> Ouch, how can somebody hold two opposing thoughts in their head at once?

  The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold
  two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still
  retain the ability to function.

  - F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up", Esquire Magazine (February 1936)

Unfortunately, one of the ideas in this case is deeply offensive. Hopefully this is an opportunity to reexamine that idea with a more inclusive mind.