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I think you missed my point. You asked why he would assume it was African-Americans as the subject of the proposed example of a bigoted question. That link is to a direct example of why, and emblematic of a larger pattern.

"What about this guy" doesn't really help here.

Are you arguing that it's a bad example, or asking in good faith why it is a good example?

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In this very thread I was accused of asking one of these "bigoted questions". I hold no hatred towards any race of people nor am I a big fan of the GOP. I am certainly not a operative of the GOP attempting to swing votes for them. So I just don't understand how this is remotely related to be honest. Quite frankly this all seems like an attempt to limit speech by a political ideology that seems to crumble when debated.

I'm really confused. I was providing an example of why he might be using African-Americans as the subject of bigotry for such a question. Atwater happened to be a prominently involved in politics with a great deal of influence over generations of ideologues, but this [particular thread starting with my example question] has nothing to do with politics directly. I never accused you of anything, so I'm again lost.

Also, that was an either-or question...

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