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Granted, with great sadness (and disgust), that there remains sickening bigotry and race prejudice here in the US (a recent example, via Scott<\/a>, can be found here<\/a>). But, granting that, fabricating<\/i> racist incidents <\/a>to make a point (or worse) only lends comfort to the enemy, as it both reduces the moral high ground of those who fight racism, and it discredits-by-association authentic incidents.<\/p>\n

Indeed, one wonders whether falsely reporting such incidents — especially targeting a neighbor as the probable suspect — is not just as pernicious, and deserving of as dire consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Granted, with great sadness (and disgust), that there remains sickening bigotry and race prejudice here in the US (a recent example, via Scott, can be found here). 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