re: #342 allegro

My first reaction reading Walter’s comment was, no, I don’t think there really aren’t any bigots on the left. But now that I think about it, I can honestly say that I’ve never met one either. Annoying yes, absolutely, but bigoted or even ignorant, no. I really don’t recall ever meeting a bigot on the left.

keeping in mind that my viewpoint is pretty far to the left, i’ve been offended to meet e.g. black people who claim that all real jews are black and that white jews like myself are ‘white ghosts’ who stole judaism from them, other black folk who claimed that i benefitted from slavery since my ancestors had owned slaves (whereas my ancestors at that time were probably dodging cossaks in the shtetl), and then also i’ve met some lesbians who had some bigoted things to say about straight men

but like i say, nobody gives them national airtime to propogate views like this, and i hear the equivalent and worse over the air everyday from beck, savage, and rush et al.