Phrases you should never start a sentence with

  1. This might sound racist, but
  2. This might sound homophobic, but
  3. This might sound transphobic, but
  4. This might sound sexist, but
  5. This might sound [any word with the suffix ic, ist, etc], but

If it ‘might sound’ then it actually ‘does sound’ and saying ‘might’ doesn’t make it OK.