RadFem Joe Biden

[AverageJoe90]

48. And? And?

They do not perceive it as being simply from trolls but rather endemic, which is why so many have left this site.

And is it really?

When you see posts in the AfAm group talking about how many posters have left because of the racism they experience on DU, do you think they are lying, delusional, overly sensitive? How do you interpret those remarks?

I dunno. In all honesty, I have no doubts that it's entirely possible that some of these ex-posters may genuinely have been bullied by trolls. It does happen, nobody's denying that. But, in that same vein, there probably ARE some who were a little oversensitive; that happens, too. There may even have been a few delusional individuals as well; that too can happen. I honestly don't claim to know everything about everybody's personal anecdotes but I do know that

And why is it that you feel yourself more qualified to determine what constitutes racism than those who experience it?

And here's another issue: the rather problematic way you often frame your questions. You make it seem like I claim to be some sort of know it all. I don't. But it honestly requires nothing more than a little critical thinking and common sense to realize that DU genuinely is more civilized overall than many other places on the Internet, even with the occasional trolls who do cause problems(or people who snap).

but I am not the target of it.

And as far as I know, I haven't been either, not on this site, anyway. (though it has unfortunately happened elsewhere on a few occasions).