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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
...what the guy went through.
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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...52-663,00.html
For the record, I'm a strong believer that the mere usage of a pejorative slur doesn't make you a bigot, racist, or sexist. Thinking a particular race or ethnic group is somehow inferior does, however.
In this case, I think it's quite clear that McCain's usage of the word "g--k," while perhaps a stupid political move, and also even unnecessary (couldn't he have just used "m-----f-----s?"), doesn't make him a racist. I think there must be hate and/or malicious intent behind the words for the speaker to be pronounced racist, and again, McCain seems quite adamant he is speaking only about his guards and not the entire Vietnamese race. While he's not showing a whole lot of tact, I don't think the voting public should (and they haven't, it seems) penalize him for this.