On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 3:27 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: That we should assume that there is no one on this list who is > actually a racist or sexist or homophobe or Islamo-phobe or > anti-Semite or whatever, and there should be a high thrshold for > accusing people on the list of such vile things?
See, there's a big difference between *being* and *saying,* or even *sounding.* Here's one explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ti-gkJiXc I don't really care about the purity of anyone's soul or their innermost thoughts. *Be* whatever you like. That's your business. Public statements and actions, yes. Those do concern me. And protestations that one doesn't, really and truly, hold this or that sort of prejudice are both A. an awfully broad defense, if taken seriously (most of us can lodge convincing claims to being good, decent people, however offensive at certain moments); and B. rather beside the point. Who cares, and so what? -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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