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Stigmatizing.

6 statements. Casts a group as a problem to be managed, stopping short of the tiers above.

Calls for violence 3 Threatening 5 Hateful 16 Stigmatizing 6
StigmatizingProtected groups
What was said

The American squad was announced, and one post treated the 26 names as a choice between two racial stereotypes.

Who it targets

Black and Hispanic players on the roster, and by extension Black and Hispanic Americans

StigmatizingProtected groups
What was said

A podcast covered a birthright citizenship ruling as a win for what it called the Third World.

Who it targets

Immigrants and their American-born children

StigmatizingPolitical opponents
What was said

An Israeli NGO called the country's own human-rights groups a self-hating ilk serving its enemies.

Who it targets

Israeli human-rights organizations, framed as an internal traitor faction

StigmatizingProtected groups
What was said

Indiana's lieutenant governor called for banning the Muslim call to prayer, then warned about the rise of Islam.

Who it targets

Muslims, through the presence of the religion itself

StigmatizingProtected groups
What was said

A podcaster said women's suffrage stole half his vote, and that his wife casts it back for him.

Who it targets

Women

StigmatizingProtected groups
What was said

A 2014 column arguing that soccer viewership proves the wrong people were let in got republished mid-tournament.

Who it targets

Immigrants and their American-born descendants

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