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The RDBD said:
Sickle cell anaema is an affliction that is mainly confined to the afro-caribbean race.

I believe the condition may be genetically tied to melanin content in the body
(which is why the condition is so rare in other racial groups - caucasian etc) .

This is a notion based on race. Therefore "racism" .
No malign outcome occurs from this notion. Therefore "totally benign" .

QED (on many levels) .
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QED on your own definition of racism, which I utterly refute. For something to be racist it must have a racial element of condescension, hatred or contempt.
 
The RDBD said:
A trait of the political left, empirically demonstrated over the past century,
is big government. Involvement/intrusion of the state into all aspects of life in society.

Adolf would not have got the same ring calling his regime "national liberalism" , would he.
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The Nazis were far-right and literally murdered their left-wing opponents, then anyone vaguely left-leaning in their own movement.
You may also be surprised to hear that the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea isn't exactly as advertised.
 
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SpursDisciple said:
QED on your own definition of racism, which I utterly refute. For something to be racist it must have a racial element of condescension, hatred or contempt.
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I agree both with you and @The RDBD.

The OED defines racism as 'prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.'

The final element is actually essential for it to be an 'ism'. In practice that isn't what most people mean by racism though.
 
SpursDisciple said:
QED on your own definition of racism, which I utterly refute. For something to be racist it must have a racial element of condescension, hatred or contempt.
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By the way refute is another word with a very strong defined meaning:
'prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.' You have not refuted it merely contradicted it.
 
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PowerSpurs said:
By the way refute is another word with a very strong defined meaning:
'prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.' You have not refuted it merely contradicted it.
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A fair point, if a little pedantic. I will express myself with more care in future. However I think anyone reading my comment would understand what I meant.
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
The Nazis were far-right and literally murdered their left-wing opponents, then anyone vaguely left-leaning in their own movement.
You may also be surprising to hear that the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea isn't exactly as advertised.
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"The left are the real Nazis" - take a drink
 
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SpursDisciple said:
A fair point, if a little pedantic. I will express myself with more care in future. However I think anyone reading my comment would understand what I meant.
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I agree about it being pedantic but English is losing a lot of useful words due to continual misuse. Prevaricate is the best example.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
The Nazis were far-right and literally murdered their left-wing opponents, then anyone vaguely left-leaning in their own movement.
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The Soviets were far-left and literally murdered their right-wing opponents,
then also people actually left-leaning in their own movement.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
And? They weren't Nazis.
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They used the word "socialist" in labelling their political regime. Like the Nazis.

They were big government (the empirical trait of the left) . Like the Nazis.
They were authoritarian. Like the Nazis.
They were totalitarian. Like the Nazis.

By malicious intent, they caused the deaths of millions of innocents. Like the Nazis,
 
The RDBD said:
They used the word "socialist" in labelling their political regime. Like the Nazis.

They were big government (the empirical trait of the left) . Like the Nazis.
They were authoritarian. Like the Nazis.
They were totalitarian. Like the Nazis.

By malicious intent, they caused the deaths of millions of innocents. Like the Nazis,
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So the British Empire was also Nazi, barring the name?
 
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Spurf said:
Or the ramblings of an illiterate peasant in the desert.
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You have to consider that Mohammed could have been
a Darren Brown of his time. :)

I know there were Buddhist monks in Tibet who verbatim knew the scriptures
(so they could reconstitute them from memory etc in the event of losing
written recordings of the texts) .
 
The RDBD said:
They used the word "socialist" in labelling their political regime. Like the Nazis.

They were big government (the empirical trait of the left) . Like the Nazis.
They were authoritarian. Like the Nazis.
They were totalitarian. Like the Nazis.

By malicious intent, they caused the deaths of millions of innocents. Like the Nazis,
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I'll raise your Soviets with the British Empire
 
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