> Is there any more toxic label you can attach to a person in contemporary America than "racist?"
The actual article did not in fact label him as racist, and I don't think you could read it that way without being sloppy.
The actual article did not in fact label him as racist, and I don't think you could read it that way without being sloppy.
You could call this sloppy reading, but I think the truth is that a writer can clearly communicate their intended conclusion without stating it directly. Which is just what Metz did.