"It is an especially galling dodge to hear that from the same people who will look you in the eye and talk about how whites are inherently racist. They have no problem making sweeping generalizations about white people; they are, as you saw with Senator Antonio, speaking over the question by calling it racist."
"When you are passing judgments on individuals regarding their character, it is not right to judge them based on their immutable characteristics as part of a group.
"We judge individuals based on who they are and what they do.
"On the other hand, when you are evaluating a group, it's just as wrong to disaggregate it into individual atoms and claim that there are no group characteristics that are relevant to making a judgment.
"That's why it is simultaneously true that individuals who are part of some group may be good, and the group as a whole is still harmful. When I meet a liberal, for instance, I do not immediately assume that they are degenerates who embrace demonic practices, while I feel perfectly comfortable saying that as a group the Democratic Party is degenerate and embraces demonic practices, like sterilizing and mutilating children, endorsing Nazis who become communists, and al Qaeda supporters.
"Both can be true. Some of my favorite people are Democrats; the Democratic Party is evil." . . . More...
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