The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88950 Message #1676920
Posted By: Azizi
23-Feb-06 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Responses To Racism
Subject: RE: BS: Responses To Racism
Bob,
It was not the lack of involvement of lurkers that bothered me [for how would anyone know who's lurking]. What bothered me {and "bothered" is a mild word for my what I felt} was the fact that so many people who posted on that thread chose to ignore the offensive post and instead focused on other facets of what was given as the thread's topic.
This may have been their way of registering their distaste for the offensive post, but as I have said, I had {have}problems with that approach.
And yes, I know that when all is said and done, my problems are my problems. Yet I felt and still feel that the subject of responses to racism was/is/should be important for the larger community and not just for those who felt/feel themselves or their group was targeted by a racist post/s.
Also, let me say this: long before that thread last weekend I have known that a person's absence from a thread should not be used against her or him. When all is said and done, a person has to be selective about which threads she or he posts on.
There is life outside the Internet after all.