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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (137913)	1/8/2018 8:24:58 PM
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One of the things "racists" say by way of expiation is "I'm not racist. Some of my best friends are ... whatever group it is." I've been aware of this tactic for decades. The common use was "some of my best friends are Black (or Jewish) depending on the individual. This was always seen as a weak defense for not being racist. Wasn't there a politian's wife who recently suggested she and her husband weren't racists because their lawyer was Jewish. I guess that was funny in some sense. Here is an article of more recent uses: Rick Santorum: A Brief History of the ‘Some of My Best Friends’ Defense newrepublic.com It's entertaining if anyone has the time. I joined the game with the aim being to be the first one to accuse the other of being "racist". By being the first to say "racist" one thereby got the winning argument. I remember you explaining this before. So, you are trying to trump the other party by calling them a racist first, and this is how you win. However, I've noticed you calling people racist even before the topic approached anything about race. This seems like something you've really enjoyed doing in the past. I also seem to remember Metacomet taking umbrage when you called him a racist. I guess he just didn't get the joke then. Now, it's possible that people have called you a racist after some particularly racist comment. That's easy to believe. It's likely that they weren't really trying to win the argument, but were so appalled by your comments that the previous topic was no longer a focus. The mere calling of the name racist was considered a high powered intellectual response to anything thereby avoiding the need to apply any intelligence, facts, or reason. Maybe some people just don't like arguing with someone who seems to be a racist. I think I would probably want to end a conversation if someone turned out to be a wife beater or a pussy grabber. Here is a transcript that you have misquoted in the past: Trump: Yeah, that’s her. With the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Bush: Whatever you want. Trump: Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything. Bush: Uh, yeah, those legs, all I can see is the legs. Trump: Oh, it looks good. Bush: Come on shorty. nytimes.com Some people, and I'm guessing a lot of women, would want to leave this type of conversation as quickly as possible. They might even call big-ass D a pig before walking away. He could trump them by called them a pig first like you do.