You know that I am a Black man who supports Hillary Clinton and I was called a "monkey" at DailyKos before I was banned from participation there, after I strenuously defended Hillary Clinton's candidacy at DailyKos.
If we suddenly discovered this about another Democratic Party personality, then that person would be toast, I hope.
Today, the Washington Post reports that YearlyKos was an all-white affair (again), and one woman was quoted as asking, "Why is the blogosphere, which is supposed to be more democratic, reinforcing the same white male power structure that exists?"
In the Washington Post, another man said, "Bernita Smith, an African American blogger from Atlanta, is one of the Chicago 17, and raised funds herself to attend the conference. "I was completely surprised -- shocked even. The political blogosphere isn't as white as the people in this convention.""
To ask me not to talk about Markos Moulitsas during the week of his national annual conference is unreasonable. EVERYBODY is news during the week of their annual conference and not all of the news will be positive, as the WaPost article demonstrates.
By now, you know me well enough to know that there's no point in threatening to ban me. Like everybody else, I write what's on my heart at the moment.
Believe it or not, I've got half a dozen stories on Moulitsas that I posted at my own blogs and did not post at MLW out of deference to you. I watch my site meters (you can look at them too) and everybody is talking about what a liar Moulitsas is, for claiming to be a Gulf War veteran when he spent his service years in Germany.
You said, "This is NOT AN ANTI-DKOS SITE."
http://www.myleftwing.com/showComment.do?commentId=244483
I'm sure that during slavery, there were people who said, "I'm not going to tolerate my house being treated like a stop on the Underground Railroad!" But, there were those whites who saw the need for the Underground Railroad, for the purpose of supporting abolition, and even at risk of their very lives. In my experience there are very few whites like that in the "progressive" blogosphere.
The people at DailyKos are rejoicing over your threat to ban me, because they don't like the fact that you previously upheld the First Amendment and provided Black people a place to speak openly about the apartheid at DailyKos, without retribution.
After the "Kossacks" take over MyLeftWing, perhaps they'll take Poland then they'll march on France and Great Britain. That's why I keep writing about them, and I won't stop as long as the white supremacist blogger threat persists.
Maryscott O'Connor
Owner, MyLeftWing Blog
Dear Maryscott:
You know that I am a Black man who supports Hillary Clinton and I was called a "monkey" at DailyKos before I was banned from participation there, after I strenuously defended Hillary Clinton's candidacy at DailyKos.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/12/3/195440/248
This week, you have threatened to ban me from MyLeftWing because I refuse to stop criticizing Markos Moultisas and the virtually all-white DailyKos.
http://www.myleftwing.com/showComment.do?commentId=244483
I NEVER stop criticizing people who have called me a "monkey".
When I broke the story this week that Moulitsas opposed gays in the military, I did everyone a public service.
http://www.northernstar.info/articles/?id=16416
If we suddenly discovered this about another Democratic Party personality, then that person would be toast, I hope.
Today, the Washington Post reports that YearlyKos was an all-white affair (again), and one woman was quoted as asking, "Why is the blogosphere, which is supposed to be more democratic, reinforcing the same white male power structure that exists?"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR200708...
In the Washington Post, another man said, "Bernita Smith, an African American blogger from Atlanta, is one of the Chicago 17, and raised funds herself to attend the conference. "I was completely surprised -- shocked even. The political blogosphere isn't as white as the people in this convention.""
To ask me not to talk about Markos Moulitsas during the week of his national annual conference is unreasonable. EVERYBODY is news during the week of their annual conference and not all of the news will be positive, as the WaPost article demonstrates.
By now, you know me well enough to know that there's no point in threatening to ban me. Like everybody else, I write what's on my heart at the moment.
Believe it or not, I've got half a dozen stories on Moulitsas that I posted at my own blogs and did not post at MLW out of deference to you. I watch my site meters (you can look at them too) and everybody is talking about what a liar Moulitsas is, for claiming to be a Gulf War veteran when he spent his service years in Germany.
You said, "This is NOT AN ANTI-DKOS SITE."
http://www.myleftwing.com/showComment.do?commentId=244483
I'm sure that during slavery, there were people who said, "I'm not going to tolerate my house being treated like a stop on the Underground Railroad!" But, there were those whites who saw the need for the Underground Railroad, for the purpose of supporting abolition, and even at risk of their very lives. In my experience there are very few whites like that in the "progressive" blogosphere.
The people at DailyKos are rejoicing over your threat to ban me, because they don't like the fact that you previously upheld the First Amendment and provided Black people a place to speak openly about the apartheid at DailyKos, without retribution.
http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2007/8/7/12925/28280/146#c146
After the "Kossacks" take over MyLeftWing, perhaps they'll take Poland then they'll march on France and Great Britain. That's why I keep writing about them, and I won't stop as long as the white supremacist blogger threat persists.