re: #394 Sharmuta

Ok I’ll answer as best as I can:

Assuming you are referring to the deleted comments, I haven’t read them so I can’t make a fair judgment.

Assuming you are referring to these words:

Probably libs, but of the neo-charles johnson variety. Someone just emailed me the link where charles linked it. It’s funny, as they were mostly mimicking his comments now that I’ve read them. Seems his remaining lizards are now bees, just a hive of little drones. Or, maybe they were all him. He certainly doesn’t throw traffic anything like he once did. I saw that coming in but never put it together.

What a sad commentary. lgf, ugliest blog on the Internets. As I told the emailer, “Whatever it is, he’s now riding in circles in a very, very ugly place, somewhere within a state of misery. Not much to do but pity him and otherwise ignore him, I guess”.

I’d have to say they were pretty tame compared to a charge of Racism. The stuff above seems to be blog trash talk not a huge deal, at least I don’t think it is but again I don’t know the details of what was said before in comments that led to this so you might have a better perspective than me if you know what was said.

A charge of Racism changes perspectives and changes public perspectives. If I’m interviewing for a job I wouldn’t want to be googled and have my name associated with the word “racism”.

Blogging is a fun hobby, you meet interesting people, read interesting opinions and get to vent a bit, but it isn’t relevant compared to real life!

If you are going to do something that can affect someone’s real life it should be done soberly. You talk man to man, privately when possible. As this is an electronic medium e-mail is the logical method for such a talk or even a private chat room would do.

Ironically I see very little difference between overplaying the reaction to the quoted words above and the potential overreaction of the riders of the train. It’s not a racial thing, it’s just an interpretation of a situation.