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Fichefinder

(410 posts) Fri Dec 2, 2016, 06:04 PM Dec 2016

If a person says something smart, we say they are smart [View all]

If a person says something clever, we say they are clever

If someone speaks truth to power we say they are brave

Why then, when someone says something racist do people refuse to say "they are a racist"?

We can only learn about what is inside a person by what comes out of them.

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If a person says something smart, we say they are smart [View all] Fichefinder Dec 2016 OP

I say they are racist Skittles Dec 2016 #1

The media, mostly Fichefinder Dec 2016 #2

cowards, mostly Skittles Dec 2016 #3

Not quite ready to call all Trump voters racists, Fichefinder Dec 2016 #4

again Skittles Dec 2016 #6

I disagree ck4829 Dec 2016 #5

Seems like we are saying the same thing Fichefinder Dec 2016 #7

I do agree with you, just my attempt at being ironic. ck4829 Dec 2016 #9

Because you can't fix stupid. lpbk2713 Dec 2016 #8