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Originally Posted by flip
Well as you can see I'm rather torqued right now because I really resent the implication that a single comment made with a touch of hyperbole, which I typed in about 2 seconds means that I think that all old rich white republicans are in the KKK.
And as to my skewed view of American society don't tell me that if you had to make a profile and list 20 or so traits that a racist would possess (remember we're keeping the g**k comment in mind here, so we're talking racist towards non-white minorities) that you wouldn't list all of those traits I pointed out?
Possessing them does not make you a racist in any shape or form just that you might be more likely to be a racist.
By this logic saying that men are statistically better at math and sciences than women is sexist (its true!!). and that saying blacks are more likely to be incarcerated in the US is racist too (true too).
Now I don't have any hard evidence (and I don't feel like looking) but I'd be willing to bet that if you asked a person whose academic expertise is in racism in the US, or a statistician/sociologist who's studied racist trends, they'd point out quite a few traits and a few of them would be the ones I'd listed.
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1. Nobody asked you to profile racists for us.
2. If I was asked to, I'd decline. I don't find it a worthwhile exercise. I like to judge people by personal experience.
3. The bolded paragraph, taken in context with what you quoted from my post, makes no sense to me whatsoever.
In any case, be more careful when discussing touchy subjects like this one. If you mean to use hyperbole (and I honestly still don't see what the benefit would've been) make sure it's clear. I'll take your word for it I guess.