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Originally Posted by JinnKai
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.
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I think the key word is "justify." Because someone thinks positively or negatively of someone justifies nothing. Too often the term racism comes up yet most people misrepresent it for something else, namely ignorance.
And why? Because the term racism has been watered down to the point where the definition itself, means nothing anymore.
People are too sensitive. We live in a world where entitlement means we can never be criticized no matter how warranted and if we pursue our opinions, well guess what, we get labelled.
People using those labels are scapegoating the arguement usually because they don't like what they hear. Sometimes the truth is very painful. Or because they fail to understand implicit meaning of what is being said due to misguided societal discourse that has entrenched itself into the collective psyche of what's supposedly acceptable and what isn't.
It's not to say racism doesn't exist. But in my experiences there are alot more people who are ignorant rather than racist. I've lived, worked and visited various
hotspots in the world and honestly, I've met very few racists.