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Originally Posted by rubecube
I don't really see how deriding something as racist or bigoted is shutting down the conversation so long as you're willing to explain why you think it's racist or bigoted. Considering the amount of people who still don't believe obviously racist things are racist, it's still kind of necessary to call it out. That said the "What you said was racist" approach is generally more constructive than the "You're a racist" approach.
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Well that's the problem. People don't expand, or if they do (generalizing obviously) it's along the lines of "It's racist because Islam is the religion of brown people" or it's bigoted because we lack a cultural understanding.
It does shut down the conversation because it immediately puts the person in a defensive mindset, except now they have to address claims that they're racist and not the initial subjects. The card is played way too often.
Obviously people are still racist, but that doesn't justify the quantity of criticism brushed aside using that as an umbrella.