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Zareth posted...

It wasn't my attention to be rude when I called them the N word, why do you think I'm a racist

You're changing the subject. I clearly said that IF he said it as an insult then that would be a rude thing to do. You felt the need (I assume from being sore over the thrashing I gave you in that other topic) (bad show for carrying hostility between topics btw) to call me out for not condemning him... when that's exactly what I did.

The key here is IF he meant it as an insult. I know that you like to ignore facts when they don't fit your narrative but there is literally video of the moment it happened, it wasn't said with any venom and it wasn't even directly aimed at the chick. Also technically he said House N*****, not N*****, which has a different connotation especially in the southn even if it is equally offensive the context matters. Right afterwards he explains why he said what he said as well.

The guy claims he was repeating something a higher official, the Mayor said. I suppose he thought the shock of it being spoken during a meeting would have more of an impact than just telling some reporter or something, and he was right but not in a good way. So yeah, probably not the best way of going about it but if what he said is true than he obviously wouldn't be a racist for saying it.

Think about it like this. What if this council member guy was black himself and he pulled the exact same stunt for the exact same (claimed) reason? People would be treating him like a hero and calling for the resignation of the Mayor. Isn't treating people differently based on the color of their skin the essence of racism? If someone automatically distrusted black people when it came to certain subjects that person would be a racist, why is it alright to assume the worst about white people when it comes to this subject? If you say "well statistically whites are more likely to..." whatever you could say the exact same thing about black people on negative things, or any race for that matter.