Reply #2: You have definitions flying all over the place there

[Az]

In the case of Christians you seem to be trying to suggest that there is a clear definition of what a Christian is. No one can really know who is a true Christian as the founding spokesperson for whom it is named is no longer around. So its all a matter of interpretation. So if someone claims to be a Christian we can only take them at their word and accept the appellation of Christian for them.

In the case of corrupted elections we do not have to wait for a missing messiah to show up and rectify the appellation. Democracy is an abstract construct of our own creation. As such we can look at something and recognize it as either being true or false based on the definition of the thing. Now while we may look at it and recognize that something that does not adhere to democratic standards is not a democracy that does nothing to change the condition of those within the the state controlled by such a system. It does the individual citizen little good to walk up to the halls of power and proclaim "excuse me but this is not a proper democracy". Particularly if there has been a history of the powers that be beating down any opposition.

As to the racist, again we have a clear definition and model to work from. Thus an out and out racist proclaiming themselves not to be a racist is easily recognized as being false or disingenuous. Thus we can call them out on their preposterous claims.