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RE: STOP IT !!! NIGERIANS ARE NOT THE SPAMMERS ON STEEMIT. LETS ALL SAY NO TO RACISM ON STEEMIT
which i did and he arrogantly repeated it that spamming mainly comes from nigeria, thats racist, 14 year old or not. and most be stopped, he has followers and some might start believing what he says is true. who knows, if he grows with that thought in the real world he might be easily influenced by the white supremacy ideology.
i did look at the post, and many of his other posts. he seems to be an intelligent young man despite his opinions. he does later clarify his thoughts, saying he was only using nigeria as an example. he is speaking his belief on the topic, however incorrect it might be. kids are rash and headstrong. they usually grow out of it.
it is the task of our community to educate people, especially children, with facts. they are at a stage where they are more amenable to taking in information and correction. huffington post has an article which gives the nine biggest spam producing countries. there are numerous other sites that give results of similar studies, and in none of them do i see nigeria on the list.
next time someone makes a claim, fight them with facts. state your opinions. everyone is entitled to one. but leave the emotion at home. yes, generalizations are racist. but fighting emotion with emotion just begins wars. and i think you do an injustice to the audience here to believe that they might be swayed by the opinions of one person.
my point is he didnt have to use any country for that matter as an example. there are no facts yet on steemit on which country spams the most.and yes it takes the opinion of one person to make thosands believe on something whether it be true or false, thats the power of words.steemit is growing and someday someone might want to write on the subject and use his post as reference.you keep making the excuse of him being a kid, where i come from when an kid does something wrong you scold him/her and them see their error, you don't ignore the kid saying he'll grow out of it and the emotion you are refering to is called patroitism. you could help the kid see his error by leaving a comment in his post about that.
i am not going to argue with you. you have a point about racism having no place in steemit. but tolerance and forgiveness should be stronger than your national pride. i am not ignoring the mistake. i am simply seeing it for what it is, on both sides, and letting it go. i suggest you do the same. peace out