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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
^^^ So are you claiming that the standards of what's offensive (or racist, sexist, etc.) in our society are universally recognized? Or are you suggesting that maligning a group of people based in their nationality is different from maligning a group of people based on their race?
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Pretty much. If ugly attitudes about Americans were prevalent to a point in Canadian society that they contributed to discriminatory practices against them, I might have a different opinion.
I don't want to put in words in your mouth, but your first post also kind of sounded like "Hey, let's not force bigots to face any kind of tangible consequences for their bigotry because we're way too bigoted as a society to enforce those consequences without severe side effects."