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> racist, or sexist —- though he was those things -- Those are pretty serious accusations and seems odd of you to so cavalierly throw them out. I’m not super
by prepend 5y ago
> racist, or sexist —- though he was those things --
Those are pretty serious accusations and seems odd of you to so cavalierly throw them out.
I’m not super knowledgeable about O’Rourke, but I’ve seen him around on tv shows and opinion pieces for a few decades and don’t think he’s sexist or racist.
If you’re going to make such statements, back them up a big.
- kbelder 5y agoI would like to reach a point in our society where an unfounded accusation is viewed as reprehensible as the accusation itself. Calling somebody a racist, casually, without any proof or even evidence, is contemptable.
- enneff 5y agoO’Rourke has written hundreds of thousands of words that promote racist ideas. Of course people will always debate whether making racist jokes make one a racist, but the sheer volume of his work is surely evidence of a kind.
- prepend 5y agoThat’s not true. Again, if you have claim, please support it. I think the problem is that non-racist works are being conflated with something racist. I’d have to judge what’s racist joke as it’s hard nowadays to take someone’s world for it.
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