Rob Chappell

only the mantis shrimp truly knows the difference between ecru and eggshell

Only quietly under my breath

Well I still haven’t given up on “momentarily” meaning “for a moment” when most people use it incorrectly to mean “in a moment” so

Which is exactly what I said in my original response. It’s usually used to mean centrist, which is incorrect

I consider myself a moderate leftist

Talarico id say is also a moderate leftist if only in presentation. His views are very lefty but he doesn’t come off as strident or radical, so he appeals to other moderates

Many moderates will take liberal or conservative positions but only when asked because they’re not super engaged

Other moderates can take on extreme positions but be open to discussion

My views are pretty far left but I’m not absolutist and I’m open to compromise and good faith discussion so

“Centrist” refers to where you are on the left - right political spectrum. I’d argue it almost doesn’t exist anymore.

“Moderate” refers to a relative lack of fervor for whatever your position is.

So …

I think "moderate" and "centrist" aren't interchangeable terms, but are often used as if they are

I think Trump genuinely doesn’t know what an asylum claim is, and heard the word one day and assumed it meant insane asylums and nobody has corrected him

Has anyone tried to explain to him what asylum means, do we think?

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I don’t think it was inadvertent

It was very adverdent

Why can’t Fulham supporters have nice things

Feels like we shoulda got more than $25k or whatever it was for him

Holy cripes

Genius

When Dr Robby & Dana were surveying the chaos my teen kid said “they’re the parents”

That’s not true everywhere - 18 states have open primaries. Wisconsin (where I live) doesn’t even have party registration.

Flagellation is always worth a try

You haven’t yet admitted you were wrong without immediately following with some form of “but I’m not a racist”

That’s why I said seemed to. You definitely did the defensive thing for a bit there, and then settled into “I didn’t mean it” and then continued to differentiate between yourself and Nazi Klan members or something

“At least Im not flying a confederate flag” isn’t helpful

again

Racist is an adjective, not a noun.

You aren’t “a racist”

But you said and did some racist things.

The first step in becoming anti-racist, as a white person, is acknowledging our own racism when it happens

Right, and you seemed to be trying to excuse yourself by saying “it wasn’t intentional” and “I’m not a racist” which are not entirely related.

Nobody’s disputing that.

What you’re missing is in the case of unintentional racism, “I didn’t mean to” doesn’t make the harm disappear

I’d offer the idea that sometimes your Black friends let it slide and don’t feel safe or just don’t want to bother calling you in if you do an accidental racism

(He’s adopted) (I’m still white with a hard h)

Right, if it’s added with a negative connotation that’s different

One time I was at my kid’s soccer game and someone asked my dad which kid was his grandson and he was like ummm the one with theee ummm jacket? And the socks? And i said dad it’s ok you can say “the black one” lol

A white lady was saying how beautiful a Hmong funeral was, and how a lot of the elements were the same as a normal funeral

(Record scratch)

I asked what she meant by normal and she was like ope

That’s inadvertent racism

That’s not really inadvertent racism, I don’t think. Blackness is almost always relevant to Black people. Noting race isn’t necessarily racist. Better example:

Yes but that doesn’t mean unintentional racism is harmless