How to Suppress Discussions of Racism

‘coffeeandink’ provides a handy guide on How to Suppress Discussions of Racism:

• Control what your audience sees.
  
• Attack the person, not the argument.
  
• Argue against straw men.
  
• Deflect attention away from the specific criticism.
  
• Racism, however ugly, is better than the alternative.
  
• Prove your opponent has mistaken some other quality for racism.
  
  

Every single one of these is a tactic that you will see the far right use to shut down all discussion, again and again.