Is it to much to ask Democratic Underground to chill out with the racist crap?
As a black reader to the site I see it every time there's an incident involving black people. The usual suspects come out and do their hardest to paint black people as the racist. I been closely monitoring all the crap involving Vester Lee Flanagan. I knew from the moment I found out he was black that the racist would come out to play.
On Reverend Sharpton's facebook page, they been flooding him with the most vile and crazy messages I have ever seen in my life. On pages where the celebrity is black, the racist are posting their crap about what about this shooting or what about that shooting. You are so damn quick to paint all us black people as evil. This brother snapped. I know the killings in Charleston was what pushed him over the edge, but dang it stop painting all of us black people as hating white people.
I'll tell you what I hate. I hate coming on here every day and seeing black people silenced for speaking their mind.
I hate seeing our white allies silence for standing up for us.
I hate seeing new users come on here just looking to stir up racial crap.
I hate always being called an angry black man for no reason.
I hate how conservatives look at me and see someone who is evil and not clean.
I hate that in 2015, we all can't love each other without noticing how different our lives are.
That's what I hate.
If you want to call me a gay angry mixed race man tired of this stuff, so be it. But chill the hell out with the racist stuff. PLEASE.
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I disagree with you a lot of the time, but your posts are always thoughtful and valuable in moving the conversation forward. Seriously, when I see a long discussion on a topic, I scan it to see who's been posting, and if I see your handle, I'm a lot more likely to read through the whole thread.
But even more than that, it's clear to me that, even when I think you're way off on some specific point, metaphysically, we're on the same side. And hey, that's why I come here in the first place!
Hats off to a poster it's a pleasure to argue with! (even though I'm barely at a fraction of your post count!)
Blush away, my friend, you're awesome!
2 forums used to be stark but now, not so. 
Most of them are trolls. But, those "usual suspects" you mention also have a history of targeting outspoken African American posters such as yourself. Consider yourself warned.
2010. 
With 60 posts. And I'm supposed to believe that one has positive intent?
I actually searched a three letter member's name because she's like effin' clock work. Definitely can't stand us black folk.
Laughs at our pain. So those people post among us. You aren't alone.
There was a post hidden a few years ago for calling someone out as a racist - Skinner agreed with the hide.
For the op to give examples - it requires he directly calls them on their bigoted bullshit.
This entire op gets hidden.
Now some are very slick little snots - you just have to get snotty back and they back off - but you gotta be slick about it. 
Tell me. My dementia can make me do very strange things at times. And it will only get worse.
K&R!
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I just hope that it is all coming out to be exposed and finally done with. Like an ugly infection, we need to get the pus out and clean the wound.
I am surprised how deep racism is when things start to go badly.
Now you've done it!
You've opened the door to 896 posts citing to the 6 members of the New Black Panther Party ... and perhaps, the entire Nation of Islam! 
I forgot about the scary 6 New Black Panther Party folk. And I don't know much about the Nation of Islam folk, but they seem quite OK in face to face meetings.
Having been properly alerted to my error, i shall retire from this thread. 
Trav
I was just playin' along.
... But, better ...
that will be met with batted eyes and "What? Us?!?"
But let me make a two corrections:
I hate seeing our white allies silence for standing up
I hate seeing new users come on here just looking to stir up racial crap AND BE DEAFENED BY THE SILENCE OF THOSE CLAIMING TO WANT TO BE MY ALLY.
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Here's the thing: I often have an alternate interpretation of race stuff from the mainstream. But I keep my mouth shut (mostly! 
) because, I figure, if you are blackish or brownish or reddish or whateverish, race stuff is an open wound for you. And anytime I stick my big nose in and yell "Well you don't KNOW that the cop (or whomever) was acting out of racism" - that would be me pouring salt in your wound. The salt of not-respected and never-listened-to.
I think this way, because I am female - and I know how crappy it feels to say "XYZ is, yup, anOther example of the usual misogyny I have been subject to all my life" - only to have someone else (usually male; go figger!) post "You're a whining moron; you are just IMAGINING that that was gender-based hatred! You don't know what you are talking about, you silly thing!"
See, I don't like it when people do that to me. It's dismissive and it makes things worse. It's like misogyny magnified. And it's done here all the time by lovely democrats.
So I assume that what feels like salt in my wounds, feels like salt in the wounds of others. So I stay out of it.
The downside to people politely shutting up while the wounded people ID their wounds, is that voices and opinions (worthwhile ones; maybe truth-telling ones) are silencing themselves. But I think, in the short term, that's a downside that's worth the upside (which is, people feeling respected here and gathering strength and confidence).
Or, y'know, I could be wrong.
And btw... I think you meant "seen" and not "sign". Damn autocorrect.
I really do. 
K/R Proudly for the Truth Typed in EACH of your words!! 
