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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Flip, the part of your convoluted theories on racism and being able to judge that you have never met as a result that astounds me is your deduction that because Mr. McCain fought in Vietnam that he is likely a racist. Admittedly that was one of a number of factors which you argued, but I think it is appalling that you seem to think that someone even runs the risk of being considered a less moral person based upon their service to their country in a time of war, regardless of your views on the war itself. McCain is as close to a war hero as you are ever going to find based upon everything that we know about his time as a POW and his courageous actions.
Fighting against a minority means nothing as to whether someone is racist or not. Does that mean that our soldiers fighting in Afghanistan are bigoted, because they are fighting against what amounts to a religious minority in Canada. I personally can’t see the difference between the two situations and that doesn’t speak well for your argument as it is foolish and quite frankly offensive.
I don’t care if you say that you didn’t say that he was a racist as a result of his service, but to even consider his service to his country to be an indication that he was a racist is abhorrent.
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I think it could be found that the military actually decreases racism. The US military desegregated far before the rest of the country. You will be surprised how quickly racism fades when you are relying on people of other races to cover your back in a battle.