<div dir="auto">It's a strange incidental detail to mention especially when you wouldn't be saying anything if the dude was white, and you said it in the context of the covid thing which people were blaming on Asian people in general, and you said it in the context of a bunch of other fox-esque babble.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't believe your response, I think you are lying. I know you are a smart person and I think you're smart enough that you know what words you choose when you choose them. And it would be an intellectual disrespect to you if I chose not to call you out if I thought you were being disingenuous, which I do, so yeah. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 12:55 AM sjatkins via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><span></span><div>
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</span></div><div>"Does it matter that he was asian"? <br>Nope, unless it matters to you. Just an incidental detail. </div><br></div>
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On Monday, December 5th, 2022 at 1:15 PM, Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>
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<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 1:32 AM sjatkins via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">The Asian kid running the cash register was obviously sick and sweating profusely. </div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...does it matter that he was Asian??? Would you mention if he was white? Or maybe mention if he was obese or elderly, since those are actual qualities that increase the risk of contracting covid.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Did I miss the memo when this list became racist?</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
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