# Construct: Are you for real?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construct-are-you-for-real/727501>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 11, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construct-are-you-for-real/727501 "2015-08-11T00:12:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construct-are-you-for-real/727501/113 "2015-08-12T17:23:23Z")

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From the ATMB thread:

> [@tomndebb, allowing racist hate speech was a bullshit mod call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-allowing-racist-hate-speech-was-a-bullshit-mod-call/727632/10):
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> Oh boy, two different threads about me?
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> For what it’s worth, and I doubt anyone will believe me, I really don’t hate anyone. Some groups I dislike, and others I think we’d be better off without, but I don’t hate people collectively and especially not as individuals. It’d be nice if leftists and moderates acknowledge that it’s possible to critique protected groups without hating them.

He doesn’t hate anyone, he just dislikes them and wishes they didn’t exist. Not so bad, right? Black people (and other non-white people), he doesn’t hate you, he just wishes you were never born.

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