i was wrong about the level of racism here, and in the US in general,and im sorry.

[Monkie]

56. i challenge you then, 24 hours of replacing china/foreign/commie with jew/african/black

if you can do this with every post you read on DU, replace every mention of whatever nation snowden is connected with in any way, or any mention of communism, or any mention of foreign or foreigner, with the words jew or black or african, and the names of cities with names of cities such as jerusalem or Johannesburg, and then return to me and tell me i was wrong i will reconsider my position.
bonus if you do the same with the news on the mainstream media. if you can then say this thread is exaggerated to the point of parody i will reconsider my position.

i used to be meek and gentle in discourse, careful and detailed reasoning beyond any reproach, only to be met by empty one liners, slurs and evasions, year in, year out, from a certain section of society, both online and off, until i had had enough, so now i fight fire with fire, i use their methods and words against them, i refuse to pull punches or bow down before their emptiness, i understand why it offends your sensibilities, it is a credit to you, and reflects on the thick skin i have developed. i make no claim to innocence or purity.
but i will not bow down before their attacks on what is right and just.

i suspect the people that gave this a rec understand where i am coming from, from my point of view this has nothing to do with partisanship, it is the opposite in fact.