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In reply to the discussion: I am an older white woman, a retired teacher. [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)After this blows over we should try again later. The things i was saying about white men standing in the way referred to conservative leaning men. As you are a woman i had no idea why you thought it referred to you. It did not. I kept repeating that it was not about you or really DU in particular and the only democrat i mentioned was Bart Stupak because that was the type of democrat i was talking about standing in the way. There are not many like him here. The thing about DU being older and whiter referred to the fact that the groups that are the Presidents strongest supporters are minorities and women and younger voters who view him very positively and are less critical of his policies and DU skews older and more male which are the 2 groups of democrats that are more critical of his policies. Maybe it's because you have more experience. I never said or thought it was because he was black and never said you were racist or anyone else was in particular. I was called racist many many times and ageist and got a long thread about how horrible i am with hundreds if recs and got nasty messages and followed around and am still getting alerted on for nothing. It looks bad when a whole bunch of people gang up on one person and call them names even after they apologize. It is making me rethink whether i am welcome here and if i should just leave so i can stop getting hate posts that call me vile names from all of these older white liberals who i really respected.
I have been called racist so many times it looks like a parody. 1 black woman says something, apologizes, and then is attacked by hundreds of white liberals. It scared me. I got a real eye opening experience. Those same people who denigrated me for the last two days have never shown up and assisted me when i was dealing with racist posts against black people. They never even notice them, but they notice mine and group attack me.
There it is.