John_Browning wrote:
Oodain wrote:
John_Browning wrote:
Do you have the rest of the story? They sound drunk and CNN isn't exactly popular with the GOP support base. Stupid? Yes. Racist? I can't tell yet.
being drunk is no excuse for doing stupid stuff, cant handle the drink, dont drink.
furthermore i think the fact that they in a state of lesser inhibition utter rascist remarks speaks more about their character than any blood alcohol level ever could.
I agree being drunk doesn't excuse stupidity, but the article does not clearly prove racism was the intent.
true,(at least in a cut and dry legal sense of the word prove)
we are also talking about two people in a rather large assembly.
thing is i dont think it is as black and white as racist or not, we all have prejudice in one form or another and it is expressed with varying intensities compared to intent between individuas,
i do think that in this particular case we are dealing with people on the stronger side of the prejudice gradient, calling anyone an animal in a derogatory manner is quite frankly dehumanizing, in the most literal sense.
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