
I didn’t call you a pedophile or a rapist. I just said you type like an asshole.
My comment history across 30 years on the internet is about 80% me typing like an asshole… And those comments get downvoted.
Not really a big deal.