Reply #1513: +1. Hell, plus +10,000, if I could.

[terrya]

I want to add a comment if I may.

You mentioned the attitudes towards minorities here. You brought up "reasonable people can disagree". That, to me, was a defining moment for me, as a gay man, here on DU. It said, to me, that enforcement of rules targeting homophobia, racism, sexism will never really seriously be enforced. And "reasonable people can disagree" was straight from the top.

I've always felt there was a huge amount of hostility towards LGBT people here. The "poutrage" crap when we've gotten angry about various insults, slights, to our community and we expressed our anger. It's just insultingly stupid. Particularly on a message board that is advertised as progressive.

Admittedly, I've posted here a few times recently. And you know...it wasn't a good idea. Nothing has really changed here. And I feel guilty at all of the good people I've come to know who have gotten tombstoned because of some of the stupid crap that is allowed to go on here.

I've read your posts, prism, and you are such a good guy. Always thoughtful, always worthwhile to read. I'm not to going add any thing further to your excellent post. Except thank you.