This TIL post, the title of which is, 'TIL that some Native American's have a differing enzyme that tends to lead to easier alcoholism', is, I think we can all agree, a natural breeding place for shitposters. I put on my waders and checked out the thread...

Top comment:

Alcohol. A big problem on the rez. And I can tell you that from past experience. ( 113/10)

Below that, a long series of anecdotes, generally of this flavour:

I live about 20 minutes from a huge rez (Flagstaff, AZ), and we see people "stocking up" all the time. Once, I saw a Native American woman, aged about 65, putting case upon case upon case of beer into the back of her truck. There had to have been at least 2 dozen 24-packs, all of "But Light," as they call it. There are also tons and tons of Natives just laying in the streets, too drunk to move. We semi-frequently had to call the police at my former job because they'd always camp out on the porch. It's heartbreaking. Also, a ton of Natives are into meth. Dunno why. ( 13/2)

Note that the poster calls Native Americans 'them' and 'they'. Again, shit is bubbling below the surface; it's not overtly racist yet, but there's some hints in there. Some people are fighting back, saying that poverty, history, etc. are factors.

There's a thread starting here just listing places (with high upvote totals) where this can be 'proven to be true'. Then someone says:

Same as northern new Mexico, do the drunk Indians in Manitoba also walk around like white people still owe them something? ( 20/-22)

The reply to this attitude is great, and u/thecosmonaut should Get In! But the shit is starting to really rise up...

Ah, here it is:

Hey now, everyone is supposed to be exactly the same. No groups of people are allowed to have any tendencies to have any differences, and heaven forbid if the differences are claimed to be genetic. Especially if the genetic difference has a negative effect. ( 70/-40)

That's why if you raise a dog in the same environment as a human, it will be just as intelligent. Dogs are only stupid because they eat different food and go to different schools. Genetics has nothing to do with it. ( 21/-14)

This is just.. what. At least almost as many downvotes as upvotes.

As I said, there are lots of good comments in there too -- it's the upvoting of blatantly racist comments that is bothering me. And yes, I did touch the poop a bit, so I'm sorry about that and will do my penance to brd. Oh, and there are at least ten comments in there that are about OP's use of apostrophes, so glad to see that reddit has its priorities straight as per usual.