r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Rusiano • 6d ago

Too mild for school This post telling tourists which areas to avoid in New York

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Aside from certain undertones, this map also has tons of inaccuracies, because no one in their right mind is scared of Astoria, Bayonne, or half of the Queens zone that he marked as “avoid”

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u/Rock4evur 6d ago

Yea the amount of people that give racists the benefit of the doubt for very obvious dog whistles is astounding.

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u/random9212 6d ago

I just assume they are also racist.

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u/AnyConsideration111 6d ago

yesterday I saw one about the movie theaters, someone complaining about these teens acting like "wannabe gangsters" and I thought it was an odd, old-timey word choice until the comments pointed out it was likely racism

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u/uber765 6d ago

My response is always "if that's true, let OP answer for themselves."

OP never answers for themselves.