Who's a Racist?

This certainly is!

I talked to some folks from a "Patriot Group" today. They didn't want to give me the actual name of their group, but they assured me that they were not White Nationalists or racists of any kind; Only Patriots and they came with flags and tee shirts with MAGA (make America great again) and Trump for President on them. Of course I believed them since who would lie about a thing like that?

Previously, when I met folks like these I admit to a little prejudging. In my "left leaning mind" flag wavers with Trump paraphernalia are automatically shunted into the white racist category (since I am convinced of Trump's racism). It turns out, according to these folks, that you can look like a racist, vote racist, and approve of racist acts without actually being a racist person. I'm of two minds about this; on one hand if you don't perform racist acts yourself, you might skate by as a non-racist; however, if you approve of those who act and talk racist, most of us would probably judge you to be at least a fellow traveler.

When tasked with the differences between approving of racists and being one the reasoning seemed to that since I proclaim myself free of racism that's all the proof needed. The dictionary defines Racism as: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior, I don't think it's possible to approve of racists and their acts without tarring yourself with a racist brush.