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[–] TheGrandNagus 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is there any reason why this would be predominantly white only?

Explain this to a non-american who doesn't really get the whole USA "white Americans are like X and black Americans are like Y" thing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It’s pretty heavily tied to the right wing/white nationalist movement. That was my understanding, anyway. And there is a sort of…stereotype of the kind of person who buys into it. Terminally online, uneducated, angry white people. Upset over the smallest perceived inconvenience. It’s a white rage thing. People of color, again, sort of stereotypically, know that while there are problems with the government and their power/exercise of it, that there are real problems to deal with. The stuff that seems to piss off the terminally online right wing white people are usually very small, very stupid things.

[–] WelcomeBear 4 points 11 months ago

I’m also surprised by how many black people have bought into this. Primarily because most non-white people should know that if you piss cops off for any reason, right or wrong, you’re gonna have a bad time. They really, really don’t give a shit about your roadside lawyering and some cops will absolutely fuck you up, both physically and legally if they’re in the mood. A little bit of “resisting arrest,” a planted firearm and contraband, you’re going to prison. They won’t even feel bad about it because they’ll justify it as “getting a bad guy off the streets.”

[–] VindictiveJudge -1 points 11 months ago

I think they're like antivaxers, started pretty neutral, got shoved right recently, but still a number of neo-hippies and whatnot hanging on.