Jinn

That's just it. Labels are justified individually. I can label someone an asshole that others label "kind-hearted." I justify my label differently. For some people, mis-using the wrong word or using a certain tone is enough to label you racist. While it might not "justify" it in your opinion, it does in theirs.

So if you truly object to being labeled something, you either ignore the person labeling you or you work to determine WHY they arrived at that label and avoid those "why" behaviors. As I indicated to pan in beginning of this thread, I think it has to do with his choice of words and his defensive attitude. He can either ignore it, and he can work to avoid it, if being called "racist" really bothers him.

And again, you might call this a threadjack Pan, but as I warned you in my first posts, your OP was not specifically about "when is something racist" - it was also a rant about being personally labeled, and you cannot expect people to ignore it, despite your repeatedly protesting that "THATS NOT WHAT THIS THREAD IS ABOUT." Controlling your OP is much easier than controlling the ensuing reaction.

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