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I complained about one of gaijin's posts before Mike did. It was blatently racist,or so I thought. The post stood.

Many posts later gaijin asked Mike to report him. Instead of hitting abuse he posted to the admin mod and JR. That got somebodies attention because he was quickly booted.

Neither MikeInIraq nor I got gaijin banned, he did that himself.

Before all this happened #12 was deleted, it was a poor attempt at parody of how someone thought black people talk. The remark was removed but as far as I know the member is still active. He had the good sense not to persist with that kind of posting.

I know you don't appreciate people hitting the abuse button but that's what it's there for. To notify the mods and they make the call.

I do not think you are racist neither do I think Mike was wrong in taking on someone who he, the mods/owner thought was.

Thank you for your reply. Finally a cogent response.

I saw his posts and as with many posts on these types of threads I try to take it as intended or as I perceive it was intended. They may be uncouth but for the most part are non-abusive. I see many hee hee ha ha posts that I find blatantly offensive and they are never challenged by the "racist cops" on these threads. Not surprisingly most are towards whites. For instance, there is a post currently in this thread in which the poster wishes they had a t-shirt that said "kill the honkeys".

I saw not a single post putting this person in their place the way the deluge would have been had they wished for another type of t-shirt.

Either be consistent or don't be so sensitive. We cannot have a valid discussion about race without being intellectually honest with each other. The hypocrisy that emits from these threads is an embarrassment. I realize the mods/Jim want to give the appearance of not being a redneck right wing white power blog. I couldn't agree more, but you and your ping list could be a bit more helpful by being more consistent. If you're going to press abuse for abuse against blacks, press for abuse against others.

I personally have never touched the abuse button and never would. Although I find many posts, even some in this thread to be above and beyond offensive/abusive. My own personal policy is that comments found offensive and their posters should be ignored. But that's just me.