I Know, I promised, but

• From: diarrheamadman69
• Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:59:23 -0800
• Message-ID: <000U5K85B.001LUMS4T.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

I can't help this. I am shocked at the absolutely
base rationalizations going on here.
The idea that
the announcement for the tourney was not meant on
some level to insult and demean people that speak
English with a "black" twist is completely bogus and the
people that are defending that nasty little piece of
work are the very opposite of true liberals. I am
certainly not saying that anybody should be disciplined and
punished or anything like that for a silly gag. But the
fact that so many pseudo-tolerant people are not even
criticizing that clearly inappropriate post just leaves me
boggled.
Is THIS what open-mindedness leads us to, attacks on
one of the few posters who calls it like he sees it,
regardless of whose feelings are hurt?
I am not just not
sophisticated enough to interpret an entire page of parody of
black speech as not racially motivated, excuse me.
Although I guess it EASILY could have been Urdu (although,
uncomfortable fact, IT WASN'T...)
I have seen such screeds
before, and am just not 
buying what the apologists
are selling.

Durham Devil & Beth, I am not
easily offended or thin-skinned, and I certainly have
never been
anything like 'angry' (or some other
cliche) during this exchange. But why don't you guys
direct some of your obvious spleen, rancor, and love of
moralizing at the people who posted this garbage where
African-American students would see it?

I am no saint, and
in fact love well-crafted homophobic, sexist and/or
racist jokes personally----but I would never EVER post
one that just went on and on as an invitation to a
serious event. 

Is it only me, or is that crossing
some line?