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goofburglar2026
2y ago
Err on the side of being racist until proven racist... Cool heuristic.
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goofburglar2026
2y ago
The term itself is not self-explanatory, and requires delving into its backstory for it to mean something coherent -- doing so reiterates the racist caricature at the heart of the metaphor. There are many terms and expressions that have be