You know, Kirsten, if you'd drop all the propaganda and have a balanced exchange of ideas with people, you might find most people around here will agree with you - to a point. But if you include them in sweeping condemnations, you're being just as bigoted as the bigots you condemn.

I've given you slack on your posts because they appear to be your own - the usual limit is one (large) screen of text for non-music articles. But yes, the expectation is that you engage in a discussion on a civil basis - not just paste and run. Whether it's your own or not, you can't just dump words here and leave. You have to engage in the give-and-take of discussion.

You have a lot of worthwhile ideas to express - but so have many other people. Why not try to persuade them to see things your way, instead of simply condemning them as bigots because they disagree with you on some points?

And in general, the idea is to participate in existing discussions, not just start a new thread every time you want to post a diatribe. That's why I moved your "Only Whites Claim Katrina's Poor Response is NOT Racist" article to the previous thread you started on racism in the aftermath of Katrina. I deleted the second thread you started with that same article - the article is already here once. As the FAQ says, if you're starting more than one thread per day, you're probably starting too many.

So, settle down and join the discussion. Remember that the people here are your fellow human beings - treat them with the respect you'd like to receive yourself.

-Joe Offer-