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Old 06-09-2008, 08:40 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by ERCougar View Post
I think the quotation is in poor taste, probably racist by today's standards, but I highly doubt SWK is racist. I think he meant it as counsel, and any counsel with any real meaning has the possibility of offending people. If you're calling him racist, you also must call him elitist.
I am amazed at the mental gymnastics that people will go through in order to avoid the conclusion that some of our prophets, seers, and revelators were also racists. Cognitive dissonance can sure be bitch.
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