Reply #35: You Have Taken Part Of My Point, Sir, But Not All Of It [View All]

[The Magistrate]

Actions demonstrate intent. When someone employs a slur, someone intends to demean. Whether one looks down on others in frankly acknowledged contempt, or disguises contempt in raiments of pity and sorrow, one is still laying claim to superiority, and ascribing inferiority to others. Anyone who knows me will be aware that it takes a great deal to put me in sympathy with a churchful of Baptists, and it surprises none more than myself that the feat has been managed on the morning of 11 July, 2008....

That being said, Sir, your comments are appreciated, for you have shown more awareness of what is actually going on here than anyone else, and have clearly given the matter some thought, rather than simply indulged in unthinking reaction of exactly the sort the employment of such slurs is designed and intended to lead an audience into.