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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Hank's close. I am saying people need to think before knee-jerking to, "That's racist!" or "That's sexist!"
When every slight is racist or sexist - and a lot of dumb people on the Left take that approach - the indictment loses all meaning.
Maher is an excellent example. He is not a racist. He used a term he had no license to use. But it was not a racist act. It was, in fact, intended to be ironic -- to make fun of racists. Ice Cube got it. Almost every black person got it. They took him to task for using the word recklessly, as they should have. But frivolous thinkers like you? Their first response is, "He's a sexist! A bigot! A racist!"
Most of the dimwits on the Left who do this dumb shit are clueless white kids. I suspect Black people level the charge more judiciously because they have a reverence for the concept.
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Your example disproves your point.
Bill Maher said something pretty stupid. He was taken to task for it. Instead of turning himself and his show into a platform for racism and turning toward Trump, he had people on to explain to him why he was wrong. He sat there and listened, participated, and, it would seem, changed his behavior based on that give and take.
If he did decide to throw up his hands and say, "Okay, fuck it. I'm racist! I now support Trump," your argument is that those who criticized him would be to blame for that? That's beyond stupid.
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