Orlando Nightclub shooting - Megathread

It appears that you are using "is racist" as the applicable rule to delete comments using the M word. But just containing the M word to describe a criminal should not be enough to trigger the racism card. I don't think you understand what racism is. Here's my brief lesson on racism. I'll use black people in my example to avoid the sensitive trigger of the day (the M word):

  1. It's racist to say that a man is a criminal because he is black
  2. It is not racist to say that more black men are criminals than white men.

Item number two is where most people struggle. It's OK to discuss this fact, it's OK to explore why this is a fact, it's actually important to discuss it so we can work as a society in fixing the problem. I don't believe that being black makes you more likely to be a criminal (i.e., I don't believe that being black causes you to be a criminal). But I do 'believe' the facts that due to social and cultural circumstances that you are born into, being born black puts you at greater risk for going down a path in your life that leads towards crime. It's not racist to address real social issues; if we stop getting offended by facts, maybe we can solve some problems in this world instead of having upvote wars and facebook-like wars.

So the shooter was a such-and-such-kind-of-some-group-of-something-or-other person. Should we discuss it or pretend it's not even a thing?

Mods, please get your ship in order. These are simple facts that you are censoring. Now it's simple WORDS that you are censoring. If we can't say the M-word or the I-word, please give us the politically correct safe-space approved word to refer to this particular descriptor. We've seen the evidence, you can't lie on the Internet and get away with it.

PS: Please don't ban me, I am optimistic that positive change can be achieved in this subreddit and I appreciate the challenge associated with moderating such a large community. Try to see both sides of the issues.

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