# Characterizing arguments as racist - OK? If not, it should be

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> To suggest that the _accusers_ hold power is the height of absurdity.

Absolute nonsense.

To suggest that the accusers don’t hold power is the height of absurdity.

Your “logic” is akin to saying “_I can name a half a dozen black people pulled over by police who were not shot dead, and therefore to say black people are at risk from police is the height of absurdity_”.

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