The internet has made defensive writers of us all

Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by Analemma_ on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:18PM (#10860431)

You're doing the exact thing that WalterBright complained about above (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10859674). Of course that is not what the poster meant.

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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by kelukelugames on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:20PM (#10860454)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color

He thinks I'm racist for quoting wikipedia. I've met people like him at work. Overly sensitive people is exactly why I don't want to write about race issues.

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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by puredemo on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:25PM (#10860480)

>He thinks I'm racist for quoting wikipedia.

I mean, I think you buy into and identify with a concept that is explicitly, by definition anti-white..

Is that not racist?

>This is exactly why I don't want to write about race issues.

Because everyone needs to agree with you about them 100%?

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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by kelukelugames on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:32PM (#10860536)

I can't be racist because my girlfriend is white. :P

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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by puredemo on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:30PM (#10860523)

If I wanted to take it super literally, I'd ask why Pink people aren't considered "People of Color." ;)

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