I stand accused:
Armando led a vicious McCarthy style witch-hunt against me that lasted for several days. I was accused of being a racist, even though I had risked my life to serve the civil rights movement. He ignored the pain I had endured because my family turned their backs on me; he didn’t take into consideration that the people I had known all my life treated me like a pariah because I believed black lives mattered.
The diarist does not link to my "vicious attacks."
I will:
A line from this recommended diary. The full quote:
The most common tactic employed by Obama supporters, when deflecting criticism away from the president, is to play the race card. But that ploy only resonates with a very small segment of American voters today. It has been so overplayed it has lost its credibility.
Speaking for me only, I stop reading when I see that. Period. It's offensive and unacceptable. To me at least.
If a progressive populist wants to persuade, who is he aiming his message at? Whites Only? Because that type of rhetoric destroys your ability to persuade any person of color imo.
It surely did with me.
I stand by every word.
I'm sorry that the person has health problems. I'm sorry he was treated poorly by his family. And if my response contributed to his ailments, even more so.
But I responded to a post written on a public web site. I do not regret writing what I did and would do so again.
My 2 cents.