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Hated NYC street prankster goes viral after getting ‘well-deserved’ stomp-kick from victim (nypost.com)
submitted 1 week ago by PapaSkwat@lemmings.world to c/news@lemmings.world
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[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The racism on display in the comments (and with so many likes...) is horrendous

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[–] PapaSkwat@lemmings.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the likes are because it's good to get the news out there and that pranksters are getting annoying. Not a support of racism. At least here on Lemmy. The story would be same thing regardless of the race of the individuals. Pranksters like this guy are annoying as shit, regardless of race.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm referring to the 164 likes the racist comment in the screenshot has

[–] PapaSkwat@lemmings.world -1 points 1 week ago

Yep, that's pretty crazy.