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thenewgreen  ·  2682 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 23, 2016

Did you set him straight?





user-inactivated  ·  2682 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's steve, man. Believe in steve.

steve  ·  2682 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks flag.

A discussion was had. Let's just say he started off with "I'm not a racist" and ended with a discussion where I think he recognized the weight of words and that some things are really inexcusable.

user-inactivated  ·  2681 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So, this is a bit embarrassing in hindsoght, but could you elaborate on what was discussed? My last roommate would do the exact thing with the same argument: "I'm not a racist." Despite using it to explicitly reference black people, when I hear that argument I can't help but be dumbfounded. Raging doesn't help the situation so I take the sloth's approach and back off to avoid blowing up on him. The weirdest thing is that it's coming from a fellow Jew of all people which gets me all the more riled up...

thenewgreen  ·  2682 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm a believer.