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It's wild how freely accusations of racism are thrown around on the internet these days. Back in the wild West of the internet there was actual, abhorrent racism everywhere, and nobody batted an eye. These days there is almost no real racism on the major platforms, but people are foaming at the mouth to call each other racists for the slightest difference of opinion.
2010 Internet: -- obscene profanity in COD lobby that I'd get band for repeating --
2024 internet: "You know-" "HOW DARE YOU SPEAK?? YOU RACIST!!!!! YOU NAZI!!!!"