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basilikum | 16 days ago

If you have something to add to the conversation then just do that. Don't make bad faith interpretations and unsubstantiated accusations against people.

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nobody9999|16 days ago

>If you have something to add to the conversation then just do that. Don't make bad faith interpretations and unsubstantiated accusations against people.

You mean like you just did?

Tipping culture in the US is absolutely rooted in bigotry[0][1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. That's not a "bad faith interpretation," it's well-documented history.

[0] https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-tipping/

[1] https://www.povertylaw.org/article/the-racist-history-behind...

[2] https://stop-tipping.org/history-of-tipping/

[3] https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/17/william-b...

[4] https://inequality.org/article/tipping-is-racist-and-harms-u...

[5] https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-racist-histor...

[6] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tipping-jobs-history-slave-wage...

[7] https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurant...

basilikum|16 days ago

The bad faith interpretation is claiming that tipping is racist, not providing any evidence for it, claiming that OP knows that it is racist and supports it for that reason.