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[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Gary84Clark

Back to the subject of Sherman. He was called all types of monkeys. Monkey was the favorite word thug was second. Your philosophy on bigotry reveals a special kind of hatred, but this is a football thread so who cares.

My last word on this and only b/c the "special hatred" comment. To be clear, I have no "special kind of hatred" towards any racial group or any individual solely b/c they belong to a certain racial group. While I disagree with how broadly you appear to categorize people as racists, I absolutely agree that, in the context presented, a significant number of the comments made in response to Sherman's initial outburst were intended to be derogatory and used terms that were intended to be specifically related to race.

I think it a danger to place any word on the "censor list of automatic public condemnation" because it empowers the word, emasculates discussion and favors mob mentality over considered thought. In that light, I simply, and strongly disagree, with adding "thug" to the "you said X so you are a racist" list.