Before he says he doesn't want to get into politics, he states he believes the riff should no longer be used. He already took a side and stand that'll piss off the reactionaries. No need to try to placate such assholes after that.

It can be a real headache to call out bigoted asshats. I think it's worthwhile, I strive to do so anyway (and been called everything from an Israeli shill to a VIRTUE SIGNALLER for proposing hey maybe racism bad)... but I get how somebody might try however fruitlessly to just avoid the grief.

Don't forget SJW. Been called that plenty of times

oh lord nobody on god's horny earth knows suffering like those who post comments on poetv videos

I’m sorry you’re so upset, Teeth.

The alt-right has this whole mythology now of SJWs, white knights, shills, the ‘woke’ and so forth — it’s that hard for them to accept that people might sincerely frown on their bullshit.