But real talk, I'm hoping there can be some sort of discussion of people's views and why things are the way they are around here, and for that discussion to be started, it has to be just laid out with no beating around the bush, and doing so may seem like bait or inflammatory, so I'll take that risk. I even tried to make it as non-inflammatory as possible even going as far as removing the names from my examples. Maybe it'll be a start in breaking the cycle of 'thread about something racist -> defense -> response -> vent about it here (and occasionally bring up the double standard of defenses)', and nothing ever changes. But if not, I tried. Oh well.