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In a post from yesterday, a comment was made that some of the Clinton supporters were and remain against Obama because he is black. The exact wording was:
and a fringe of supporters that were actually for anyone who was/is against OBAMA because he is black.
That blanket statement about anybody being against Obama, fringe or otherwise, because he is black is troublesome. It is statements like this that continue to bother people. It is implying that anybody who isn't supporting Obama is racist. It's as ridiculous a claim that anybody opposing Clinton was/is sexist. Please stop turning people away from the Democratic candidate with statements like this.

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Police...scatter! :)
By Patriotic08 Aug 25th 2008 at 8:14 pm EDT (Updated Aug 25th 2008 at 8:14 pm EDT)
uh oh, link.
  
Unify Now
By Patriotic08 Aug 25th 2008 at 8:20 pm EDT (Updated Aug 25th 2008 at 8:20 pm EDT)
Good point Moses.

I saw that and wanted to respond, but figured it's either an ignorant/uneducated person, and/or another repuke.

Mirror it back I guess? Not supporting someone because of the skin color brings Hitler type leaders to punish the insensitive and racist masses. It builds a sick society instead of a diverse one.

They need to get over being so human.
  
Good point, Moses
By Jacob Clark Aug 25th 2008 at 10:29 pm EDT (Updated Aug 25th 2008 at 10:29 pm EDT)
We need to keep the door open for people to rise to the occasion and support Obama/Biden. Especially this week. People on both sides of the now long past Hillary/Barack divide to let go of it.
  
okay
By Moses Aug 25th 2008 at 10:30 pm EDT (Updated Aug 25th 2008 at 10:30 pm EDT)
So I posted this earlier today, and come back and find this odd messsage about all these posts being copyrighted material. Huh? Now I only saw one comment before I had to leave for an appointment, but the one merely was a comment and not any kind of posting. So of anybody was around earlier and saw something I didn't see, what was the problem? A simple post engenders a deletion of comments? I find it hard to believe that that is what happened.
Re: okay
By Patriotic08 Aug 25th 2008 at 11:18 pm EDT (Updated Aug 25th 2008 at 11:18 pm EDT)
I was surprised by that too and was the first to post here. Yesterday, I went back to one of my old posts and found comments like this and a comment that I couldn't talk the way I did. Strange, I didn't curse or attack anyone, matter of fact someone else attacked me (they aren't here now, they got booted)...so something strange going on here.

Good point, you used some one's words, didn't mention their name and you didn't take it out of context, you're not attacking or malicious...so what's wrong with that, I don't get it. shrug.

Keep keepn on.
Re: okay
By charctine Aug 26th 2008 at 12:03 am EDT (Updated Aug 26th 2008 at 12:03 am EDT)
What does this mean? We cant cut and paste or provide links to any articles anymore? Even if we include the sources? This is all very confusing.
  
doesn't everyone know Lincoln is deleting?
By justsaynotohypocrites Aug 26th 2008 at 7:29 am EDT (Updated Aug 26th 2008 at 7:29 am EDT)
ask Lincoln park - she is the one doing it. (Oh and look back on some posts - she is planning on writing a book about the posts on this site and then all of a sudden that comment started appearing on the comments she deleted)
Re: doesn't everyone know Lincoln is deleting?
By Moses Aug 26th 2008 at 9:25 pm EDT (Updated Aug 26th 2008 at 9:25 pm EDT)
It does seem odd that a party that prides itself on inclusion and welcoming new ideas would do everything in its power to exclude and delete posts, particularly during the time of the convention that is trying to convince those very people excluded and deleted to vote for the party's candidate. That is no way to win an election.
Re: doesn't everyone know Lincoln is deleting?
By Vidya Aug 26th 2008 at 10:09 pm EDT (Updated Aug 26th 2008 at 10:09 pm EDT)
Great post Moses.

Censorship is another turn off.

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