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Originally Posted by Autumn
I agree with you in a sense, Molson, but everybody has racist opinions. Everyone. So even when you respect someone enough to think they're not *a* racist, that doesn't mean something they are saying or doing or acting on isn't an element of racism. People tend to freak out as if racism is only a label for a person. But it's not about the person, it's about how we approach and react and talk about things. If we treat it as a label, we just create more polarized conversation.
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I'd agree with that. I try very hard to see things from as many points of view as possible, but it's sometimes difficult to eliminate bias because I have evolved a specific moral code and sense of right and wrong.
I knew it was a bad idea, but I indulged my curiosity by reading Rush Limbaugh's take on the Jeantel interview. Absolutely fascinating stuff. It doesn't exonerate Martin or Zimmerman, by any means, but it's a perfect illustration of how the true professional agitators out there (Limbaugh, Al Sharpton, etc) work. They are loving every minute of this. I don't think you could reach their level of success without truly loving these cases.