Only in a lunatic asylum does that kind of regretful, liberal, factual remark get described as "racist".
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Replying to @s0larbody @Outsideness
I think the more important problem with racism as an accusation is that it has invented a crime without proving a harm has occurred. The accusation conjures the crime after the fact even in the absence of anything in any particular instance other than hurt feelings.
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Replying to @s0larbody @Outsideness
I don't think any punishment is small enough that you can justify not even thinking before enacting it. I mean, "due process" is maybe excessive to invoke, but "a modicum of rational thought" is not.
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Replying to @s0larbody @Outsideness
No, I just don't language as having special causal powers. Even Nazi language is only as dangerous as the irrationality of its listeners. It doesn't bother me if language is racist, it bothers me if it's harmful or if it's wrong. Not all language that describes race is wrong.
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The current trend seems to be to say that all racist language is inherently harmful but this is backwards. You need to prove harm first, not assume it and reason backwards to arrive at whatever conclusion about reality you like.
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