If this isn't simply ignored, then I'm betting on a Luis Suarez type defence...
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp They're going to bite you on the arm?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@NotungSchwert I heard that defence a lot from racists in the early 1980s when the word "Paki" used to get thrown around a lot. It's bollox.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp Yeah, not to mention that defence would be inconsistent with 'intent is not magic' (a slogan I really hate btw).2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@NotungSchwert and mixed with people for whom, "Paki-bashing", as it was called, was done for fun. The early 80s were messy in the UK.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp Yeah, just before my time really. 'Paki' was the ultimate racial slur in my childhood though - I remember that.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@NotungSchwert@PhilosophyExp Think Rod Liddle's usage of "black savages". The term black isn't racist but it is in that context.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Humanisticus @NotungSchwert skin color/race as a relevant attribute in the context of a row, fury, insult, etc.
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