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		elohesra on June 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replace "master/slave" terminology with "primary/r... Yes, obviously. If the reply is fallacious, then show that it's fallacious. If it is fallacious then it shouldn't be used as an argument irrespective of whom it's aimed it. If the reply doesn't contain some logical flaw, then it simply doesn't matter whether its opponent is black or white or anything else: neither truth nor logic are subject to whether people like them.

gress on June 20, 2014 | [–]

Have you considered that there is more than one way of one way of making true statements, especially those based on metaphor?

Truth an logic are only one dimension of communication. Why would you choose a more offensive way of saying something over a less offensive way?

itsdrewmiller on June 19, 2014 | [–]

Do you have any black people on your team?

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