(06-17-2021 08:03 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  "You continue to argue for completely ignoring context and purpose"

But you apparently live in world that completely ignores various English words and definitions en toto. Fighting to keep the label of an action that excludes a group from being 'discrimination' is pretty much stupid.

Funny thing, my weed killer says it 'discriminates' between the plants it is effective on and those plants (that apparently wish to keep). Common English. The act you fight tooth and nail to support clearly, explicitly, and specifically (on its face) discriminates against all who arent in the targeted social group,

It is prejudiced against those in the social group. Much like Texas rental laws are prejudiced towards the owner. The program 'tilts' towards those in that previously noted group, and against groups of consisting of whites and asians.

But somehow you fight tooth and nail in every single instance to 'wipe out' a word from use. It just kind of makes you a myopic dude with an axe to gore from the surface.

So no, no nuance needed to accept that the program is prejudiced and discriminatory. Only in your frame of reference. Which I assume is godlike or somefink. At this point, you are now advocating 'whiting out' (bad reference given your normal sensitivity on skin color) at least three words that dont fit your precocious definitional 'state of mind' cha cha cha moves.

So again, *you* support, advocate, and fully defend a program rooted squarely in racial discrimination. QED courtesy of Mrs Merriam and Mr Webster.

Just so we are clear --- *you* support, advocate, and fully defend a program rooted squarely in racial discrimination. That is:

It. Discriminates. Based. On. Race.

You. Support. The. Program. That. Discriminates. Based. Explicitly. On. Race.

Cant get much more basic than that my friend. No matter all your angst and thrashing on being one that supports explicit discrimination based on race.

The only dog you have in this fight is getting to say, "See, they support racial discrimination!" Seriously, why else would you devote so much time to this point, when it has NOTHING to do with the specific program in question?

There is CLEARLY a contextual difference between saying a program is "rooted squarely in racial discrimination" and your "weed killer discriminates between plants."

You only seem to care about being able to hang the word "discriminate" onto the back of people who support a program like this loan-forgiveness program so that the negative context associated with the word falls on their back as well. You could clearly say that this loan-forgiveness program differentiates applicants, or that it denotes which race is eligible, or that it specifies ineligible people based on race.

Instead you're hung up on using the word "discriminate." I wonder why?