Racism and Tolerance of Racism  | Tue Dec. 20, 2011 10:45 AM GMT
Which is worse?    • Openly espousing viciously racist
sentiments.   • Systematically turning a blind eye toward
viciously racist sentiments from others for both profit and
political advantage.  Genuine question. Which is more repellent?
Background here.  UPDATE: In comments, Thersites makes an
eloquent argument for Door #2:  Both are repugnant but I'll go
with B as being more repugnant.  My wife and I had some ugly
experiences in our former home in outer suburbia.  The people
who called my wife a n****er pissed me off. But we knew who they
were, and where they were coming from.  The "good" people who
pretended that the incidents didn't happen, or made excuses for
the perpetrators, they pissed me off, broke my goddamned heart
and made me deeply ashamed of my community. We finally got the
hell out of there but the bitterness will last a lifetime.  So
yes, the "good" people who turn a blind eye, for any reason, are
far more repugnant.  Turning a