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^But he was never \'\'accused\'\' of hating Methodists, so there is no \'\'reason\'\' to bring up that he has methodist friends. The fact that they are Jewish may not even have entered his mind up until this point. Maybe if he had been accused of hating Methodists he might have brought it up. It\'s like if someone responds to a creationist by pointing out a bunch of evidence for evolution, and the creationist responded by saying \
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^But he was never \\\'\\\'accused\\\'\\\' of hating Methodists, so there is no \\\'\\\'reason\\\'\\\' to bring up that he has methodist friends. The fact that they are Jewish may not even have entered his mind up until this point. Maybe if he had been accused of hating Methodists he might have brought it up. It\\\'s like if someone responds to a creationist by pointing out a bunch of evidence for evolution, and the creationist responded by saying \\\"Well how come you never point out any evidence that the Moon Landing wasn\\\'t faked?\\\" It proves absolutely nothing and borders on ChewbaccaDefense, if not an outright StealthParody.

As far as defending themselves from accusations of bigotry, I asked you what a valid defense was. You did not answer, instead simply saying \\\"not being a bigot in the first place could work.\\\" Meaning: Anyone accused MUST be guilty of it, so there is no valid defense. And anyways, [[MistakenForRacist just because something sounds bigoted to one person]] [[EverythingIsRacist or even a group of people doesn\\\'t mean it is]].

With regards to editing it, you\\\'re \\\'\\\'supposed\\\'\\\' to go to discussion before fundamentally changing the descriptions. If this was my website, of course I would edit it, but this is a community-run website, and there needs to be some sort of consensus before making major changes.
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^But he was never \'\'accused\'\' of hating Methodists, so there is no \'\'reason\'\' to bring up that he has methodist friends. The fact that they are Jewish may not even have entered his mind up until this point. Maybe if he had been accused of hating Methodists he might have brought it up. It\'s like if someone responds to a creationist by pointing out a bunch of evidence for evolution, and the creationist responded by saying \
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^But he was never \\\'\\\'accused\\\'\\\' of hating Methodists, so there is no \\\'\\\'reason\\\'\\\' to bring up that he has methodist friends. The fact that they are Jewish may not even have entered his mind up until this point. Maybe if he had been accused of hating Methodists he might have brought it up. It\\\'s like if someone responds to a creationist by pointing out a bunch of evidence for evolution, and the creationist responded by saying \\\"Well how come you never point out any evidence that the Moon Landing wasn\\\'t faked?\\\" It proves absolutely nothing and borders on a ChewbaccaDefense, if not an outright StealthParody.

As far as defending themselves from accusations of bigotry, I asked you what a valid defense was. You did not answer, instead simply saying \\\"not being a bigot in the first place could work.\\\" Meaning: Anyone accused MUST be guilty of it, so there is no valid defense. And anyways, [[MistakenForRacist just because something sounds bigoted to one person]] [[EverythingIsRacist or even a group of people doesn\\\'t mean it is]].

With regards to editing it, you\\\'re \\\'\\\'supposed\\\'\\\' to go to discussion before fundamentally changing the descriptions. If this was my website, of course I would edit it, but this is a community-run website, and there needs to be some sort of consensus before making major changes.
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