TJ, If someone asked you to call them on Shabbos, and you telling them sorry I can’t do that would embarrass them for asking, would you be mechalel shabbos to prevent their embarrassment? Or if someone offered you non-kosher food and refusing would embarrass them, would you eat treif? You cannot be oiver an issur (especially d’oraisa) to avoid embarassing someone – no in these examples and not in negiah. Especially not for a nochri.
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