To call someone a "racist"... is also a very handy way of destroying his reputation, whether or not it has any real basis in fact. If you try to defend yourself against such accusations, the more you struggle the faster you may sink in the quicksand....

And then there's the demonizing word "socialist" ...

There is absolutely NOTHING shameful about being a socialist... (or, by implication, a racist? W.H.) (Little Hawk)

Wolfgang (wondering which definition of "racist" applies this time)