Raise the Hammer

The Riposte from the Calumnist (one who practices caluminy or false statements and slander)in yesterday's Hamilton Speculator is unimaginably stupid but understandable as a knee "jerk" response or defensive maneuver because it appears that as a result of this imbroglio around the alleged marginalization of a candidate on the alleged basis of aversions, and “hues” and crys amongst the chattering classes, some of whom hold the levers of power at the esteemed newspaper, changes are likely going to be made at the Speculator, in short order soon, particularly as there is a new helmsman. Stay tuned.
For this reason, also the actions taken by RTH are smart, because there is going to be one man at some point in time who, when knocked off his pedestal, will be more than “short” with RTH and will want to bite back.Not that he will have a leg to stand on. No siree !

According to my honest lawyer, claiming libel and slander and then going on to himself repeat the alleged falsehood (He doth protest too much) in undeletable print and sold by his employers to thousands of subscribers (thus profiting from the alleged libel that was wantonly repeated) clearly negates any consideration that would given by a court of law for any claim of libel.

In reading Mayoral aspirant Butani’s original post, no where did I see any statement calling anybody a rascist. Alleging, based on the experience they have had with someone, that that someone has an aversion to coloured people is not the same as alleging they are rascist. Apologists for the calumnist on this forum and he himself (He doth protest too much) immediately jumped to that conclusion and started to play the race card and the victim to cause a diversion. Or may be they were truly offended by their own self accusations. Hard to tell.

In the real world, someone may not like a person or persons of a different colour but still may not be a rascist. Racism, by its definition, is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. People with racist beliefs might hate certain groups of people according to their racial groups and these groups or individuals may be denied rights or benefits, or get prejudicial negative treatment.Having rascist beliefs is what makes one a rascist.