Would anyone notice I was gone? :)
No, not really. TTF...a week.
So seeta08 summed up the issue nicely here...well, there is a plethora of diaries that do so but in the interests of keeping this quick.
One-third of those affected by 'teh purge' were people of color, notwithstanding the fact that people of color comprise about 3 to 6 percent of the readership.
This can be a different type of space for people of color. One that is welcoming, rather than hostile.
I wonder what it must feel like to have begun this with the best of intentions, only to find that it's been used and abused. Road to hell, and all that rot.
When I first got here, I was into the strident criticism, the snark, the what awful thing did Obama do today sort of thing. I even wrote one of those stupid comments you can often see poking fun at his supporters, thinking I was clever. Look at that sucker. Shameful! I apologize for that foolishness. I should have gotten around to this sooner. I can't apologize straight to TIMT now unless I go to another website. I guess I have a week to spare to go do that.
I forget who exactly suggested I go read Black Kos, even though I thought I had no business reading there...but for whatever reason I did go read, and kept reading, and it took awhile to get brave enough to comment, but this community was nothing but welcoming. I haven't done much to earn their respect but they certainly have mine. Their diaries/posts inform me, they cure me of my ignorance one little bit at a time. The series of posts from Criminal Injustice Kos is the same. I don't know why that series is not read by more people. Injustice seems like it should be a popular interest here.
Well, anyway. That's about enough. I could ramble on more but it's getting late. I mean to be off DKos by midnight. Eastern time, I suppose. Have a good time without us. Behave. Better than I did.