What a joke. hey saquin, we hardly knew ye.
Wow, I feel so loved. :-)
Just because I didn't reply to your posts immediately today doesn't mean I'm hiding. Some of us actually like to get out in the fresh air on beautiful summer Sundays with friends and family.
This Chris Parry seems to me like a real jerk with a political ax to grind. However, we here at FR gave him the excuse to grind that ax. There's been some great soul-searching recently (and I have received many responses to that effect from long-time Freepers who agree) and it would be really unfortunate for that to be lost as everyone hunkers down and pretends it was all some kind of "outside job". Those who have made racist, offensive comments here know exactly who they are. In fact, I wish JimRob would put the pulled thread back up (with offensive comments blacked out) so we can all see again that those posts were made by numerous people; people who had been here for years in many cases and have long posting histories. They should be named and shamed. This kind of behavior had been allowed to escalate for too long.
To become overly defensive (and many of you do seem quite defensive) at this point and pretend that none of these comments were made by "real freepers" would not only be a great act of self-delusion but will be to the detriment of the future of FR. The fact that it was allowed to go on for so long, and was accepted by so many here, is what led to this moment. (And it was accepted, make no mistake. That thread sat here for a long time, with offensive posts intact. It was reviewed, amazingly reinstated and only pulled when the media heat became too much. That's NOT the way we should conduct ourselves, as if the racism is all right here until the "outside world" exposes it. That's cowardly.)
By all means, go after Chris Parry. He deserves it. But you will be harming the future of FR if you don't acknowledge what led to this.
With that, I'm heading back out into the sun. :-)
Don't pine for me too much, indylindy.
Well, when you get out of the sun and your bout with sunstroke, perhaps you could come in from the heat and give our buddy Chris a comeuppance. We will be waiting.
Some how when the truth comes out, you are OTL.
Pathetic.
I am agreeing with this sentiment 100%. And I am hoping that the net effect turns out to be a positive one for this board.
Making excuses for Chris Parry? You are really, really sick.
“Climb down from that cross. We need the wood.”
You come in here, tag team, and create a racist furor where there was none. At least that's the way it appears to me. Then you step back and make excuses for yourselves and each other.
This whole cynical and outrageous Chris Parry agent provocateur exercise proves beyond all doubt that white liberals really don't care about Blacks except to the extent that they're useful objects for projecting the white liberal desire for influence, visibility, and power.
"we a few people, less than 1% here at FR ... who have been screaming against it"
There, fixed it for you. (speak for yourself)