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Originally Posted by flameswin
Okay, let's put it to rest then, with a simple yes or no.
Do you think that lady telling that guy to go back to his country was racist? No qualifiers, no "wondering". Just post either yes or no.
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How can you put something to rest when you've questioned it only 24 hours earlier? I'm seriously wondering, is it actually a racist comment?
My "see it as you wish" is simply my brushing aside something you've suggested, that I'm merely using "wondering" as a scapegoat. If you can't accept my response that I'm actually curious and instead come back with jokes and parodies regarding fox news and some late night TV show then I'm not going to respond. You don't know me, nor will you ever, so you have no basis for accusing me of such things. If my one clear response wasn't enough to appease your first accusation then nothing will and I'm moving on.
I've already said it's a brutal and harsh comment and she's an idiot. I'm not sure what your implication of my use of wondering is implying, that I support what she said? That I think it's okay for her to say what she said? Racism is a bad thing for sure. But I often wonder if those championing against these 'minor' (not to say any racism is minor) racist events or occurances often lose sight of the bigger picture because they get blinded by a big nasty racism angle. As Cowperson said earlier, it's a lot less than it used to be. I think Calgary is a great place and I personally don't think I've ever witnessed anything particularily racist. As such I'm not sure branding the ignorant with the racist badge is particularily fair. I'm not sure this ignorant idiotic lady deserves the same fate as the moron young guy who posted on his facebook "Eat Shiz and Die Alberta's" regarding the flood. And I wonder if those calling it racism are accurate in their definition of racism as their was no superior/inferioir angle which is how I always interpretated racism.
Anyway... Too nice of day to continue posting after lunch. Time to go back outside. Enjoy...