If a statement concurrently attacks and asserts status of people in different ways, it can still be offensive. “Jews control the financial system” places Jews in out-group, which lowers their status, even though at the same time the statement seems to assert their status.
If a statement concurrently attacks and asserts status of people in different ways, it can still be offensive. “Jews control the financial system” places Jews in out-group, which lowers their status, even though at the same time the statement seems to assert their status.