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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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I have a crush on my cousin's wife...
Going to add some criss-crosses in the family tree?

Racism is racism against any race creed or religion
It should be. But the point is that, for the question I raised, the categorization isn't just "racism" that puts it in a separate class. It's a specific kind of racism. Which supports the notion that it isn't the general concept of racism that's the social motivator for the double standard, but rather certain examples or types of racism based on their historical precedent.
 

Kate

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There is also the question of how personal something is.

Does someone hate nerds and therefore hate you, or does their knowledge of you make them hate nerds? Does the person picking on you really hate all fat people, or do they just hate you and can easily pick on your being fat?
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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There is also the question of how personal something is.

Does someone hate nerds and therefore hate you, or does their knowledge of you make them hate nerds? Does the person picking on you really hate all fat people, or do they just hate you and can easily pick on your being fat?
Yeah, I totally see that. Or is it because someone is looking for the most convenient stick to hurl at you as an insult, and the best they can reach for is "nerd" because you don't qualify for black, gay, Jew, etc.?

I wouldn't get offended by honky or cracker but that's mostly because they sound funny, how are they even supposed to be insults?
BUT.... I can envision the circumstances where that could be construed as hostile and dangerous. Context is often most of it, if not everything.

Now it's legitimately gross. :inter:

I was about to get a KitKat bar but you ruined it for me.
Is this some anti-Mexican rhetoric or what? :p
 

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