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Re:Why Thieves Steal Soap by randyrand on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:29PM (#11501678)
If a fact shows an ethnic group in negative light, then its possible its better to ignore that fact and not speak of it. By not speaking of it, it may make the overall problem of racism go away faster.

So goes the theory at least.

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Re:Why Thieves Steal Soap by gozur88 on Thursday April 14, 2016 @11:03PM (#11501805)
I don't find that theory very sound. Facts that are unspoken become "things everybody knows but can't speak of", and in a society governed by things everybody knows but can't speak of things that aren't actually true can't be refuted.
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