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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I was all ready to get excited about the idea of Hitler not being a racist - I mean, he had a detailed racial analysis, even if his notion of an "Aryan" race might conflict with notions of a "white" race.
But then you give a really nice explication of exactly how a generalization (Sebby's "fact") becomes a stereotype becomes bigotry. So let's focus on that. This is exactly right.
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So the rules should be:
We must shun discussions which lead to certain religions being seen in a negative light.
I believe a number of Catholic Bishops have been arguing that same point for the last 15 or so years. They've even had lawyers argue it against the Boston Globe and NYTimes. You should look up their work... probably filled with great cites.
