Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet

DirtClod88,

If you think that's something, read response #31. Some of us reported her in an attempt to have comments removed. I truly believe in Freedom of Speech, but Laura went out there and just took this judicial right just a wee bit too far. It is not offensive to me, because I am not an insecure individual, but she broke Newsvine CoH.

S. Elaine,

I don't particularly like using or writing the "N" word, for I have explained this in responses on additional forums, and was simply quoting Laura.  I am an African American/Black woman so I definitely the know this word can be offensive to Black people. Do you know what my mother's degree reads, "The Alabama State College for Negroes", which remained in her nightstand for many years beneath all other papers she considered junk. The college name is changed to Alabama State University. My mother couldn't get a teaching job when she moved North and blamed it on that one word inscribed in her degree.  I was nearly grown before I found out my mother had a degree and earned it in 1944. How many black women you know earned a degree in 1944? So don't insinuate I don't know the impact this word have on Black people and I "attempted to make decent points or poorly" tried when using it in my response. This is purely an assumption. One thing my parents taught me is you don't apology unless you intentionally offended someone. Otherwise, say excuse me. Offending you or anyone else was not my intentions and definitely not part of my character, but I will write, excuse me.  Unless you know me, don't judge or assume anything about me. Now you should apologize to me, because when one assumes and accuses someone of something before questioning them to find out why, this is intentional. Thank you!

Elaine,  Very well said. 

The morons and cowards have discovered our secret handshake.  Their cancer seems to have metastasized throughout The Vine. 

It's easy for them to use certain insults from the privacy of their double wide.  It's the only safe place since decent society has overwhelmingly demonstrated (see Nov 5th headlines) that the rest of us are sick of their poison. 

If this month's election showed nothing else, it showed racists -- both foreign and domestic that despite this country's regrettable past, the majority has moved beyond it.  Sure, we still have issues to address on how we treat one another, but most don't automatically sum up a person by race or gender or address.  Those who do still think in those terms are wanted in the Smithsonian.

My mother's degree says the exact same thing, from Montgomery Alabama.  I have no offense for the word Negro. The degree does not say Alabama State College for N******.  And my mother got a teaching job in the south, to Principal to Superintendent until her death. 

I know you by what you protray, therefore my judgement is simply what I am shown.  Being a Black American, you of all people should have known better and resisted to stoop to that level.  Many times it is not what we say, but how we say it.  Therefore I stand on my post and my criticism.  Talk me down when you have something to say.  Just because you are one of the "darker" natives, does not give you license to use the word.  EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

And like I said, I did not expect an apology nor do I want one at this point any longer.  I made my point with what I said and if I have to shout it from the rafters, I will. 

Thank you littlechi......... for your support.  It can be a lonely and difficult fight for RIGHT and especially when it needs to be applied on ALL LEVELS.  & until we learn to respect ourselves, we can't expect anyone else to. 

It can be a lonely and difficult fight for RIGHT

I feel ya....some days I leave The Vine exhausted --bunch of chaff, very little wheat. (-: