Re: Bravenak, look how upset some folks get when a strong black woman has an opinion

[Jim Lane]

50. Thank you, that clarifies matters.

I was wondering about the implications of sheshe2's response. The implication seemed to be that, in the AA Group, an accusation of racism is sacrosanct and may not be controverted. For example, suppose someone says that Governor X is a racist because he hasn't appointed any blacks to his Cabinet. Suppose a post in response links to an article about to his appointment of the Transportation Commissioner, an article showing that the commissioner is black. The implication of what sheshe2 wrote is that such a response is unwelcome in the AA Group.

I was reluctant to draw that conclusion, because it didn't comport with my personal view of intellectual integrity.

Your post, however, has convinced me that my initial reaction was correct, or at least close enough to correct to make me very uneasy. The silver lining is that, as I infer from your post, at least four DUers agreed with me about what's appropriate. (There would be a different issue if I had actually called you or any other DUer a simpleton -- but I didn't. Your putting that word in quotation marks is misleading.)

Incidentally, I don't "pop in here to disrupt." I mostly read DU by surfing the Greatest page. When something there catches my eye, I respond.

Trashing the AA Group would cut me off from one source of valuable information at DU. Nevertheless, in light of your post, I will honor your request and trash the Group. At least I'll still be able to benefit from the discussions of racial justice elsewhere on the site.