The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

I agree for the most part. But part of being a politician is sidestepping the stupid scandals as well as the justified ones. And this is an easy one to sidestep.

There is a spectrum here. Chink has obvious non-racial origins. The origins of "tar baby" are entirely racial even if not originally derogatory. "Jew," as in "to jew down the price" is entirely racial and derogatory in origin.

There is no easy objective basis for determining where words not at the extremes fit into that spectrum.