Re:The Confessions of @dick_nixon
by paulsutter on Saturday October 17, 2015 @11:56PM
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The quote is labeling a broad group of people with a polarizing issue.
That's prejudicial thinking that can't possibly be correct. And when the statement is made by a person who is opposed to the issue (views it as "wrong"), reasonably is taken as offensive whether the listener is for, against, or indifferent to the issue.
This blog post gives even better insight:
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/12/weak-men-are-superweapo...
To sum up, the only thing that could possibly be offensive is either 2) or the overall tone of the fragment. Hence my question: is it because it's plain false? Or is it because such language is always xenophobic, regardless of available evidence?