Does the majority of reddit believe in reverse racism/discrrimination?

Wow. Okay, to start. I agree - the English language is maleable. It adapts to its usage. But have you ever honestly heard the term 'race' used to describe, for example, a chess club? If you have then, frankly, fair enough. But, with a little research, I can safely say that, despite your dictionary references, nowhere else can I find anything that uses the term race in this way, and neither have I ever heard it used - while the language is flexible and can be changed, this is generally brought forward by common usage, which clearly it has not. Or hey, maybe I'm wrong. I, however, don't think I am.

You're wrong. Cambridge dictionary.

Now, addressing the use of the Oxford Dictionary - I referenced this due to it's general trustworthiness and the fact that anyone with a hard copy of a dictionary at home (in the UK at least) generally has an Oxford English Dictionary.

By the time a dictionary has been printed, definitions have already been added.

We can use others though, if you like. How about Cambridge, or the free online dictionary, the learners dictionary, Merriam Webster, Your Dictionary - none of these define race as 'any group' of people. The closest we come is the latter defining it as 'humans considered as a group' which, I would argue, is qualified as ethnicity or origin related, as implyed by the term 'humans' rather than people. Chalk that up.

Look at the screenshot above.

Determining a sites validity by its 'hits' is as irrelevant as determining a text's reliability by its typeface. Again, just because a lot of people click on it doesn't make it true. Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' was a popular song, so that must make date rape okay. The logic is absurd.

Non causa pro causa.

Also, beginning sentences with conjunctions is generally considered to be acceptable.

Not in the UK; moreover, definitely not when starting new paragraphs; however, his article contained various other grammatical errors. Try to comprehend my point rather than create a straw man fallacy out of it.

I also went to university (I didn't recieve an A, I recieved a 1st (1:1) - surely if you actually went to university you would know how the grading system works?) and I also began sentences with conjunctions. Funnily enough, it didn't harm my grades. The reason being that it doesn't actually matter, it becomes mere pedantry.

I know how the grading system works; moreover, you'll notice that I said "15 years old". I didn't go to university when I was 15 years old; however, I did know how to spell receive ;).

Again, not true. Racism derives from zenophobia, a fear of the other, the outsider or the alien. The reason racism was named thusly is due to the (albeit flawed) use of race to define ethnicity. We are not governed by Aristotelian categorisation. While, I agree, people like to put things into boxes, this doesn't apply to everything. It certainly doesn't apply to fat kids being a race.

Wrong, read above; furthermore, it's spelled xenophobia--if you can't spell basic words, I most certainly am not going to trust you in a debate about the language.

And lastly, that isn't hypocritical. How is 'then we'll talk' patronising? It defines a willingness to comply given certain parameters. And I didn't 'call' you a ballbag, I said you were acting like a ballbag (an easy distinction to make for an 'A grade' university student).

It's hypocritical because you're criticising my behaviour while demonstrating terrible behaviour yourself.

Seeing as you're so intelligent and masteful of the English language, couldn't you figure out a trend between the type of language you use and what triggers these responses?

It was meant to be humorous.

Finally, from the list of dictionaries above, I call scoreboard. Good day.

Only one dictionary needed to have the definition for my argument to hold water. One dictionary I linked to in a previous post, the other you were incapable of reading correctly, and the one you hold most dear to your heart says its definitions are "descriptive not prescriptive".

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