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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Of course it matters. He could be referring to people with autism, a short guy with a (fill-in-the-blank) accent, a deaf person, or many other non-racial categories.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lovebug View Post
    It shouldn't really matter who these competitors are, but since you insist...
    one is a white Jew, one is Asian, one is Black, one is Hispanic. You already know that this person is playing for people who look and talk like him, no other reason, no handicap.
    Ok?

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    Looks like liberals are incapable of deciding whether or not something is racist unless they can ID the ethnicity/race of the person who said it.

    Identity politics is all they know.

    They have to figure out if the speaker is a protected class according to the liberal hierarchy of victimhood.

    Well played, Lovebug.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lovebug View Post
    Assume I made it up. If either of these people said they are competing for above mentioned reasons, would it be racism? You don't need to know more than that.
    Once a few people answered the actual question, I will post a link. It actually did happen, and husband and I both noticed.
    I can't answer. I don't know what they look like, nor do I know what they sound like. You declared their race but if we don't have context, we don't know what "People who look and sound like me" means.

    I have freckles, red hair, a Midwestern twang to my speech which is now mixing in with the Yooper/Canadian cadence and pronounciation. I also think that I sound like a cartoon character. lol

    If I say I'm "doing this for people who look and sound like me"... am I doing a charity event for Woody Woodpecker? Redheads in general? People who have moved from an area with its own speech to another, who are in transition?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Of course it matters. He could be referring to people with autism, a short guy with a (fill-in-the-blank) accent, a deaf person, or many other non-racial categories.
    Precisely. That's why I'm suspicious of the attempt to turn it into something racial.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Precisely. That's why I'm suspicious of the attempt to turn it into something racial.
    Not really. It is nothing sinister. Husband and I are still scratching out heads, wondering if it is, or isn't. Thought I run it by a few people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    Not enough info.
    For you to say it is racist, all you'd need to know is the one saying it was white. On the other hand, if a black said it, you'd be so proud that he was doing for his people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lovebug View Post
    Not really. It is nothing sinister. Husband and I are still scratching out heads, wondering if it is, or isn't. Thought I run it by a few people.
    Okay, fair enough. So provide the link to where you saw the person state this, if you really want an honest opinion. Otherwise, I'm going to have to go with trolling which is always option C.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Precisely. That's why I'm suspicious of the attempt to turn it into something racial.
    If the person saying it was white, you'd consider it racist. If it was a person of color, you'd be applauding them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lovebug View Post
    Assume I made it up. If either of these people said they are competing for above mentioned reasons, would it be racism? You don't need to know more than that.
    Once a few people answered the actual question, I will post a link. It actually did happen, and husband and I both noticed.
    It is not for you to decide if I need to know more than that. Why don't you post a credible link to the real story, and let me decide for myself. Why would I have to rely on your paraphrasing, your interpretation, your editing, when it would take you five seconds to provide a link.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatFowlWoman View Post
    Precisely. That's why I'm suspicious of the attempt to turn it into something racial.
    Hilarious irony.

    You won't say if a statement is racist unless you know the person's skin color. We both know why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lovebug View Post
    Not really. It is nothing sinister. Husband and I are still scratching out heads, wondering if it is, or isn't. Thought I run it by a few people.
    Brilliant thread. Thus is the hypocrisy of the left exposed.

    Kudos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by God bless America View Post
    Looks like liberals are incapable of deciding whether or not something is racist unless they can ID the ethnicity/race of the person who said it.

    Identity politics is all they know.

    They have to figure out if the speaker is a protected class according to the liberal hierarchy of victimhood.
    Well played, Lovebug.
    I don't see your opinion here. Afraid to commit?


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    I don't see your opinion here. Afraid to commit?
    I think it is not racist, regardless of the ethnicity of the speaker.

    You can't say the same, can you, hypocrite?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lovebug View Post
    It shouldn't really matter who these competitors are, but since you insist...
    one is a white Jew, one is Asian, one is Black, one is Hispanic. You already know that this person is playing for people who look and talk like him, no other reason, no handicap.
    Okay, let's do a hypothetical.

    White Jew's favorite charity is Yad Ezra Shulamit - Feeding Israel's Hungry Children and Families

    Asian's favorite charity is The Asia Foundation - a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia.

    Black's favorite charity is The NAACP - to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

    Hispanic's favorite charity is Children of the Americas - to supply Hispanic students with scholarships, school supplies, computers, meals, new cafeterias and computer labs to succeed.

    I don't see a problem or a racist slant with any of these. Do you? Does anyone?


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    Quote Originally Posted by God bless America View Post
    I think it is not racist, regardless of the ethnicity of the speaker.

    You can't say the same, can you, hypocrite?
    I just did, dummy.


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