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Hugh_Lebowski

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6. Much as I hate Mitch, this doesn't HAVE to be viewed as being meant as racist
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 09:51 AM
Jan 2022

It would've been okay if he'd said 'other Americans' or 'Americans on the whole' or similar, right? Not saying 'accurate' but not 'offensive'.

But his just saying 'Americans' could be interpreted as 'Americans generally' ... without much of a logical stretch.

I think he IS a racist, but there's an easy 'out' for him if called on to explain it, and it's not unreasonable is all I'm really saying.

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