I always expect people to defend people engaging in the various forms of bigotry I criticize! You’re not shocking me by doing something new.

No, I didn’t, in fact, do that. You read it that way, and you’re absolutely free to do so, but that is not what I actually did. There is no such accusation in the words I actually used. Again, I recognize that “these people” was wording that was open to misinterpretation. I take responsibility for the way I worded…

I didn’t accuse everyone of saying anything. I apologize for wording what I said in a way which led you to misinterpret it.

More than half of the people in my city were born in a different country. Only half the people are white. Nice try, though!

I apologize for wording things in such a way that led you to misinterpret them as sarcastic and generalizing. I take responsibility for that. That was literally the opposite of my intent. I generally try to speak as literally as possible because of these types of misunderstandings that come from people interpreting…

Again, that’s not what “these people” was referring to. How many times do I have to repeat that? I was specifically referring to an actual group of actual people who then actually showed up and proved me right!

No, again, I wasn’t being sarcastic and I wasn’t generalizing.

Yes, “these people” was always about Clinton supporters. That’s who they are arguing against. That’s who’s engaging in that kind of response. Anyone can scroll back through the thread and see that.

I’m choosing xenophobia as an issue that I speak out against. It’s not especially exhausting, but it certainly exposes me to an especially diverse group of bigots!

Again, I didn’t bring up oppressed classes. You did that.

If you ever see me actually doing that, feel free to point it out! My “these people” remark wasn’t sarcastic at all and didn’t refer to Americans as a whole, it was genuinely sincere and only referred to a particular type of Clinton supporter.

Nobody said anything about oppressed classes until you showed up. “Ugly American” is a xenophobic insult.

One doesn’t have to be a member of an oppressed class in order for xenophobic remarks made about them to be xenophobic. That’s not how that works.

I respond to Clinton supporters’ xenophobia because xenophobia is wrong and it needs to be stood up to, no matter who it is that’s engaging in it.

Will you try to refrain from making xenophobic comments in the future? Are you willing to step up and tell others to do the same?

It’s not. It has happened in this thread and has happened to me elsewhere. This thread has multiple people making xenophobic remarks and saying that non-Americans should “stay in [their] lane”.

If you’re still willing to stand behind what you said, will you address my question? Do you believe being called “Eurotrash” or a “wacky Brit” is an attack on xenophobic grounds? When a person is being called names like that, are they are being attacked for what they believe or for where they come from?

In what context is calling someone “Eurotrash” not an insult?

Sunglass Hut, which makes me wonder if she has a history of brain injuries.

Do you believe being called “Eurotrash” or a “wacky Brit” isn’t an attack on xenophobic grounds? Would “dumb African” or “Yankee trash” be an attack on xenophobic grounds?