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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: epicure who wrote (142177)8/8/2010 9:58:16 AM
From: Paul Smith  Read Replies (2) of 540872
 
I understand what you are saying.

Let me explain my thoughts.
Of course forgiveness is a wonderful action. Setting that aside, let's say an asian person does something bad to you and you call him a racist name. That is unacceptable, bad behavior, etc. However, it does not make you a racist. In that example, it is clear that you have negative feelings toward the person that harmed you but it is not clear that you also have negative feelings toward an entire race.

Explained a different way, blacks will sometimes call another black a "ni****" and it is my assumption that they are referring to that select person and not their entire racial group.

Long way of saying that names are bad but the use of a name may not by itself mean that a person is a racist. Being a racist is a very serious charge that implies very widespread feelings.
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