The Racism in the Blogosphere Thing
Via Jeff, I found that a post is pissing people off. Jeff sums up one issue nicely:
… [Rob] drops eight gratuitous n-bombs, recycles every racist stereotype in the book, and then tosses in a few legitimate statistics just to make the rest of us look like racists by association, should we ever quote them in the future.
This has spread through the blogosphere quickly.
Using the N-Word results in delinking and racist allegations. However, calling a demographic Government Tit-sucking Crackerfolk is Ok!
Sadly, the only redeeming portion of Rob’s point (i.e., where are the black leaders? – a question I have asked many times) is overshadowed by his choice of words and his racist rant.
And to be clear, I am not condoning the rant. I thought it was pretty hateful.
March 4th, 2004 at 2:11 pm
You are right about the delinking. After reading that the day he posted it, I almost delinked him immediately. I decided to wait a few weeks to see what he said about the post later, and if I still felt the same after a re-read. I don’t like to make a complete judgment from one read-through, because I may have taken something in the wrong context. I have to admit, I always read him daily, but haven’t been back after that post.
March 4th, 2004 at 4:19 pm
which part was right? The one where he said “niggers” have had 300 years to make a go of it? Or the part where he said that if we can’t act civilized they should ship us back to Africa?
March 4th, 2004 at 4:23 pm
Who said he was right?