Myanmar post about Muslims

Description we provided:

The post includes two widely shared photographs of a Syrian toddler of Kurdish ethnicity who drowned attempting to reach Europe. The accompanying text states that there is something wrong with Muslims (or Muslim men) psychologically or with their mindset. It questions the lack of response by Muslims generally to the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China compared to killings in response to cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in France. The post concludes that recent events in France reduce the user's sympathies for the depicted child and seems to imply the child may have grown up to be an extremist.

Expected: Not hateful

 

Our results (130 samples):

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Our prompt: synth, llama31_405b: hateful ✘

The content targets Muslims, a group that has faced systemic discrimination and prejudice, particularly in the context of post-9/11 Islamophobia. It perpetuates negative stereotypes about the psychological state and mindset of Muslims, particularly Muslim men.

The speaker appears to hold a position of power by virtue of being able to disseminate their message widely on social media, and the post critiques Muslims from a position of implied privilege or authority.

The content implies Muslims are inferior by attributing psychological issues to them and suggesting the drowned child might grow up to be an extremist. This reinforces harmful stereotypes and further marginalizes the group.

The post subordinates Muslims by implying the depicted child, if he had survived, may have grown up to be an extremist. This dehumanizes the child and Muslims more broadly, suggesting they are inherently prone to violence and their lives are less valuable.

Our prompt: synth, llama31_70b: hateful ✘

The content targets Muslims, a group that has been subject to systemic discrimination. The statement about Muslims (or Muslim men) having a psychological issue or a flawed mindset is a negative stereotype that denigrates the group.

The content creator is likely speaking from a position of power, as they are making a general statement about Muslims and implying that they have a psychological issue. This power imbalance is evident in the fact that the creator is making a sweeping statement about a marginalized group.

The content treats Muslims as inferior by implying that they have a psychological issue or a flawed mindset. This reinforces systemic discrimination against Muslims and portrays them as less deserving of respect and rights.

Our prompt: synth, sonnet: hateful ✘

The content references a tragic image of a drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler attempting to reach Europe, using this emotive imagery as a springboard to criticize Muslims. This exploitation of a child's death to promote anti-Muslim sentiment is particularly troubling.

The post directly targets Muslims, a religious group that has faced systemic discrimination in many parts of the world. It makes broad, negative generalizations about Muslims' psychology and mindset, perpetuating harmful stereotypes. The content also specifically mentions Muslim men, potentially adding a gendered dimension to the discrimination.

The post appears to come from a non-Muslim perspective, criticizing and generalizing about the Muslim community. Given the widespread Islamophobia in many societies and the poster's apparent outsider status, this likely represents a position of relative power and privilege compared to the targeted group. The platform allowing wide dissemination of these views further reinforces this power dynamic.

The content treats Muslims as inferior by suggesting they have psychological flaws or a problematic mindset. It implies that Muslims are prone to violence and have misplaced priorities, reinforcing negative stereotypes. The post also disturbingly reduces sympathy for a tragic refugee death by associating the child with potential future extremism, dehumanizing Muslims in general.

By suggesting the child could have grown up to be an extremist like those involved in violence in France, the post rationalizes depriving Muslim children of empathy and implies they may be inherently prone to radicalization and violence. This is a hateful overgeneralization that presents Muslim youth as threatening and less deserving of moral consideration.

Overall, the content uses the emotionally manipulative image of a dead child to promote negative stereotypes about Muslims. It presents them as psychologically suspect, irrational in their priorities, and inherently threatening, even as children. The lack of sympathy expressed for the child on the basis of his Muslim identity is dehumanizing and depicts Muslims as unworthy of moral concern.

Our prompt: synth, gemini15pro: hateful ✘

This content juxtaposes images of a deceased child with generalized statements about Muslims and their reactions to various events, creating a narrative that implies Muslims are inherently violent or deserving of negative treatment.

The content targets Muslims, including specific groups like Uyghurs, based on their religion and makes broad negative generalizations about their psychology and behavior. Muslims are a group that has been historically and systemically discriminated against.

The speaker leverages a shared understanding of Islam as inherently problematic to present their view as authoritative. Although there is no specific information about the speaker's position, by making generalized statements about a marginalized group and attempting to influence perceptions of a tragedy, we assume they speak from a position of power.

This post portrays Muslims as psychologically deficient, inherently violent, and deserving of oppression. The juxtaposition of these ideas with the tragic image of a deceased child serves to dehumanize Muslims and diminish their experiences.

Our prompt: synth, haiku: hateful ✘

{'confidence': 'high', 'heading': 'R1 TARGETS MARGINALIZED', 'reasoning': "The post targets Muslims and Muslim men in particular, a religious minority group that faces discrimination in many parts of the world. It makes negative generalizations about the group's psychology and reactions."}

{'confidence': 'high', 'heading': 'R2 POWER IMBALANCE', 'reasoning': 'The speaker, posting from a public platform, has the power to influence attitudes toward Muslims. As a religious minority, Muslims lack equivalent social and institutional power in most contexts.'}

{'confidence': 'high', 'heading': 'R3 SUBORDINATION', 'reasoning': 'The post suggests Muslims or Muslim men are psychologically abnormal or inferior. It also trivializes the death of a Muslim child refugee, implying the child may have grown up to be an extremist. This reinforces discrimination against Muslims.'}

Our prompt: synth, gpt4o: hateful ✘

The content directly targets Muslims, a historically and systemically marginalized group. It makes broad, negative generalizations about Muslims, implying that there is something inherently wrong with their psychological state or mindset.

The use of the tragedy of a drowned Syrian child as a rhetorical device to criticize the broader Muslim community shifts the focus from the individual's tragic death to a generalized critique of Muslims, implying a broader problem within the group.

The speaker's use of a platform to disseminate these views suggests a position of power or privilege. The content reflects a privileged stance by making broad prejudicial claims about Muslims and influencing public opinion based on the tragedy of a child.

The content treats Muslims as inferior by suggesting their psychological state or mindset is flawed, criticizing their response (or lack thereof) to different global events, and implying that the deceased child might have grown up to be an extremist. This reinforces negative stereotypes and dehumanizes the Muslim community.

By suggesting that recent events in France diminish the speaker's sympathy for the Syrian child, the content trivializes the child's death and implies that their value is contingent upon their religious or ethnic background, reinforcing subordination.

Our prompt: synth, opus: hateful ✘

The content uses images of a tragic incident involving a drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler to make a broad commentary on Muslims. The accompanying text questions the 'psychological state or mindset' of Muslims, particularly Muslim men, based on contrasting reactions to the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China versus cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in France. This juxtaposition implies that Muslims are hypocritical or have skewed priorities.

The post explicitly targets Muslims as a group, perpetuating negative stereotypes by stating there is something wrong with them psychologically or with their mindset. Muslims are a marginalized religious group that faces systemic discrimination in many parts of the world. By publicly criticizing and making generalizations about Muslims in this way, the post's author is likely speaking from a position of relative power or privilege.

The content treats Muslims as inferior by suggesting they are psychologically deficient or have a flawed mindset. It implies that Muslims' perceived lack of response to the Uyghur situation, contrasted with a backlash against Muhammad cartoons, is evidence of an inherent defect rather than a nuanced reaction to different socio-political circumstances. This framing promotes the view of Muslims as irrational and less deserving of respect.

Most concerningly, the post reduces the speaker's sympathy for the drowned toddler due to 'recent events in France' - likely referring to killings in response to the Muhammad cartoons. This callously suggests that the mere fact of being Muslim means the child could have grown up to be an 'extremist'. Implying a child's tragic death is less worthy of compassion because of their religious background is blatant bigotry and subordination.

In summary, while ostensibly commenting on specific events, the content makes sweeping generalizations that denigrate Muslims as a group. It attacks a marginalized identity, relies on harmful stereotypes, and exploits an individual tragedy to dehumanize Muslims and treat them as morally inferior. This is a clear violation of the platform's policy prohibiting hateful and derogatory content targeting protected groups.

Our prompt: synth, llama31_8b: hateful ✘

The content targets a person or group of people who have been subject to systemic discrimination, in this case, Muslims. This is evident by the broad generalizations made about Muslims' psyche and mindset, as well as commentary on their collective response to global events. The content not only references an individual, the Syrian toddler, but generalizes to the larger group to which the individual belongs, using derogatory and harmful stereotypes.

The content comes from a position of power or reflects a privileged view. The speaker appears to generalize the actions of all Muslims based on specific events and suggests a moral failure. The platform allows this viewpoint to be widely heard, thus amplifying the speech from a position of influence.

The content suggests subordination by implying inherent psychological issues within Muslim individuals and communities, thereby portraying them as inferior. Furthermore, expressing reduced sympathy towards the child in the picture, based on an assumption that he might have grown up to be an extremist, implies a dehumanizing perspective towards Muslims, normalizing discriminatory attitudes.

The combination of generalizing negative traits about Muslims, questioning their collective response to morality and ethics, and suggesting a potential future as extremists serves to reinforce harmful stereotypes and promote discrimination.