Yes, of course I can't (nor anyone else) know for certain exactly what someone else means when they communicate. > Even if we take your interpretations as perf

Yes, of course I can't (nor anyone else) know for certain exactly what someone else means when they communicate. > Even if we take your interpretations as perfectly correct, they don't knit together into any coherent message. Well I guess we differ on this point and that's okay. The overall message I got from that quote was that every group has a stereotype, and one's actions affect the stereotype of your race. And so you should stick up for yourself. That makes sense to me. For the record, I am not judging the guy, and I don't care if what he says offends people. I know he has mental health issues, and that it affects the things he thinks/says. I was just saying that the quote was not "word salad", according to the definition I provided. If no one else can see the gist of what he is saying then fine. I guess we all see patterns differently.