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Re: He didn't make a single racist comment..
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Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:25:41 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jordan Greer writes:
> Usually, I wouldn't touch this kind of topic with a 20 foot stick, but I
> feel as if some more people have to stand up for Greg here.
> He didn't make a single racist comment, nor did he say anything that even
> vaguely appeared racist.
> As Greg said (well, not exactly in these terms), you're reading too much
> into it.
> Perhaps you should realize that flinging accusations of racism at anything
> that even looks like a slight (and thus "crying wolf") only harms the very
> people you're trying to protect , eg: the people who actually do encounter
> racism.
> If people weren't so eager to yell about racism at even the smallest
> infraction, then people wouldn't have become so desensitized to the
> accusations of racism so prevalent in modern society, and many would
> actually pay attention.
> Good day to you, and try not to flame me.
I agree. No racism in Greg's comments that I saw. Not much Jingoism either.
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| (...) Greg has done a good job of elaborating upon his original point, as well as clarifying his (self-admitted) imprecise wording. However, some here felt a distinctly racial tone to this snippet: (...) from (URL) I agree that there is no (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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