What happened was a 'Catter cut and pasted a very offensive racist joke. I'm sure he did it to get a rise a out of people. And to an extent he did, but not to a strong extent. If he had posted a hurtful joke about something that involved more 'Catters life experiences and traumatic cultural history, I think the rise would have been a bit more severe. Many of us didn't like it, but not having been on the receiving end of racism, we experienced it as an intellectual insult, not really taking it in emotionally or spiritually.

Azizi, that ugly post also came right in the middle of a number of threads dealing with trolls, polarization, name-calling, etc. And there may have been an element of people trying to remain civilized even if the member troll was not. I don't know.

I think the deletion of the thread was the right and effective action. The learning can happen right here in this thread and in others, without continuing to advertise such jokes.

Blessings and prayers for your friend, Azizi.

(((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))) for you.

Janie