funny how
or anything but
“I’m not racist or anything, but… [racist remark]”
vs: “I’m not a feminist or anything, but [women are people too.]”
Why is it still embedded in our use of language that we need to apologize for opposing hatred of women the same way we need to apologize for hating people of other races?
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