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Unfortunately you just proved the point by straw manning racism. I didn't say poor racists. But the fact that any opinion that might say "hey all of this doesn't seem relevant or like over-reach" is classified as racist by you and is your comfortable argument to shut people down, that is the sentiment I feel like creates a public "Kamala is winning" but private "I'm so sick of being railroaded over any nuance or difference in opinion" difference that you see between polls and actions.
Didn't say I thought you thought I was racist. I said you just decided anyone I pointed out that may have been tired of ism cries was racist (and that was your statement).
Here's a great real life example. Some of the worst coworkers I've had were DEI hires and they stayed on for 6 months of lost productivity because the company had to get every duck in a row because the expectation was that lawsuits would come. So I get 2x workload for someone we shouldn't have hired and couldn't fire. I've also had great coworkers who were hired regardless of race or other ism. I am not a fan of blanket statements that DEI just solves problems because it has actually affected my ability to keep work life balance drastically in the past. So when I say this, if your reaction is that I'm a racist/homophobe/etc. for expressing legitimate problems, then that reveals the same problem I'm pointing out. And if not, then maybe I need to reevaluate the sentiment that I have seen among people towards Democrats at the moment (which is, it isn't worth having such discussions because they'll just be called some ism despite legitimate experiences that should lead to a real problem solving discussion).