Let me start off this diary by saying I'm neither Black nor Jewish. While reading some of the diaries yesterday I noticed what seemed to be a distinct difference between how diaries on racism from those two viewpoints were recieved here. A black man wrote a diary that accused the Hillary campaign of being racist with its recent dive into the gutter of negative campaigning. A Jewish person wrote a diary titled AIPAC, Israel and the Joos that discussed how the tendency for some people to equate AIPAC as "the Joos" was racist. So we had two people discussing racism from their own viewpoints. Essentially saying, "In my opinion, when X happens, its racist". Personally, I'm going to take them at their word. I think we all can think of examples of "isms", be it classism, ageism, sexism, etc where we "know" when it is happening. Sure their are shades of gray but you know this stuff when you see it. What interests me is how the daily kos community reacted to those two viewpoints.
Now, how about you guess which diary received these comments.
Absolutely ludicrous diary. The fact that this thing is on the rec list proves that DKos has jumped the shark. Recommended just to show the sheer lunacy of all this, for all to see.
Only people who are racist see relevance in someones race. bullshit.
If anything needs a tr by your def it's this diarist.
This is over the top.
Ever hear of links that substantiate charges? Ever hear of actually saying what your specific charge IS other than vaguely blathering about racism? There's nothing inaccurate in this diary--because it is all about your subjective opinions.
Why don't you delete this diary, and re-write it, with examples and an argument.
Your diary relies on your own feelings and what you think is meant by her and her supporter's comments. You infer that she is a racist without any real tangable proof. I'm pretty embarrassed that this made it to number 3 on the rec list. Not surprised though.
Ok. The last quote gave it away. The diary by the black man discussing racism and the Clinton campaign is littered with comments like this. Now try to imagine these same comments in the diary written by the Jewish diarist. There are some people who disagree with the diarist but there are no comments telling them that they have no proof and should keep their opinions to themselves. Why is it that some people here feel completely comfortable telling a black person they are full of shit by saying something is racist but there is no such reaction to a Jewish person doing the same thing?
Reading both diaries yesterday the difference really jumped out to me. Of course, that is just my own opinion. I would like to finish with a comment from the diary that summed up my feelings quite well.
Anyone who downplayed TMP's feelings is a fucking asshole and I'm disgusted to have to share the label "progressive" with the likes of you.
My feelings exactly.