I too am considered a racist because I am a consecrative and wear a NRA hat while on staff at a public university. I always reply that there is only one group I am prejudice against, ‘Lawyers’. Everyone else I hate as individuals. It is impossible for them to argue with that logic, and drives them crazy.
Smile when you say that Varmint... My daughter and her husband are licensed to practice law in the Great State of Texas. Both passed their bar exam on the first try too, unlike a certain New York Senator one could name.