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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
I'm no social psychologist, but this does seem to sort of describe what I was talking about.
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It's just not exactly applicable in this situation.
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Call it whatever you want, but I do know is that people are generally reluctant to act or get involved in something like this. It's not easy to confront racism, it takes a lot of courage.
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Maybe, but in this case, it would be easier, considering there are a rather large number of people looking for some kind of validation that he did say it. And it only takes ONE person. But there isn't even one.
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I don't staunchly believe anything at this point.
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Seems like you staunchly believe that the fan and Texas Tech are lying.
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But I do think, based on all the circumstantial evidence we have available to us (Smart's very unusual reaction, the fan's immediate guilt after it happened about going too far, the statements from other players familiar with the fan, etc.) that the insult was probably something stronger than "piece of crap."
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Again, this is purely assumption and has less substantiation than what you say you are not swayed by.