And as if to illustrate your own point that "We humans are intrinsically awkward, and often say things that don't come out right and make us sound like we're far more hateful than we actually are", your post COULD be (mis)interpreted as a pretty hard kick at the original poster: ' also often found that the person complaining was wrong - that the complainer was obnoxious, stupid, incompetent, or just nasty. I also often found that the complainer was the kind of person who made himself or herself vulnerable to persecution - usually by obnoxiousness or stupidity. Same thing often happens at Mudcat - and it isn't due to racial discrimination. So, I think that if a person finds Mudcat (or federal employment) "difficult," it probably isn't because of race.' Well .. maybe it is a pretty hard kick at the original poster ... ?