I think, on some level, even the most rabid, hypersensitive wolf crier knows exactly how ridiculous this is, but they do it to draw attention, and it works every time.
In a way, they're sort of taking advantage of the people who are NOT racist who sincerely do want to be careful not to be offensive in their speech. Something like this comes up and sure, everybody knows how ridiculous it is but the hypersensitive (who isn't really sensitive at all) knows those on the "other side" won't be quick to speak out precisely because they will take a moment to stop and think about it, and that's where they lose their momentum.
This is how people get away with that sort of nonsense.
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