Why Be Mean?

That's why I have two other forums to fall back on just in case...

 

I detest 'speculation' think it pretty mean in itself

 

I think this thread needs more clarity as to why Lois feels the way she does. I feel just as she does, that these sugar-coated attacks on our country by those that get their info off the internet, painting Americans as racist is unacceptable. To clarify the thread that I find contains offensive and outright ignorance is the thread about Josephine Baker. The poster Tom hasn't read the 213 pages of the FBI file that is now published online. Yet he makes totally false statements as if they are fact. Ken makes a great post explaining communism and racism in the USA at that time and Tom's response is, "that's a load of crap." Tom infers in a poorly veiled comment that Lois is a racist. Then the thread digresses and the famous devils advocate Lulu appears to say thanks for the laughs. I am sick and tired of people in the UK telling me I don't know what happened in my country and painting American as a racist country. It is the less racist country in the world as our diversity in nationality, ethnicity, religion, etc. makes factual. I have dealt with people from the UK that claim to be experts on indigenous Americans I.E. the American Indian. I have been attacked online by these fountains of ignorance. I am from American Indian heritage and take offense to ignorant fools trying to cause division and hate in my birth country.

It is very sad to me that when someone like Tom makes a post in ignorance from internet knowledge and purposely tries to be insulting to get responses and then instead of studying the responses and READING the 213 pages of FBI files that make it clear the FBI did NOT think J. Baker was a communist, but that some of the BLACK leaders in the USA were promoted by "WHITE" card-carrying communist. Baker was associated with these communists. This is not the only thread that has met with death from ignorance and posters unwilling to take time to educate themselves before posting. Opinions and personal beliefs are one thing but ignoring documented facts and making generalizations about something you have no other knowledge than a quick internet search, is unacceptable to me. Why post a thread for discussion if your mind is already made up and you are unyielding? What purpose does that serve but to promote ill will and hostilities?

 

I don't see how you can be 'sick and tired' as quote …...

One thread on those lines is about it ! We have the same rubbish to contend with over here too - we're a bunch of racists
That's life today - so don't go making a mountain out of one thread

 

me too .... this used to be numero uno forum for me , but no longer

 

What are we doing. Can we just take a moment and visit reality. My opinion only, something is being blown out of the water, maybe, unnecessarily. .

 

I just skimmed through the ''josephine baker thread... and I mean skimmed...

I have no dog in that fight but I just want to say I hope Tom hasn't been banned