> Disclaimer: I'm married to a Chinese person, I speak (some) Chinese, I've been to China. I love Chinese food.
"I'm not racist some of my best friends are $race" in third comment on the page, congratulations!
"I'm not racist some of my best friends are $race" in third comment on the page, congratulations!
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
They also ask you not to snark, and not to post flamebait. (And personal attacks, which you unfortunately crossed into in this thread, are right out.)
Especially when it highlights the difference between what people in the West refer to as "Chinese", and the food that people eat in China.
But why have a sensible conversation about things when we can just hop up and down when we think we've found something we think might offend somebody.
What a bunch of nonsense...
The inverse idea, that this is somehow a bad argument, I can't even fathom how it started (and how messed the minds of those that think you must somehow be a racist if you make this argument are).
(Sure, one can claim it hypocritically, just like everything else -- that doesn't mean the claim itself signals racism).