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So I just downvoted your comment. Wondering why? Please consult the criteria below: You done a racism. You done a sexism. You done a bi-erasure. You heckin disrespected sex work. Downvoting is my weapon of justice, and the downvote button my bullet. Pow. So what does this mean? The amount of karma (points) on your comment and Reddit account has decreased by one. Why did you do this? There are several reasons I may deem a comment to be unworthy of positive or neutral karma. These include, but are not limited to: • Rudeness towards other Redditors, Spreading incorrect information, • Sarcasm not correctly flagged with a /s. Am I banned from the Reddit? No - not yet. But you should refrain from making comments like this in the future. Otherwise I will be forced to issue an additional downvote, which may put your commenting and posting privileges in jeopardy. I don't believe my comment deserved a downvote. Can you un-downvote it? Sure, mistakes happen. But only in exceedingly rare circumstances will I undo a downyote. If you would líke to issue an appeal, shoot me a private message explaining what I got wrong. I tend to respond to Reddit PMs within several minutes. Do note, however, that over 99.9% of downvote appeals are rejected, and yours is likely no exception. How can I prevent this from happening in the future? Accept the downvote and move on. But learn from this mistake: your behavior will not be tolerated on Reddit.com. I will continue to issue downvotes until you improve your conduct. Remember: Reddit is privilege, not a right.

james @Voreoboros_ HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA TELL YA MA. YOU DID A RACISM, YOU DID A WHITE FRAGILITY, YOU DID A NO GROWTH. WHATSA MATTA WITH YOU? 2:21 AM · Oct 13, 2020 · Twitter for Android

skelebrynnO niegore @kinematografi you did a racism. you did a eugenics. you did no growth. E New York Times Opinion @nytopinion · Dec 29, 2019 Bret Stephens' latest column (nyti.ms/39kgVpU), which argues that culture and history drive Jewish achievements, has been edited to remove a reference to a paper widely disputed as advancing a racist hypothesis. We've added the following editors' note to the column. Editors’ Note: An earlier version of this Bret Stephens column quoted statistics from a 2005 paper that advanced a genetic hypothesis for the basis of intelligence among Ashkenazi Jews. After publication Mr. Stephens and his editors learned that one of the paper's authors, who died in 2016, promoted racist views. Mr. Stephens was not endorsing the study or its authors' views, but it was a mistake to cite it uncritically. The effect was to leave an impression with many readers that Mr. Stephens was arguing that Jews are genetically superior. That was not his intent. He went on instead to argue that culture and history are crucial factors in Jewish achievements and that, as he put it, “At its best, the West can honor the principle of racial, religious and ethnic pluralism not as a grudging accommodation to strangers but as an affirmation of its own diverse identity. In that sense, what makes Jews special is that they aren't. They are representational." We have removed reference to the study from the column.

Devon sawa fan page @Goldfarb232 You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did my dirty work. You're a fool to do my dirty work 8:02 PM · Dec 2, 2019 · Twitter Web App

i bless the rains down in castamere @Chinchillazllla You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a nationalism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a Soviet reunification. i bless the rains down in cas... · 16m oh no not the scary country that doesn't exist anymore 3 ♡ 146 KittyWampus @_Kitty_Wampus_ Replying to @Chinchillazllla and @Zac_Petkanas Are you really this ignorant or just trolling? Putin is rebuilding the Soviet Union and hence the Crimea & Ukraine invasion. 5:59 PM · 03 Feb 20 · Twitter Web App >

Jesse From High School @EIDuderino40 You don't have a crush. You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did a no growth. 3:18 PM · Aug 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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You Did A Racism. You Did An Imperialism refers to a copypasta popular on Twitter spawned by a woman who scolded author Barbara Ehrenreich for a joke made in poor taste about cleanliness icon Marie Kondo. After Ehrenreich tried to say her joke was a failed subtle attempt at humor, user @TheVelvetDays posted, "You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a nationalism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did no growth. This makes it abundantly clear you don't understand the intersectional nature of the multiplicity of your offenses." The copypasta has been regularly posted on Twitter since in mockery of aggressive and cringeworthy scolding.

Origin

On February 4th, 2019, author Barbara Ehrenreich posted a since-deleted tweet that read, "I will be convinced that America is not in decline only when our de-cluttering guru Marie Kondo learns to speak English."^[1] She later attempted to brush off the backlash she received by claiming it was a failed subtle attempt at humor. In response, user @TheVelvetDays posted, "You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a nationalism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did no growth. This makes it abundantly clear you don't understand the intersectional nature of the multiplicity of your offenses" (shown below). The tweet has since been deleted.

Barbara Ehrenreich @B_Ehrenreich · 22h Sorry to anyone offended by my tweet about Marie Kondo! Sometimes my attempts at subtle humor just don't work. 759 27 50 794 Jacklyn Grace Lacey Follow @TheVelvetDays Replying to @B_Ehrenreich You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a nationalism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did no growth. This makes it abundantly clear you don't even understand the intersectional nature of the multiplicity of your offenses. 11:45 AM - 4 Feb 2019 7 Retweets 35 Likes 15 35

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The tweet began seeing use as a copypasta in the following months on Twitter, often with one sentence changed for humorous effect. For example, on February 10th, 2019, @nopoweradeinusa^[2] posted a Stop Right There, Criminal Scum parody of the tweet, gaining over 470 likes (shown below, left). On June 26th, user @victoriaxxviii^[3] tweeted the copypasta and added "You did at least 200-300 whippits during one semester at college," gaining over 160 likes (shown below, right).

christian @nopoweradeinusa STOP, you did a problematic take, you did a racism, you did a nationalism, you did a white fragility, you did an imperialism, pay the court a fine or serve your sentence [resist arrest] THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD 8:29 AM · Feb 10, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

Acid Phreak @victoriaxxviii You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a nationalism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did at least 200- 300 whippits during one semester at college. You did no growth. 8:44 PM · Jun 26, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

The copypasta continued to see use into 2020. On May 10th, 2020, user @bitch_updates^[4] used the copypasta, adding "you did a be mean to Chrissy Tiegen", gaining over 120 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, left). On August 25th, user @aniceburrito^[5] joked, "Me and the boys have this family surrounded. Theyre trying to eat fully loaded potato skins over the sound of us chanting 'You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did a no growth,' gaining over 260 likes (shown below, right).

pmc grifter ben @bitch_updates You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did a no growth. You did a be mean to Chrissy Tiegen. This makes it abundantly clear you don't even understand the intersectional nature of the multiplicity of y 10:33 AM · May 10, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

mike (getting worried) @aniceburrito Me and the boys have this family surrounded. Theyre trying to eat fully loaded potato skins over the sound of us chanting "You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a xenophobia. You did a white fragility. You did a weak apology. You did a no growth." 5:22 PM · Aug 25, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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actually it's good @yungchomsky You did a racism. You did an imperialism. You did a white fragility. You did no growth. You did an outside agitation. You did a foreign actor. 4:41 PM · May 31, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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^[1] USA Today – In since-deleted xenophobic tweet, author Barbara Ehrenreich attacks Marie Kondo

^[2] Twitter – @nopoweradeinusa

^[3] Twitter – @victoriaxxviii

^[4] Twitter – @bitch_updates

^[5] Twitter – @aniceburrito

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