White fragility (lot of this around here recently!):

[Armstead]

181. I'm not going to endlessly debate one poster as representative of everyone

I stand by what I said.

I wouldn't have had the same reaction if she had responded to my response in the spirit in which I intended -- even if she had told me I am wrong about it. I might have stuck to my guns, or I may have thought about it and said something like "You have a point. But what about....?"

But the snarky rigid way she responded brought out my worst side (instead of my better one) and it degenerated from there. It was clear from the git go that all she wanted to do was to inform me of what a jerk I am, and how we white liberals don't know jack shit about anything.

It was a consistent pattern . I have seen her exchanges with others, both positive and negative. She's not a troll in the sense of being someone from the other side coming in specifically to sow discontent and bug the enemy.

But-- I'll say it as subtly as I can -- the reaction she provoked among a large number of people indicated that it stemmed largely from her own chosen method of interacting rather than some mass shortcomings of those she pissed off.