he couldnt even stay to finish the argument!

punk. ass. bitch.

he couldnt even stay to finish the argument!

punk. ass. bitch.

this takes us slightly off to but if an enslaved mother killed her baby to save him from the horrors of slavery? is she a good or bad person? what if she refuses to sleep with her master and as a result, her other children or sold away? was that a good or a bad choice? a man is given a choice to help master “spy” on his fellow slaves or have his family sold away or his wife or daughter raped. he takes the deal, or doesn't take the deal, is he a bad person?

i think good v. bad oversimplifies it, and at this point, i realize i'm being overly-serious, so i'll just leave it there.

All you had to do was state your discomfort in a direct manner. This site gets a lot of posts telling people to “Ralph Tresvant” and “cool it”, as if we're supposed to allow the opposition to attack the candidate when he has done nothing but play by the rules and ran a well-orchestrated and strategically planned campaign.

We agree to disagree on Harris – I think the term “Slave Catcher” is appropriate and accurate in describing him because his actions are reminiscent of a slave who helped Massa and alerted Massa or snitched on his fellow slaves, and then helped Massa recapture any slaves attempting to escape the plantation. Harris demonstrated he has that KIND of mindset when he openly advocates he will vote for a bigoted candidate who espouses the worst this country has to offer, Obama being a Black Man notwithstanding. If Obama were a white guy running against the bigoted McCain/Palin ticket, Harris is still saying he'd rather vote for a bigot than one who is not a bigot.

It just makes it worse for Harris because the candidate he's advocating against is a Black Man…just like he is. And, as I said, Harris' mindset is equal to that of the Slave Catchers.

Looks like he got a lot of heat on him and he can't take it. Oh, well, he should have considered that when he signed on to a ticket that will guarantee he remains on the plantation.

nothing like a patented cpl smackdown, except i don't understand how this is your response to what i wrote.

i didn't tell anyone to tone anything down.
i never said not to fight back.
i didn't ask anyone to “play nice.”
i didn't tell you to get Tresvanty and “cool it now.”
i don't understand what i do or don't do on other sites is relevant given the fact that i didn't do or say any of the things you're attacking.
even if it was relevant somehow, i don't know how you'd know what people like me do on other sites since you don't really know me.
i never once expressed “concern” about what's being said in this forum in a way that was meant to change/challenge how people communicate here or anywhere else for that matter.

since this is a comprehensive list of what your response was railing against, with all due respect (and i actually mean that), your rant at me is perplexing because it has very little to do with anything i typed.

that said, something must have set you off, so i re-read my post to see what “shyt” i “spewed” could have made you so angry, and discovered something.

i realize i was clumsy with framing my part of my opinion. if i could, i'd strike that whole “over the line” bit and replace it with, “i'm unsure if this one is fitting” or “i think this one misses the mark” — which is much closer to how i actually feel.

i was imprecise in expressing why this wasn't sitting right with me. i eventually worked my way to the point i really wanted to make though: that it didn't work for me because i don't buy into the premise that harris and a slave catcher are morally equivalent because frankly, i have more sympathy for the slave catcher (the world's worst soundbyte).

even with that, i guess i still don't quite understand where the wires got so crossed, but hopefully this explains it and it can be done.

And, yes I do question how a so-called conservative can wear two ear rings. That was a little too much for me. And, I am a Black gay liberal. I think Shelley called that one out clearly. Also, James should be able to stand toe-to-toe and defend his views. Unfortunately, in today's society, we have too many folks trying to spout their opinion without the ability to stand the heat. James is not the only one with this little weakness. He joins the rank of Joe the Plumber as well.

Props to CPL for laying it down! Boo Yah!

Betcha his parents don't feel the same way he does.

Why is everyone coming to THIS SITE and making suggestions that sound perilously close to CENSURING COMMENTS?

We are a smart and intelligent bunch that blog here. If you feel this way, START YOUR OWN BLOG. You are free to do whatever you want WITH YOUR OWN BLOG.

Now, back to regularly scheduled programming.

That's why John Kerry ISN”T the President – Dean had this strategy out there over five years ago, and the DLC clowned Kerry into ignoring it.