I made some mistakes in my last "diary". The biggest mistake was thinking that this website would be different than, oh, a sports website, or a website dedicated to some art or hobby. I had ASS-UMED that because this is supposedly a "progressive" website composed of allegedly intelligent people, that I would be able to post how I really feel about where we're at one year into the Obama Era. I thought I would be able to do so without having to deal with the usual Anon cretinism that exists on other websites. I thought that I wouldn't have to deal with the snotty "you're a newbie" responses from the self appointed "board leaders". I thought that I wouldn't have to learn what cliques were "in charge" over here, and therefore have to temper my words accordingly. I thought that I wouldn't get "piled on" over here by those looking to "score points". And I never thought that I would be labelled a TROLL for disagreeing with the "party line". Or a "racist" for posting as I speak, the way we do in Brooklyn, where I'm originally from. I got accused of "typing the way Bill Shatner speaks", LOL....Oh, and my habit of capitalizing certain words and phrases for EMPHASIS....some dwork had to upbraid me for shouting at her...it was all pretty hilarious.
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