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This: "Not that I'm excusing it," is the same kind of weaselly phrasing as "I'm not racist, but".
by GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
This: "Not that I'm excusing it,"
is the same kind of weaselly phrasing as "I'm not racist, but".
- npsimons 12y agoNice. Ad hominem. What's next, are you going to call me misogynistic? How about homophobic? Would you be happier if I phrased it as "I'm not excusing his behavior"? Because that's essentially the same meaning, just not as "weaselly" [sic]. Also, sentence did not contain a "but", even semantically.