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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
No, that is not racist. It's stupid and terrible in many ways, but it isn't racist.
This is racist, though Trump didn't actually say this. He said that some Mexicans are rapists and criminals (true), and that those are the Mexicans who cross the border illegally (false). It's xenophobic dog whistle stuff, for sure.
Clearly, quintessentially racist statements.
I don't know why it's so hard for some people to parse this. It's not that nuanced, is it?
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We're arguing semantics here. Iowa is talking about reading between the lines, not explicit racist statements. You're trying to argue is not explicitly racist mini one disagrees with you. You can be pedantic to show you're intellectually above the fray, but it's an irrelevant position to take here. It's neither morally superior to argue racist dogwhistle language isn't racist, but it's irrelevant to discussion here