I don't really think there are any non-racists. Or, if they are, it's just because someone has applied their chimpanzee tribalist instincts along some other axis: for example, expressions of political or group membership.
For me, the PC left extremists (I refer to the most intolerant and belligerent) and the right-wing nutjobs are quite similar-- they've descended into a meme-based tribalism so absolute that they are unlikely even to care about each other, or the fact that they are members of a common society which they are harming with their absolutism.
But I think descriptions of sincere feelings should be to some degree exempt because of their value. Neeson wasn't trying to justify his state of mind at the time of his story-- I think he assumed we'd get the subtext: "I'm a basically decent guy, but even I have seen that darker side of the human psychology where anger or prejudices get dangerous."
For me, the PC left extremists (I refer to the most intolerant and belligerent) and the right-wing nutjobs are quite similar-- they've descended into a meme-based tribalism so absolute that they are unlikely even to care about each other, or the fact that they are members of a common society which they are harming with their absolutism.
But I think descriptions of sincere feelings should be to some degree exempt because of their value. Neeson wasn't trying to justify his state of mind at the time of his story-- I think he assumed we'd get the subtext: "I'm a basically decent guy, but even I have seen that darker side of the human psychology where anger or prejudices get dangerous."
