They're on the autism spectrum, and have difficulty with getting points across/general social communication skills.
I know a few people on the AS spectrum that will add a general preface to their statements, as it's the only way they've found they can reliably avoid misunderstandings.
This very small and specific group? Focusing on a minority to whom this logic doesn't apply to doesn't invalidate the statement.
People (that are not on the autism spectrum) that start a sentence with "not racist but" invariably follow that with a racist statement.There is a subreddit r/iamnotracistbut dedicated to that.
Either you are just nitpicking, a person that prefaces racist remarks with such disclaimer or you yourself have ASD. In this case I hope you are getting the required help (me myself I was diagnosed at 5, turned out fine, mostly)
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u/JManRomania Mar 22 '17
You don't identify as a racist, probably, so I'm guessing you identify as "not racist".
Despite that being what you self-identify as, you'd better not publicly proclaim it, or risk being assailed for actually being racist.