Any chance we could give the grave-dancing posts a rest, maybe?

[AverageJoe90]

71. Bigtree, I will miss. Redqueen? Not so much.

Redqueen, sad to say, even if she may have had some interesting things to say from time to time, really had some issues with things. I'd had a fair number of encounters with her, and not many of them were good.

Bigtree, on the other hand, I didn't see much of. But from what I did see, he seemed to be a genuine article.....which, unfortunately, we seem to be missing quite a few of, these days. Instead of thoughtful posts from folks like him and ProSense, we have to put up with bullshit like this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5457266

Because, apparently, according to the post linked within, you are a racist if you disagree with his particular viewpoints on institutional injustice in this country, even if you're actively fighting said injustice. And that's just one example.

I've only been here since 2011 but I've definitely noticed that this site has begun to circle the drain since about the last year. What happened to us, goddamnit?

I'm sorry, folks, but I think it's pretty clear I'm fairly distressed at this point.