# Question for Democrats - Restaurant exclusion sign **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 19, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-democrats-restaurant-exclusion-sign/782543 "2017-03-19T14:47:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 209
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-democrats-restaurant-exclusion-sign/782543/209 "2017-03-20T23:17:54Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Words have meanings. Reflexively shrieking “Nazi!”, “RAcisT!!!11”, “evil”, “fascist” etc devalues the words. Therefore, I’m trying to convey that if you want your attack words to still have any value in the future try using them more accurately and appropriately in the present. Otherwise, no one will care when a real fascist comes along. Holy Non sequitur, Batman. Best I can figure, you’re genuinely confused. So here it is: no, Mexican isn’t a race. I know that. Congratulations! Neither is “Kenyan,” but if someone drew a picture of Obama’s Kenyan grandfather with a bone through his nose and a pot full of missionaries, I’d call it racist. And neither is “Chinese,” but if someone writes about a Chinese restaurant serving stray dogs, I’ll recognize it as racist. “Latino” may not match any specific racial category, but since race is a social construct anyway, and since many people treat Latinos as a racial category distinct from “white,” I can recognize that posts like **watchwolf’s** are racist posts. This is not rocket science, and trying to pedantic your way out of recognizing the bleedin’ obvious is not a good look for you. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-democrats-restaurant-exclusion-sign/782543)._