> otherwise I don't see how they are more than just shallow strawmen. Both examples seem really common to me, although slightly exaggerated for comic effect.

> otherwise I don't see how they are more than just shallow strawmen. Both examples seem really common to me, although slightly exaggerated for comic effect. It's extremely easy to find people who dismiss everything said after "INR,B" as racist — for instance, on Urban Dictionary whatever is said after it is DEFINED as racist: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=i%27m%20not%20racist%2C%20but%20.%20.%20 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=i%27m%20not%2.... (I'll happily agree that very many things said after "INR,B" ARE racist, but it also seems obvious to me that if you have an actual non-racist point to make, lots of people are going to dismiss it if you start with "INR,B".)