Political Weirdos

That feels like a different but related topic.

"I don't hate this ethnic group, just the religion with which they are strongly associated."

and

"You can't hate that country, that's the same as hating this ethnic group with which it is strongly associated."

sure do feel like the same idea. Hypocrisy is one of the most difficult beasts to slay within yourself. It doesn't seem like racists are really worried about that, though. To start from a foundation of thinking one ethnic group is superior to another, you have to be comfortable accepting arguments from emotion. There's no way to logic someone - even yourself - out of a position that they didn't arrive at by logic in the first place.