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Mar. 22nd, 2008 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheI find it interesting that so many people are apparently fine with calling the reverend a racist based on a few sound bites.
In contrast, when confronted with Mel Gibson spouting anti-Semitic crap or Michael Richards repeatedly saying clearly bigoted slurs, a great number of people want to give them the benefit of the doubt. ("Oh, so he said the N-word 13 times in a row. He was trying to be funny!")
In contrast, when confronted with Mel Gibson spouting anti-Semitic crap or Michael Richards repeatedly saying clearly bigoted slurs, a great number of people want to give them the benefit of the doubt. ("Oh, so he said the N-word 13 times in a row. He was trying to be funny!")