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MarkVII88 t1_j7phits wrote

Thanks for another Link post OP!

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TheTowerBard t1_j7pna3h wrote

Not the dude with 88 in his handle who swears it's not because he's a white supremacist being negative towards the OP who shared an important article on racism... golly gee.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7qmcp9 wrote

Idk about him but my handle was assigned by reddit. Cats are unnecessary.

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TheTowerBard t1_j7qu1bc wrote

Nah, he claims he named it after his first car or something like that.

Also, I do notice that you don’t have an 88 in your handle. Nor a 14. I’m not sure about Reddit, but most online spaces avoid these numbers because they are so commonly used by white supremacists.

Now, we can certainly make the argument that folks might not be aware of that. To which I say, now you know, go ahead and change it if you don’t want to be seen as a white supremacist in online spaces. This isn’t new. They’ve been using those numbers since the dawn of the internet. Ignorance isn’t a valid excuse at this point.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7qvwhg wrote

I honestly have no idea about the significance of 88 or 14. I am definitely not a white supremacist though, Ive spent way too much time around white people to think we are special in any way.

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MarkVII88 t1_j7prp31 wrote

Nope. Just trolling OP. Keep up the good work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vermont/comments/10rmj1c/i_see_the_problem_as_being_much_more_then_this/j6wq83e/?context=3

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TheTowerBard t1_j7pyagq wrote

That's cute, but this is the second time I've found you to be possibly racist on here and you do have 88 in your handle. Most people I know are smart enough to avoid using extremely well known white supremacist dog whistles in their online handles if they aren't that.

There's this old saying about ducks that I think might apply here. I think you know the one. Something about "if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck..."

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