Was.

To. "I don't know how else *to* explain it."

And you said George Bush couldn't speak in complete sentences?

Look, we've all done this in a political discussion. It makes us look silly, but in itself is not an invalidation of our point.

Oh! That reminds me of a new "ism" I heard the other day. Fukkingc**tism. You can't see it cause you're in it.

If I said all African Americans had a genetic predisposition that results in them being being perpetually poor, but they can't see it because they are black, would you call that racism?

This stuff is all Emperor's New Clothes.