• An Interactive Map of Racist, Homophobic and Ableist Tweets In the United States
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[QUOTE=Maloof?;40613430] mongol is fine mongoloid is not so much[/QUOTE] Mongol for people with Down's syndrome.
wait what minneapolis, minnesota shouldn't be so present it's gay as hell up here there's like, so little discrimination, it's all in the rich white suburbs
Quick! Let's all make Twitter accounts and make every post say every racist word known to man!
Apparently us Utahn's keep our hatred off of twitter
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;40613666]Quick! Let's all make Twitter accounts and make every post say every racist word known to man![/QUOTE] 140 character limit :(
[QUOTE=Sector 7;40613471]clearly, the minorities are fucking racist.[/QUOTE] Self racism.
[QUOTE=Riller;40613651]Mongol for people with Down's syndrome.[/QUOTE] That's one use of the term. But what it really means is [i]From north eastern asia[/i]. These terms are used to distinguish human 'races', but since you can't say 'race' when referring to different somatic traits in humankind because of the shameful history of this word application's, these terms were born: Caucasian --> Caucasoid or "white race" Negro --> Negroid or "black race" Mongol --> Mongoloid or "yellow race"
[QUOTE=Void Skull;40613654]wait what minneapolis, minnesota shouldn't be so present it's gay as hell up here there's like, so little discrimination, it's all in the rich white suburbs[/QUOTE] there is a big blue area where minneapolis is lol i understand duluth being red though
[QUOTE=person11;40613350]If only real life had what Facepunch had a few years ago with the n-word.[/QUOTE] I wasn't here a few years ago, what happened?
[QUOTE=Bruhmis;40613759]I wasn't here a few years ago, what happened?[/QUOTE] You post (or just preview in a post) a word "nigger" and you're banned. I remember when someone posted that, about previewing. A lot of people got banned that day.
That graph is art. I don't think I have EVER seen something that literally showed a hard line in the visual stats.
so proud to live in west virginia aka america's anus
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40613542]I think considering "cripple" derogatory without context is problematic, there are too many other uses for the word. Stuff like retard is blatantly derogatory though. Even though there are valid uses for it, they're not used anywhere near as frequently as valid uses for cripple.[/QUOTE] Retard can just as easily mean stunted, and you really don't ever hear it in situations where it couldn't be used to mean that. Stunted does not necessarily equal mentally deficient in any way. It would be presumptuous to assume every usage or even the majority of uses are derogatory. Also, are the exact statistics anywhere on the site? I'd check but the page doesn't like my phone. Those seem much more telling than vague 'not bad to very bad' marks on a map. Don't interpret this as me saying everything on the map is wrong, or that racism is dead or something. I just would like to see more tangible data.
its good to know that my state (nevada) is rather not retarded when it comes to tweets. probably because no one lives in nevada (except for vegas) and because those that do are 2old4book.
Zooming in or out even a little completely changes the map. It doesn't really make sense.
[QUOTE=lapsus_;40613747]That's one use of the term. But what it really means is [i]From north eastern asia[/i]. These terms are used to distinguish human 'races', but since you can't say 'race' when referring to different somatic traits in humankind because of the shameful history of this word application's, these terms were born: Caucasian --> Caucasoid or "white race" Negro --> Negroid or "black race" Mongol --> Mongoloid or "yellow race"[/QUOTE] I know, but around where I live, it was okay, and the norm, to call people with Down's 'mongols'. It's like, 15-10 years ago that changed to be super-offensive and worse than hitler levels to say.
[QUOTE=Riller;40613429]Wait, is 'cripple' an offensive word now? I know it only logs words used in a negative way, but is it [I]bad[/I] to say cripple these days? Always seen it as less-nice than disabled person, but not offensive. Then again, when I was a kid, 'spaniard', 'mongol' and 'negro' were okay, and now they're not. Oh well :v:[/QUOTE] What the flying fuck is wrong with "Spaniard"?
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;40613523]I'm surprised Arizona isn't redder than Satan's cock. [/QUOTE] Arizona's racists just don't understand how to use the internet.
[QUOTE=Tiersin;40613528][URL="http://xkcd.com/1138/"]http://xkcd.com/1138/[/URL] Basically this.[/QUOTE] That's what I thought at first, but the Seattle area should be bigger if that was the case. We have a lot of technology and a fairly large population.
they really ought to normalise this against population - hateful tweets per capita perhaps?
this map is kind of bullshit zoomed out a little bit, it paints the whole east side of the US red if you select homophobia, but if you zoom in: [t]http://i.imgur.com/FYC5l3h.jpg[/t] of course it's still pretty bad in some areas, but I think it's a bit inaccurate.
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;40614299]this map is kind of bullshit zoomed out a little bit, it paints the whole east side of the US red if you select homophobia, but if you zoom in: [t]http://i.imgur.com/FYC5l3h.jpg[/t] of course it's still pretty bad in some areas, but I think it's a bit inaccurate.[/QUOTE]Its grouping and averaging everything together. The more you zoom in, the more precise it gets.
Hahaha, what the fuck. My hometown in Minnesota is the worst for chink. wtf Also for nigger.
I've never seen someone put a k at the end of "spic". Maybe that's why it gets so few results.
There's a big blue dot right over where my town should be.
They should make one of canada.
[QUOTE=person11;40613350]If only real life had what Facepunch had a few years ago with the n-word.[/QUOTE] I think people like you who say n-word are ridiculous. Because you mean to say nigger, but are too cowardly to say it, and instead project it into our heads and make us mentally replace "n-word" with nigger. It's ok to say nigger, as long as you don't mean it as an insult. Watch this: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa18UJVKr5s[/url]
[QUOTE=DrLuckyLuke;40614614]I think people like you who say n-word are ridiculous. Because you mean to say nigger, but are too cowardly to say it, and instead project it into our heads and make us mentally replace "n-word" with nigger. It's ok to say nigger, as long as you don't mean it as an insult. Watch this: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa18UJVKr5s[/url][/QUOTE] That was a pleasant way to spend 8 minutes.
I'm surprised in regards to Minnesota. Every time I've been there throughout my life they've been some of the most tolerant people I've met in the U.S.
I like how it only shows the coast of South Carolina, because they didn't take into account that most of the rest of us can't afford or refuse to use computers.
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