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Assuming that your confusion about the Jewish/Methodist example is genuine, the \'\'point\'\' of it is that that the person at issue there thinks of his Methodist friends as just his friends, but thinks of his Jewish friends as his \'\'Jewish\'\' friends, i.e. as Jews first and \'\'then\'\' as his friends.
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Assuming that your confusion about the Jewish/Methodist example is genuine, the \\\'\\\'point\\\'\\\' of it is that the person at issue there thinks of his Methodist friends as just his friends, but thinks of his Jewish friends as his \\\'\\\'Jewish\\\'\\\' friends, i.e. as Jews first and \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' as his friends.
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And no, there\'s no claim that if someone tries to defend themselves from accusations of racism that means they\'re a bigot. And if you genuinely find that you\'re often faxed with charges of bigotry for no reason whatsoever, my sympathies. The point was that in most cases, people tend not to make charges of bigotry unless you say something bigoted-sounding - and if so, going \
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And no, there\\\'s no claim that if someone tries to defend themselves from accusations of racism that automatically means they\\\'re a bigot, but nice strawman. And if you genuinely find that you\\\'re often faxed with charges of bigotry for no reason whatsoever, my sympathies. In most cases, though, people tend not to make charges of bigotry unless you say something bigoted-sounding - and if so, going \\\"some of my best friends are...\\\" doesn\\\'t necessarily disprove their point.
Given your take on the discussion so far, I think I\\\'ll leave it there. And jeeez, \\\'\\\'wiki\\\'\\\'. If you think there\\\'s something fundamentally wrong with the trope, edit constructively, don\\\'t just bitch.
Given your take on the discussion so far, I think I\\\'ll leave it there. And jeeez, \\\'\\\'wiki\\\'\\\'. If you think there\\\'s something fundamentally wrong with the trope, edit constructively, don\\\'t just bitch.
