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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)It's a good thing you're doing here, but you're largely apologizing to lots of liberals who have been called racists one way or another for months now. I don't speak for anyone but myself, but this was confusing, angering--all sorts of emotions get mixed in there. But there's a guy out there with millions of followers. He's a REAL racist, and so are a large percentage of his followers. And they're dangerous. We are not.
I'm not an innocent, and not claiming to be. I have learned some things over the last few months; I've learned that there were issues I never much stopped to think about. But I do know that I've never intentionally been a racist. So you can probably see why people want to start spelling long German words that begin with an S (I can never spell that damned word) upon seeing your apology.
I don't think you owe me an apology for this, although I thought it was in really poor taste. But I really do wish you'd knock it off with some of the racial angles that just aren't accurate when it comes to politically liberal people. There are bad guys out there; we're not them.
Thanks.