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Originally Posted by Ustwo
The issue isn't about xenophobia, or even racism its about people using the racist card to get out of having to defend a position or using it to attack someone else.
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If that's your point, then where do we disagree? I have never called Pan a racist, unless you count that I call everyone a racist (because we all are, to me). That was the whole point of my post on page 1... to explain that it's not about racism, it's about creating reasons to separate "us" from "them" in a manner that dehumanizes people.
What I *have* said is that anyone who cannot take universal human rights, the status quo of the current world system, etc. into consideration when dealing with complex issues such as "illegal" immigration, is what I consider to be an asshole (and yes, we're all assholes, but as the joke goes... you either know that you're an asshole, or you don't... and I'm talking about those who don't know). But that has nothing to do with whether or not I think he/she is racist. That was my point, way back where... do you agree or disagree with that?