[theseus51]

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You would think they could dig up something, ANYTHING else showing racism, other than some ancient newsletter that doesn't sound like anything he's ever said in the past, or since. You would think . . .

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Is the absence of similar examples really an affirmative defense against the existance of a known example?

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I'm just saying. A guy goes his whole life as a secret racist. Nothing in his voting record, speeches, conversations, or actions is racist. But deep down he's a racist.

Then one day he decides to publish a public article that thousands will see that is blatantly racist? He will openly reveal his secret racism that he kept hidden for decades, for no benefit or gain to himself? Then that person never writes anything or does anything racist again?

I just can't buy that. It's not "proof" but it's just . . . logic.