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Tom @tomunculus.bsky.social

I don't think that guy is a bot. I was trying to say that the 8k followers he has were probably bots. I think that guy was real, and an asshole.

sep 2, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social

I’m talking about his followers, too.

sep 2, 2025, 2:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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Susie @d3m0crazy.bsky.social

So maybe instead of making a post about his followers, you should have called the guy an asshole. It’s our job as white people to make them uncomfortable.

sep 2, 2025, 3:50 pm • 2 0 • view
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Myra Faye Turner @myrafayeturner.bsky.social

Relax, Tom's not our enemy.

sep 2, 2025, 4:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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Tom @tomunculus.bsky.social

Thank you for saying that, Myra.

sep 2, 2025, 10:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social

But what Susie says is correct.

sep 2, 2025, 10:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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Tom @tomunculus.bsky.social

You are right. I do call it out irl when I see it, I just didn't see his comment at first as being racist, just being an asshole. But I've been doing a lot of thinking about why I didn't. When you talk to people like that guy did, unless facetiously, you're absolutely being an asshole. But when you

sep 3, 2025, 12:03 am • 0 0 • view
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Tom @tomunculus.bsky.social

Talk that way to people of color knowing that they have historically been spoken down to, treated like shit, demeaned, oppressed, & terrorized by people with your skin color, that makes you racist, too. Why didn't I see it like that at first? I can only say it's my own ignorance. I can do better.

sep 3, 2025, 12:03 am • 2 0 • view