Talking with friends, Chase remembers a joke about lesbians that he read online. He thinks his friends might find it funny, but is also afraid of being known as someone who finds humor in hurtful stereotypes. Before retelling the joke, he says, "You know I don’t have anything against gay people, but . . . ." Chase’s statement is called a(n).

disclaimer

Explanation:

Disclaimer -

It refers to the peice of words added before any speech , is referred to as disclaimer .

These words are told , so that the audience can understand the speech in a proper and better manner , these words too tries to clear out any confusion , or the speaker tries to clear his part for not being against any person's thinking or social causes .

Disclaims helps the audience to decide if they want to listen to the speech or not .

Hence , from the given scenario of the question ,

The correct term is disclaimer .

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