prejudice people group together to make ignorant posts

I believe that people see what they want to see. You can see racist remarks in anything if you look hard enough and it seems to me that is just what you are doing. You can read almost anything into what other people are saying, especially online when you can't see peoples expressions. Calling people racists without solid proof, is being prejudice too. So that makes you no better than a racist.

This is a post that took a lot of courage to start! People are sometimes quite understandably very touchy about being called racists or even to have that hinted at in a way only they pick up on, believe me I know! I've been reamed out rather soundly on more than one occasion for wording something a little wrong to the point where some here took me to be accusing them of being racists and once that's been done it's very hard to undo. However, I stand by the things I said which were that there are some very bigoted people out there who have preyed upon those who have a "fear of the unknown" in most of these disgusting e-mail forwards that have been circulating about Obama for months now. It's a classic case of "If the shoe fits...". Annie

"Sometimes it is obvious and other times it is more conspicuous." redundant much? obvious and conspicuous? did you consult the thesaurus because you would see they are synonymous.

hi tsallis be careful in calling us racists as sometimes we read a lot of stuff into something being said that is not really racist in order to be politically correct. I havent really seen this type of thing in mylot yet, and hope not to either. But sometimes remarks can be misconstred too. nobody that tries to be fair minded wants to be called a racist but somtimes people start looking for it and find something that was not meant to be racist and turn it all around. so be careful.

Prejudice and racism are slightly different, with prejudice being more widely applicable. Yes, I see what you are talking about. See, this is how it works.. I think. People with a certain bias read posts by others with the same bias. They add said people as 'friends' in order to follow their discussions. Therefore, when you see your friend A make a post, you can jump right in and know you'll have the backing of other similarly minded people. And prejudice could be on any topic important to you. Abortion, gay marriage, politics, race relations.. so long as people can clearly define themselves into certain camps and understand that these other people share their beliefs. Unfortunately, some people are worried about their star ratings and participating in a discussion "hounded" by a certain prejudiced mindset will probably get you flagged negative simply for the crime of disagreeing with their preconceived notions. I have seen more than a few posts about people complaining, "Dropped X star ranks for having a different opinion." That or words similar in intent. Personally, I don't care about star ratings, but I do dislike arguments and people who won't at least try to see another point of view. To that end, I think some people on the boards who focus on more universal, light hearted, and less controversial topics may ultimately have a happier experience on MyLot. I hope you have a good day and I can certainly feel your frustration.

Most people will jump in to support people with whom they agree. Some issues are very difficult to discuss without bringing racial issues into it, and there are some things that are very difficult to say without sounding racist to someone. And many genuinely open-minded people disagree with some specific things that are generally accepted as having helped eliminate racism (affirmative action as a specific example). Good for you for speaking out against something you found to be wrong. Speaking out against stupidity educates everyone except the stupid.