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GameRager: Dude, the WAY he uses them and why he uses them make them a slur. Mainly the only ones who add race to an insult are those intent on making racial comments. And I meant adding race to insults btw, not other comments that aren't insulting and/or are factual statements meant to clarify or inform someone of something.
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stoicsentry: I'll take your word for it, then! :)

That said, /b/ = this guy probably deserve each other.
From listening to many racial slurs(joke and serious, on purpose or accidental, spoken and written) on /b/, I can tell much about some others can't. Sort of a bonus to visiting there I guess.
I like how he tries to censor himself saying "F you" and 2 seconds after "screw you assholes!". Priceless.

Oh, and the "I'm sick and tired of Canadia" was also quite funny :))
A song to calm everyone down...religious in nature sort of, but a great song sung by a great man:

Vaults of Heaven
The "Melting Pot of Friendship" doesn't approve of bronies ;_;

While this is funny, I'm finding it hard to believe that this guy is legit. His reaction just seems way over the top, constantly reciting the same lines such as the whole melting pot thing and going straight from defending himself, saying he's not a racist, to playing "Guess the minority!"

Also The Engineer is a pyro? I seriously couldn't understand a single word he said, and he didn't seem to do a good job of screening if he was actually trying.
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GameRager: Dude, the WAY he uses them and why he uses them make them a slur. Mainly the only ones who add race to an insult are those intent on making racial comments. And I meant adding race to insults btw, not other comments that aren't insulting and/or are factual statements meant to clarify or inform someone of something.
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stoicsentry: I'll take your word for it, then! :)

That said, /b/ = this guy probably deserve each other.
I am pretty much on your camp; I'll just take their word for it. If the guy is using race as an argument, in and of itself, for why someone is inferior or wrong, then that is racist. However, if he is using it merely as a descriptor (and not the argument itself), then, although he might still be a racist, that un-PC statement alone can't prove it.

As long as he isn't accused of racism for stating that he disagrees with Affirmative Action for whatever reason (or some other conservative-leaning belief), then I am willing to believe he might just simply be a racist asshole. Not everyone is misunderstood; sometimes a spade really is a spade.
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stoicsentry: So does he use racial slurs ever?
No, but his favorite game is "guess the minority".
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stoicsentry: So does he use racial slurs ever?
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BarryMC: No, but his favorite game is "guess the minority".
Cool
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stoicsentry: So does he use racial slurs ever?
Im pretty sure saying "Shove it up your Mexican ass" to someone who he has no way of knowing is Mexican counts as a racial slur. The guy is most definitely a racist. He just doesn't realize it himself. That seems to be how most racist people are.

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My appoligies, I guess it may not count as a "Racial Slur" but its still racist.
Post edited June 24, 2011 by MobiusArcher
Since when is 'Mexican' a race? Mexico's a country, not a racial group. What if he said "Shove it up your Norwegian ass" or "Shove it up your Canadian ass"? I don't think this qualifies him as a racist (I've no opinion on whether or not he's actually a racist, since I've not listened to any of the show). Did the guy he said this to have a Mexican accent?
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Coelocanth: Since when is 'Mexican' a race? Mexico's a country, not a racial group. What if he said "Shove it up your Norwegian ass" or "Shove it up your Canadian ass"? I don't think this qualifies him as a racist (I've no opinion on whether or not he's actually a racist, since I've not listened to any of the show). Did the guy he said this to have a Mexican accent?
Agree with you, basically.
I agree with you partly. This is different though. He didn't know the guy was a Mexican. He chose to call the guy a Mexican because he didn't like him. That changes things.
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MobiusArcher: I agree with you partly. This is different though. He didn't know the guy was a Mexican. He chose to call the guy a Mexican because he didn't like him. That changes things.
I see what you're saying and if that's the case, i agree to an extent. But still 'Mexican' is not a racial slur. Mexican isn't a race. Is it prejudicial? Absolutely. The guy's quite likely prejudiced and a bigot. But saying what he did doesn't make him racist.

Not that one's any better than the other, but in this overly political correct world we're living in, I grow weary of people playing the race card every time someone says something they don't like.

This guy may be a racist, but that comment doesn't show it. Is he a bigoted and prejudiced asshole? Yeah, you could say that.
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Coelocanth: But still 'Mexican' is not a racial slur. Mexican isn't a race.
I corrected myself on that. Your right that Mexican is not a racial slur. Your also correct that its not a race. Unfortunately in America, Mexican is what many people call all Latino Americans. So while it isn't technically a race, that's how its frequently used.
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MobiusArcher: I corrected myself on that. Your right that Mexican is not a racial slur. Your also correct that its not a race. Unfortunately in America, Mexican is what many people call all Latino Americans. So while it isn't technically a race, that's how its frequently used.
Ah, I stand corrected. I was unaware of that aspect.
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Coelocanth: ... in this overly political correct world we're living in, I grow weary of people playing the race card every time someone says something they don't like.
Ditto.

Too often, people throw around inflammatory buzzwords, such as 'racism', 'sexism', 'rape', or 'pornography', when their situation doesn't quite justify the claim. The danger is that throwing these words around haphazardly dilutes the terminology and may lead others to ignore an event in which it actually occurs.

I am not saying that this is the case here. I am merely saying that I am wary of any event or person labeled in such a way without, first, knowing all the facts.