I am an older white woman, a retired teacher.

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337. Madfloridian got upset so that explains and justifies all of this?

Never mind the myriad people that responded to bravenak that also identified as white, as older and who said point blank they completely agreed with her assessment and supported her 100%.

I am not white and I am a few years older than bravenak so I didn't feel my oxe had been gored by bravenak's responses. And the fact that Madfloridian was so "upset" by the comments in that thread that she must have gone back and responded another half dozen times directly to the OP was something.

Things could have been handled better. One or both walking away from a rapidly escalating exchange would have saved any future posts being hidden. The times I've found myself in situations like that I either walk away or if it's a DUer I've got no beef with and have agreed with on other things, sometimes I've gone to PM and worked it out with them in a less confrontational environment.

I agree with you. I saw that bravenak apologized to Madlfloridan and yet, this thread was still created. Personally, I didn't feel she had one damn thing to apologize for. She has a right to her a opinion and the fact that so many agree with her (particularly the less than handful of posters of color that still bother to post here) should mean something to somebody. But DU is just another place where being a minority means that your thoughts/opinions/beliefs get ignored, shit on or discounted altogether.

Edit: And as for your point that the conversation went downhill because someone accused Mad of being a serial alerter, that doesn't seem to reflect that conversation in the least. She became incensed when she felt that bravenak had insulted all old white people (which she did NOT) and then got pissed at the entire OP, going back to respond to sheshe about five other times.