I find it interesting ...

[gollygee]

130. I'm getting frustrated

with how much bullshit is flung around DU lately. Do people even believe what they say? I think it's always been this way but I'm just more frustrated. I've just read how moving to the US and then flying a flag from your homeland is disrespectful. Tell that to my Irish neighbors. People think their flag is cute and quaint. But, have the flag be Mexican, and it's disrespectful. I wonder what response an African flag would get.

It is embarrassing that your post was hidden. We're supposed to be liberals, open minded, able to self-reflect, who shouldn't need to to be shielded from the ugly facts of racism, right? It was strongly worded, but no stronger than anything others write, and I don't think for a second that's why it was hidden. People are hurt when they see the truth written out like that. It smarts, stings. That is why it was hidden. The logic is that something hurts, therefore it's an insult. But I disagree. Sometimes things hurt because they're insulting, and sometimes things hurt because they're true, and it's painful to self-reflect and easier to label it an insult. Enough people felt hurt by that truth and voted to hide that your post got hidden, but on the bright side, nothing makes a post get read more than having it hidden.