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23 Aug 2020, 3:19 am

This is a case of things getting out of hand.

It’s nobody’s fault. It’s everybody’s fault.

I believe it’s “clean slate” time.



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23 Aug 2020, 3:21 am

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To some bigoted people, a "white supremecist" is anyone that isn't 100% behind BLM, or related organisations which only care about members of ONE race...


I think after all the vandalism and social distance breaches nobody on WP is supporting BLM anymore Bric...do we even have AA members on this forum??

don't know where you get the 100% number from?


If we don't (or have very few), might it be fair to suggest the general attitude of hostility might have something to do with that?

There's black posters, but I don't know if any are American.


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23 Aug 2020, 3:21 am

Was Sly's original post deleted as Alex said he took a screenshot



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23 Aug 2020, 3:23 am

There are more black posters here than meets the eye. Many are Americans. Most de-emphasize their “blackness” in favor of a more universal personhood.



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23 Aug 2020, 3:26 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
There are more black posters here than meets the eye. Many are Americans. Most de-emphasize their “blackness” in favor of a more universal personhood.


I only know one Romafan...and he's conservative



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23 Aug 2020, 3:27 am

There are black conservatives, of course.



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23 Aug 2020, 3:27 am

cyberdad wrote:
Was Sly's original post deleted as Alex said he took a screenshot



He may have edited it.


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23 Aug 2020, 3:29 am

If he edited it then that's kind of a default apology



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23 Aug 2020, 3:30 am

What matters here is that the point has been clearly illustrated to Alex and all of us, that political discussions should be strictly monitored and stringently contained in PP&R and News &CA so that it will not contaminate every other discussion.

American Politics are so volatile at the moment, we must tread very carefully in order to protect all diverse points of view, and vigilently preserve freedom of speech and inoffensive discourse.


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23 Aug 2020, 3:33 am

I fully agree with Kraftie and Teach. And politics has NO place in the Haven and we should in fact be removing such.


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23 Aug 2020, 3:34 am

One thing that ignited passions was the statement that all who would vote for Trump in 2020 are racists.

I would never vote for Trump...not even close.

The problem is that people frequently don’t think beyond a certain level. Republicans frequently vote for the Republican candidate no matter who the Republican nominee is. They’d probably vote for Biden were he the Republican candidate.



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23 Aug 2020, 3:37 am

My in laws are republican and they are not voting for Trump this year. I have no idea if they voted for him in 2016.


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23 Aug 2020, 3:38 am

(MOD NOTE) Please, no more political debating on this Haven thread. Off topic. This is about making Sly feel welcome here.


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23 Aug 2020, 3:39 am

Ok Sly you can come back now...



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23 Aug 2020, 3:43 am

envirozentinel wrote:
(MOD NOTE) Please, no more political debating on this Haven thread. Off topic. This is about making Sly feel welcome here.


It's nice to have goals...Sadly, the actions of some people here (including Alex) may have made that exceedingly difficult...



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23 Aug 2020, 3:50 am

back to normal cuddly fox


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