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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 231: The Sleepy One
red sox 777 07/30/19 2:06:28 PM #120:	Racism loses almost all of its meaning if there's a better explanation for actions. For example, suppose we had data that a person said bad things about 90% of black people and 40% of white people. That person would seem racist, right? But then suppose we found out that that person said bad things about 100% of Democrats, and in fact, that person never said anything bad about any person, white or black, who wasn't a Democrat. Now it's clear that the person is not racist. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:925386655] in Politics C... [t:77893872]...</cite> <quote>Racism loses almost all of its meaning if there's a better explanation for actions. For example, suppose we had data that a person said bad things about 90% of black people and 40% of white people. That person would seem racist, right? But then suppose we found out that that person said bad things about 100% of Democrats, and in fact, that person never said anything bad about any person, white or black, who wasn't a Democrat. Now it's clear that the person is not racist. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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