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Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact black communities in Mississippi already suff (www.tomshardware.com)
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[+] -34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Why does it matter if the community is inhabitated my residents of a dark skin color?

  1. Are Lemmy users really that fixated on skin color?
  2. Are we in that need for upvotes and non-existant karma
  3. Do you want to spark controversial discussions?

Why did you do felt the need to mention "black communities".
And don't tell me it's because you copy pasted the title of the source article or something.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The entire point of that is exposing his prejudices. I don't know how you miss that kinda thing.

    It has absolutely nothing to do with their Lemmy account, or the controversy.

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  • [+] -12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Would it matter if it was near 100k white instead of 100k black residents?
    No, 100k residents are actively being harmed.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So you can't read I guess.

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  • [+] -13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Bruh.
    Sure thing buddy. If that makes you feel better?

    I see humans. Not black, white, yellow, rainbow colored humans.

    Minorities are oppressed and fucked with. That is for sure. Needing to call it "black" in a headline instead of "minority" is cloaked racism in of itself.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    And that's great for you. But had nothing to do with what I said as the original answer.

    So clean your digital ears out a bit, and maybe repetition (with free bonus expansion) will help.

    The point was specifying Elon's particular flavor of oppression.

    Had nothing to do with speaking Lemmy controversy, or hinting that one kind of racism was worse than another.

    Hoping you get the point now.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    I understand your point but it is a piece of relevant information when Elon is considered

    "These pollutants are proven to have adverse effects on the health of the people living within a five-mile radius of the source, and census data showed that the residents living in the affected area are predominantly black. "

    If you watch Errol Musk's interview about non white people in US, combine it with the knowledge of the type of similar asshole Elon is, it is not at all surprising that he knew the effects of such turbines and selected this location on purpose. It is not at all surprising that Elon would have an agenda where he tried to reduce non-white population because he thinks he is saving humanity by doing so. Ofcourse you can't put in the headine something like "Elon, being a racist asshole, placed turbines near black communities" that is too biased and too speculative for news reporting. You can only present facts that are associated to this and let the reader decide. It is still biased and leading but atleast you allow the reader to form their own opinion to a much greater extend.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I understand your point

    First reasonable response

    but it is a piece of relevant information when Elon is considered

    Both position (mine and you (+ seemingly the whole thread)) can be true.

    Thanks for explaining your position.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It mattered to Musk that there are Black communities to fuck with, so why not mention that.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 month ago*

    Sure. But that's not a headline thing that needs mentioning.

    Instead it should be something like "In his racism fanaticism, Musk ordered XY gas turbines to be installed especially near residents (of a minority)".

    Can that can't be proven to be actually cause of racism (it likely is).

    But the other headline (currently being used) is also racial profiling.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    And don’t tell me it’s because you copy pasted the title of the source article or something.

    Well yeah, it’s usually good practice not to change the source article’s title.

    Do I think the “black communities” part was necessary in the title? Not really. But if the author decided to frame it like that, and OP wanted to repost it as-is, I see no issue with that.

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