I mean, his underlying point is right; it matters what it means to be "racist" and so using the term accurately is actually important, unlike IFF's analogy as to the difference between a couch and a chesterfield. This is a word whose meaning is important, because it's a really terrible thing to be, or from the other side, to be accused of being if you're not.
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