Reply #270: LOL!

[The Doctor.]

I'm not 'defending' anything, I'm applying reason.

If you don't understand what I'm saying, then wonder is all you will do.

Let me explain a simple test for this episode; Say McCain had become President ( :scared: ), the same chimp was shot, and this, or another artist chose to state his displeasure with a similar stimulus bill exactly the same way.

*POOF*

No racism.

What does this mean? It means that the perception of racism is based entirely on the fact that Obama is President... something completely out of the hands of the artist. It means that suddenly all artists have to screen their work just in case it might be interpreted as racist because Obama is President.

Your 'willingness' to engage in outrage and insinuation tells me that you aren't even qualified to 'wonder about me' Frankly, any such opinion that you might have, knowing nothing about me, and choosing to believe that I'm somehow defending racism, is absolutely worthless.

All I'm saying is that we have to make an assumption, and ignore the author's intent in order to be so certain of mal-intent to indulge in outrage.

Is it racist? There's no way to know for certain whether that was the author's intent. It certainly could have been. But the fact is that one cannot draw a material conclusion.

Since you're in outrage mode, as indicated by your subject line, I sincerely hope this hasn't gone over your head.