Is this romantic or a red flag? - eviltoast
  • Atlas_@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    First, 100% a red flag. Even if they wanted to give some sort of “I trust you with my life” sort of video, there’s a bunch of better ways to do it. Going for a racist rant makes me think that they’re a racist.

    Secondly, this is deeply submissive - they’re giving you the power to ruin their life. If you want to do that sort of stuff as a couple you should really talk about it first and be on board with receiving that sort of power and responsibility. Entirely possible+reasonable for the receiver to find this shitty because they don’t want to make a choice like this, especially if these are truly held beliefs.

    The healthy response to this is to send them to a therapist. And definitely dump them if they’re actually racist.

    • Clent@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      I don’t see how someone could do a racist rant and not be racist. That it is a rant is an important word here.

          • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            4 hours ago

            I can (and have, many times) dropped a hard-r for comedic effect, even around my black friends, as they have the context to know that I’m not actually the kind of person to use that word normally

            If I was recorded and shared to the internet doing so free of context, I would be labelled as a racist shithead immediately and forever

            • Clent@lemmy.world
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              52 minutes ago

              Is that the situation here? It is not.

              Everyone wanting to give the benefit of the doubt here gives racists room to exist.

          • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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            4 hours ago

            I think taking any random problem and putting blame on a group of people would be racist. I could spruce it up with the term “nipper” or “kike” and most people would find it racist

            I suppose you just don’t find anything racist if you can’t come up with it

            • Clent@lemmy.world
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              53 minutes ago

              I supposed you just don’t find anything racist

              I am arguing the exact opposite.