Banning the trolls.

A few days ago I flushed the first comment from this blog ever. It was a insanely gross remark that went to race. A regular very anti-Obama commenter here alerted me to it.
My co-blogger Lynne and I have had a few discussions about what is not acceptable. Death threats against anyone is a big no no. Racism and sexism are others. I admit much is gray area. But all in all we tend to like as open a forum as possible. It is also a learning curve. After 2 years of getting 20-50 hits a day we are now averaging 400-700 depending on how you read the site meter (Between new news and old news on the left hand side.Click it and you can see all sorts of interesting numbers. Most I don't understand.).

Someone called me a "racist" twice over 2 days. Should that be enough to drop kick him out? Not sure. But I did. The misue of the word has reached an epic scale mostly because Obamites are screaming it left and right. It has become a cue word, used as a "gotcha". Obamites are screaming it now to end conversations and then recline in the Smug Barca lounger and sip their mochas and nibble some sushi. The one element of Obama's life I find inspiring is how far he's come being a bi-racial man. The rest of his narrative is a pile of corrupt Chicago dung. His wife is stuck in a 1970 resentment groove and inspires nothing but contempt.

What the Obamaites are doing by screaming the word "racist!" at anyone who opens their mouth and says 2 words about race is rendering the word impotent. The ridiculous Obermann went ape shit because Ferarro said exactly what John Kerry said - but she was for Clinton so it must have been RACIST! The Huff Post is polluted with blanket indictments of white voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.

So why did I ban this guy? Because when he went back to calling me a racist again today and I realized he was merely using it in the "Obama Way": tag people with the great pop culture crime word of the last 20 years and then YOU WIN! Like with so many other things this campaign season I say:

Bullshit.

That nonsense is not happening here. Race has been injected into this campaign far more by Obama than Clinton. He's used it like a Labrador retriever. Fetching it when he needed it, and throwing it far afield when he did not.

Besides, I am not a racist. I won't make the pathetic white boy list to prove it. I don't know what it is too walk a mile in a black man's shoes. Never will. I do know that I went to the matt in faculty meetings as a high school history teacher because black kids were being called "behavior problems" and white kids doing the same crap were not. Did not make a lot of friends there. And went to the matt again when they tried to ban certain hair styles in the school - all of which only the African American kids were sporting. (Since I did not know WTF I was talking about I actually did some due diligence on African womens' traditional hair styles back then. It is really interesting.)
I also carry a lot of the same baggage many white men do in this society. When I got stern I often referred to the males as "boy" to the horror of one of the African American parents. At the time I did not know the history of using that word to degrade black adults. I was mortified and stopped. Learning curve in action.

I guess I did make the pathetic white boy list. Still, the point is we HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT RACE. People of goodwill support Clinton and they should be allowed a part in the conversation. ( I am a bit short on the good will after what Obama and the media have done this year.) Calling us racist whenever we point up something about Obama's history (which encompasses affirmative action) is not helpful.
Call me a racist. Just back it up. If you call me a pig sucking cur - fine - no need to back that up. Pig sucking cur does not carry 500 years of historical baggage. Plus it's a little funny, which always helps in my book.
I knew based on the oozing smug "obamite" contempt of the comment I flushed that this man was merely throwing the word "racist" into the mix to gain some perceived "win." Plus, he called all Clinton voters dumb in that "oh the little people are so silly" way.I hate that shit. It is my blog and like I said - there is gray area. Buh Bye.

In fairness he was reacting to a comment I made that was close to the edge in the current atmosphere - no doubt. But it wasn't racist. Barry and Michelle have benefited from affirmative action. Get over it.
Wild insults are in a great tradition of American politics. I have no problem with 90% of them. Read up on the Adams/Jefferson race of 1800 if you want some history.
Part of the fun for me of having a blog is that I get to vent. Ditto for commenting on blogs. This is not a newspaper ( though pro Clinton blogs have done a fairer job than the MSM this year.).

I call Olbermann etc bigots because they are. I call Wright a racist because he is. There is no argument about this - but feel free to attempt one.

Or, better yet, go get a blog. It is not hard.