Calling A Spade A Spade; What If Hitler Had Not Declared War on America? Communicating honestly & effectively produces wonderful results in romantic, business & social interactions. Only in politics is the reverse tolerated. Why I would eliminate and ban the use of these meaningless slurs: Anti-Semite, Homophobe, Racist, Sexist, & Capitalist. My answer to a young friend’s worry that “Trump will get us into a war.”