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I do agree that the insidious norm is definitely a problem -- I do think it's worth one's time to engage such people in conversation. Because from the body of the infamous E.M. post, I would not equate E.M. with a Fox pundit and I do think it'd be possible to get somewhere...
My question is, and I don't know the answer, DID she actually engage in worthwhile conversation in comments to her post BEFORE she got sick and tired of it all and deleted everything (also NOT cool)?
What I recall is that no, she didn't engage in conversation, she engaged in defending her racism. I don't have time this morning to re-read all of it, but her replies made things worse than the original post.
and *sigh of relief*.
And yay for people actually standing up and bringing about a positive change in what should be a cool, safe space. I think I just got a little hope booster. (Well, that and the victim in strip-search case calling out Congressional candidate Jeff Perry yesterday. Reason to hope keeps a'comin'!)
Sorry the ankle isn't getting better.
You have an extra h in your link. hhttp confused my browser. (Fortunately, looking at it for about two seconds let me figure out the problem.)