Except the data that shows the specter of racism that still exists in the United States. "I doubt..." is not to the same level of data. You can continue to live in your world of denial, it's not as if actual evidence of racism will change your mind.
My argument is a straw man? Free speech is free speech, remember this
Your argument is a straw man because no one was attacking free speech. And the "defense of free speech" argument would be more valid if "free speechers" were more consistent. If it's a football player kneeling or something considered liberal, "free speechers" are nowhere to be found. The reality, this is not about someone's right to free speech (please demonstrate where the government is censoring someone's speech), it's about "free speechers" always happening to be in a space where they're defending racists. People in this thread are arguing the mayor's posts were not racist, how is that about free speech?
The mayors posts were obviously racist. My point was that he has the right to say those things, and the people should not be mad because they're the ones who elected a racist in the first place. That is the problem with democracy, it fails without education. This presidential election is a prime example.
Again, you're making a non-argument, you do not need to reiterate that it is his right to make racist statements. Where is his right to make racist statements being infringed by the government? Where is anyone calling for those rights to be infringed?
Because you're going to do a five-second Internet analysis and dismiss it?
To quote the mayor, "The racist stuff, yeah. I'll admit I did that."
