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Originally Posted by rubecube
Okay, so in the context of Donald Drumpf, you think we're overreacting by labeling him as a racist?
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Probably not. At the very least, this is true, and was from the day he announced and gave the rapist mexican spiel:
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Originally Posted by Iowa Flames Fan
The problem is that it is quite plain that DRUMPF is a racist, or at least willing to pander to racists by peddling a terrifying nativism replete with racist dog whistles, peppered by the occasionally overt racist remark.
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However, I do think that some of the things that are knee-jerk labelled as racist don't actually fit the definition. For example, the judge of Mexican heritage - the allegations of bias by Trump against him aren't actually sourced in prejudice against Mexicans. He wasn't saying judges of Mexican heritage are inherently worse, or unable to be impartial. He was saying that because of this judge's political views and allegiances, and the incendiary statements Trump has made, he was likely to be biased against Trump specifically. There's a big difference there.
It also emphasizes the problem with immediately defaulting to "that's racist!" whenever any matter even tangentially related to race is brought up. There is a much, much bigger problem with Trump's view that that judge isn't competent to try him, which is a failure to understand the judiciary. He wants a judge to recuse himself for his political views. Can you imagine the consequences if that were a reasonable thing to ask for? They're completely destabilizing to the justice system.
All of this is of course just a tangent, because the comment you replied to, and my reply to you, were specific to concept creep as it pertains to racism, and the scope of what is "racist" or "hate speech" being expanded to the point that it's considerably more watered down, thereby robbing it of at least some of its power. This in turn is starting to have political consequences.
So to that extent at least, Yamato has a point that can't be easily dismissed by just calling him "dumb".