It's happening here on DKos. The Kossacks are battling out the blame-game in the comments of a numerous amount of diaries based on the CNN exit poll data which reflects that a large portion of black voters in CA supported Prop. 8.
Shanikka's diary does a pretty good job of going over the numbers hereFacts Belie the Scapegoating of Black People on Prop 8
She makes a good argument that blacks are not the reason that Prop 8 didn't pass, but I don't think that's the point of the anger that some gay Kossacks have expressed about this. We're all intelligent enough to understand that blacks are not the reason that Prop 8 passed. Gays are upset because so many blacks supported the ban when they have fought beside us for our civil rights for so many years.
I, for one, am glad that gays are getting angry. I am, however, deeply troubled that an accepted response seems to be a new them vs. us attitude.
Still, someone does deserve blame here. Let me tell you my story.
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