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MeteoricBurst posted...

I think people are just puzzled you going so far out of your way to rationalise something with all these long posts, that's really very straightforward. This guy said a very well known racist term, that was so bad it shocked all the people in his presence. Then was unapologetic about the whole thing. Nothing more nothing less.

You can say the N word without automatically being a racist is my main point though, context matters. Lile my hypothetical, if a black guy said the phrase "so and so called me a N*****" would anyone in their right mind consider him a racist against black people for merely uttering the word aloud? The guy is pretty dumb for doing what he did, but it doesn't automatically follow that he's a racist. Condemn him for the first thing fine, but I'm not comfortable condemning someone to the equivalent of the social death penalty if there is a shadow of a doubt in the situation which I think exists here. Anyone who thinks differently is welcome to, but they shouldn't be acting like they know what his true intention was with 100% certainty.