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[quote=Anonymous]Just based on what OP has relayed here, I would not say it is racist.

That being said, this whole thread is odd.  Because it appears that OP is providing info to us in such a way as to result in the answer she wants....to validate her own view.  IMO, that is a red flag and makes me wonder what was actually said. If it were me and the person who was offended was my friend or acquantaince, I would apologize and clear the air with the person - try to understand from them what was offensive.  Coming to an anon forum to get that validation to the tune of "See, I wasn't racist - DCUM agrees with me" kinda says something about you.  If you are really open minded - talk to the person who was offended.  They are the best person to tell you WHY waht you said was offensive.

Althoughyour views may not be racist, they come off as uninformed.  As PP said, advocating lumping all of the aid programs together shows a fundamental ignorance of how these programs are designed to work and how they are funded.  Now, depending on your tone and how vocal you were, I could see someone being out off.  Heck, I would be put off if someone was arguing loudly about something that they knew little about.

Second, sometimes our intent makes us tone deaf to the message we are actually sending.  OP may not have meant to come off that way but maybe the fraud aspect of her statement was argued with more fervor.

Finally, when it comes to welfare, there ARE political dog whistles and it goes both ways.

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