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by qingdao99 1157 days ago
Indeed - edgy teenage online humor.
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... by teenagers who inevitably grow up to be racists.

And the gunman was not online at the time, and likely not a teenager.

I don't know why you've decided to be the person defending the art of bigotry in this thread but maybe you should find a more productive use of your time.

You've never said something off color to get a rise from someone? I've said some terrible things but am largely a good person. No one is perfect.
Okay, but after saying things like that — the onus is on him to prove he didn't mean it, or that he's sincerely sorry.

I don't want to live in a world where people who say racist taunts are given the benefit of the doubt by default.

many of the now dyed-in-the-hair socjus types i knew as a teenager were racist channers 15 years ago
It's not defending bigotry to state that Antisemitism is not exclusive to Nazism.