Never read the article, but let me give some life experience here, in regards to what is racist. Well, I have 3 half sisters (same Mom, different dads, theirs is a black man), and I've found myself saying something in which, I felt, was completely harmless and never meant as racist and been told that it is. Does that make me a racist? No. I love my sister's, stepfather, nieces and nephews and have more black friends than white. But, what you feel is harmless, doesnt mean it isn't to someone else. Its a very hard subject. I usually get carte Blanche on that side of my family, because they know the love I have for them, but I have been put in my place before.
I do think it is very unreasonable to call someone a racist without total, undeniable proof that one is. A wrong word here, a mistaken assumption there and all of a sudden, your racist. And, please, none of us bullshit here and be honest with ourselves, this is a leftist tactic in America. A very, very hard thing to put up with. I am a democrat, though moderate. And, these tactics the extreme left employ are doing nothing but hurting the Democratic party, which is sad. Look what it got us, 4-8 years of a bumbling fucking idiot, who will, before its said and done, have us in either a civil war or a World War. Its scary. The majority of the left needs to come back more to the center.
And, this extreme leftism is fostered at UNI's across the nation, and quite frankly gotten out of control. It would never make me turn Rep., but its hindering any chance the left has to regain the Oval Office. It needs to end. Its become so outlandish and extreme, that when politics are brought up IRL, I just walk away...if I can.
TLEILAXU, I think its very irresponsible to make a claim that one is racist, just what ibe read in this thread. From a lot of stuff ive read on genetics, indont think that any one ethnicity is smarter than another because of genetics. Your smarts come from the environment in which you are brought up and how much attention and devotion the parentsnput forth towards their children. I could be wrong, but that is what ive read. But, to make a claim that one person is racist, because of article, and not strong facts and multiple incidentsnto back that up, is just more extreme left-wing ignorance, imho. They just throw claims like that around too often. Just my 2 cents.