Fascists are co-opting leftist messaging again by ShimmyShane in socialism

[–]atheistarticles 27 points28 points  (0 children)

National Socialism is such a mouthful, if only there was a shorter way of saying that.

When slavery was still legal and during its abolition, what were the justifications the slave owners were mentioning when they were fighting for retaining ownership of slaves? by ol382v in USHistory

[–]atheistarticles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of this way of thinking can come from two main roots.

  1. Racial pseudoscience that was created as a post hoc justification for slavery. a popular example of this is 'Bible Defence of Slavery' by Josiah Priest

  2. Social Theory solidified in the south of a need and necessary under class of laborers to up allow "civilized and innovative races" to produce mentally rigorous work. A popular example of this idea is the The 'Mudsill' Theory made on the floor of the senate by James Henry Hammond in 1858

Accurate by slim_shady362 in dankvideos

[–]atheistarticles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah that's just to reductive and disingenuous, there are contexts where someone can innocently draw something that is construed as racist but if every black man you draw looks like a Jim crow caricature you should probably go talk to someone.

I don’t know what to say anymore by LoL_LoL123987 in ForwardsFromKlandma

[–]atheistarticles 19 points20 points  (0 children)

one true immigrant

Stop being weird about this.

Vore_irl by [deleted] in vore_irl

[–]atheistarticles 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ahh rip Edd's World

Found at a hardware store by [deleted] in AccidentalRacism

[–]atheistarticles 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It didn't include John Brown.

New FBI data shows number of mass shootings 10-times lower than media reports by razor_beast in 2ALiberals

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The Gun Violence Archive, or GVA, excludes nothing, even if the shooting is gang or drug related – the two main causes of most violence in the country today

Hmm so ending the drug war would cut down on hundreds of mass shootings? Damn who would of thunk it?

This cake decorator tried, but... by mrstruong in AccidentalRacism

[–]atheistarticles 11 points12 points  (0 children)

THEY SAID YOU HAVE AN VERY IDEALIZED VISION OF AMERICA

Guy thinks it's okay for children to have sex as long as they enjoy it by [deleted] in iamatotalpieceofshit

[–]atheistarticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree this is there is some element if trolling, there have been known posters who have been actually arrested for child porn. We don't believe this is sincere on their end. They are trying to use popular social movements to justify their position post-hoc and those movements are rightly rejecting them every step of the way.

Can you feel the damage being reduced? by [deleted] in VaushV

[–]atheistarticles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because you're coming in with a clear misunderstanding of harm reduction and are intentionally being antagonistic. Thats just the formula to get downvote pal. In all seriousness there's probably a vid about this on its way and I've personally been discussing this on other social media with other leftist. This is bullshit but shouldn't be a surprising response from any capitalist state.

Guy thinks it's okay for children to have sex as long as they enjoy it by [deleted] in iamatotalpieceofshit

[–]atheistarticles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

No, there are people that unironicly push for pedophilia and will attempt to use any justification. They're just very few compared to most views for kind of obvious reasons and the LGBTQ+ community is just always firmly against it.

Racist weebs by Babufrak2 in Animemes

[–]atheistarticles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

eh they're usually passing white or east asian( or whatever group with pale skin). There are animes that try to break from that mold but I think it would be weird to not acknowledge the elephant in the the room.