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Just don't punch down. Simple as.
Dont tell me how to shitpost. If I want extra spicy ill get banned doing it
A person of culture, I see
What the fuck did you just say about me?
That took a second to register. Chapeau good sir
You got a chuckle there. Touche'
I only punch interdimensionally. Damn those lazy Gorblecks.
Uppercuts work just as well
Define punching down.
Is it economic power? 400e minimum wage here
Is it history? 400 years of Asian/African colonialism
Privilege? Amazon, any official manufacturer site and PayPal don't work here. We just got Google Pay and Apple Pay.
Slavery? The word slave originates from the word Slav and we had nothing to do with colonialism.
I'm a white European and I am way less privileged than any US minority, technically we Slavs are also POC in the US.
So I technically can't punch down on Americans. These kinds of things are dumb since you can't know someone's ethnicity, race, sex, country, etc. online.
Black trans women in the United States are routinely assaulted and raped and have an HIV+ rate of 60%. You sure about that?
My point is that targeting vulnerable groups for humor isn't funny, it's just bullying and it's sad. It shouldn't be a controversial point.