"I don't understand why you're walking around this neighborhood w/ a bunch a packages" to black UPS

[Alithea]

59. I have to call them like I see them. She might be a racist, or

or she might be paranoid schizophrenic, or drunk, or all of the above, or none of the above. What is clear from her gait and speech is that she is mentally incapacitated in some way.

If I understand you correctly, your problem with my comment is that I haven’t piled on enough hate. That I haven’t joined in the chorus of calumny. That I have dared to point out that the person looks unwell.

I won’t be bullied into being a hater.

It’s what the Russian bots would want and I don’t intend to add to their success.

I also object as matter of principle. Hate is never the antidote to hate. It begets more hate, it corrodes the soul of the hater, it blinds, and it creates more problems than it solves.

On all sides - we need to try to reign in our worst instincts, and model values and behaviours that promote the public good.