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  • I'm not sure that having a binary state / label of "he is / isn't a racist" is particularly useful. It's just a bit declarative.

    His description of Lewis Hamilton was pretty binary….

  • His description of Lewis Hamilton was pretty binary….

    Yes. But still.

    Also, let's ensure we don't use the prefix non on the word binary in this conversation or else all the worms will be out of all the cans in a very confused manner.

  • But still what?

    I’m genuinely baffled by people’s opinions on this in here. He used language in a racist way. Purposefully. He is a racist.

    Does that mean that he can’t become ‘unracist’ because we’ve labelled him as such? Absolutely not.

    Does using the mitigation Max used in his comments help Lewis and others in similar situations? Absolutely not.

    All over this forum, people will call for the heads or jobs of people who speak or act in a discriminatory way towards cyclists. Why wouldn’t we do the same for people who act that way towards black people?

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