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I could. But frankly I'm tired of educating people with racist viewpoints. I'm really thinking that the racism displayed in that post is an intractable problem with (at least here in America), with outlets like Fox News flourishing. So, downvote away. Not being racist isn't rocket science and like I said, I'm pretty much done with carrying the burden of educating racists while they frolick the day away wallowing in their various isms.

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You just keep nailing it. Wallowing is a good word.

Some people want to be racist, and for those who don't want to be, that fact may be difficult to understand. In their minds, it's just up to others to enlighten the racist. Perversely enough, it's frequently the targets of their isms that are expected to provide this enlightenment.

But, the happy (rac)ists need their hate and ignorance. It justifies them and gives them a worldview that makes them comfortable. It's a cozy blanket of tribalism via a shared mutual hate and, ironically, a posture of supreme victimhood. It's "I hate you because your existence is somehow harming me."

They cannot be educated because they don't want to be educated, and they are blisfully and willingly unaware that their current views are malformed.

The happy (rac)ists are a time, energy, and emotion sink--a lost cause.

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