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The referenced OP quote Dahl makes rationalizing the Holocaust, a specifically ethnic genocide, doesn't strike you as racist?
How are you defining racism if not as prejudice against a specific race?
Also
"But yeah, it doesn't matter too much."
You've mentioned this a couple times, but each sentiment is contradicted by a dozen of your own comments belying your ardent passion for splitting the hairs of bigotry from racism for an as of yet unclear reason.
That context is not part of the quote though. As a matter of fact, unless you started mentioning it, and specifically with a jewish perspective on this author in this very thread, I wasn't aware that he was also rationalizing the holocaust.
I am bewildered how you and some others keep misquoting me this badly. I thought we had already agreed on the bottom line? I'll sign out of this discussion here, there was nothing to be gained beyond a fruitful exchange, and that is no longer to be gained.
The context is literally the quote in this case.
Dahl says:
"I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”
What connections were you making from his rationalization of "Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason" if not a rationalization of the Jewish genocide?
Didn't read the second paragraph as part of the quote, to be honest - too much space between paragraphs. Or it got lost the moment someone took offense that I said this wasn't the best quote to link to the title. I still stand by this. Would have avoided this whole discussion here had the post replaced the word racism with anti-semitism
Avoid blaming others for your own misreading of the quote.
You can try Merriam-Webster/Oxford/Cambridge to suggest your own exclusively non-race related definition of racism.
You can similarly try contacting the museum to see if they'll change their statement regarding their condemnation of Dahl's racism.
Keep us updated on your efforts.