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Ocelot II

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2. It's so easy to pick out one aberrant case and smear a whole group with it

Reply to Rustynaerduwell (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 11:22 AM

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if the perp is a member of a group that's already the other. An Afghani who was hired to do wet work for the CIA for the US loses his shit and commits murder for who knows what reasons, so now all Afghanis are terrorists and out they go. A troubled trans kid loses his shit and shoots up a church so all trans people are dangerous lunatics. But a white guy loses his shit and kills a state legislator? Or a white guy blows up a federal building? Or a white guy murders a doctor or bombs the Olympics or murders everybody at a prayer meeting? Oh, that's just that one guy, we can't judge other white guys by the actions of a few disturbed people.

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I don't know how many Afghans were allowed into the US. Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? [View all] Rustynaerduwell Sunday OP

I say deport all Magats to Afghanistan and let the Taliban sort it out. GreenWave Sunday #1

It's so easy to pick out one aberrant case and smear a whole group with it Ocelot II Sunday #2

one reads the correct phrase is Afghanis. nt msongs Sunday #3

"Afghan" should be used to describe people or as an adjective. "Afghani" should only be used for the currency. Rustynaerduwell Sunday #4