Comments on: Racism, Blog Comment Sections, & Online Trolls

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 05:17:00 +0000

If Lincoln had it his way, freed slaves would have been shipped back to Africa as was his plan. People – especially conservatives – make the mistake in believing that Lincoln was a great humanitarian who was sympathetic to slaves.

By: Myshkin the Idiot

Myshkin the Idiot — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:42:00 +0000

I had a conversation with a conservative about this, he said the Democrats that became republicans stopped being racist (I think simply by becoming Republicans). He also told me the Republican Party never had racism take root in it… uhh… I don’t think they understand history.

Lincoln devised various colonization schemes for freed slaves and told a delegation of black leaders explicitly that they cannot expect to live side by side with whites in America. Racism is a deep prejudice in white America.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0014.204/–abraham-lincoln-and-the-politics-of-black-colonization?rgn=main;view=fulltext

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 02:11:00 +0000

Which is infuriating when they rewrite history by conveniently leaving out the fact that the Dixiecrats of yesteryear are the southern Republicans of today.

By: Myshkin the Idiot

Myshkin the Idiot — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 01:23:00 +0000

White racism is uncomfortable when it is not in control. They come to other places to relieve their anxieties in some way by telling other people how they are wrong about what they perceive and know.

It is unnerving that trolling is somewhat organized and that white racism has made itself more comfortable in online forums (and is riddled with denial in some people) however, I think it is a sign that something good is taking place in spaces like these.

By: TiffJ

TiffJ — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 23:21:00 +0000

This doesn’t surprise me one bit. As cringe-worthy as it is, It kind of amuses me how these racist sites and anonymous online forum folks, invest so much time into stalking/lurking/harassing writers, bloggers, and other online personalities. :-

But, as amusing can be, it’s also unnerving.

By: Myshkin the Idiot

Myshkin the Idiot — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:08:00 +0000

“will keyword search specific topics or racially charged news bytes and will happen upon blogs and news sites run by black folks and people of color.”

There are some white supremacist sites as well as white supremacist front sites that link to specific blogs to send their racist viewers to places to harass. I just checked one and this blog is linked from it.

I stopped using my personal name because I realized how stupid that really is.

By: Myshkin the Idiot

Myshkin the Idiot — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 11:03:00 +0000

Conservatives have been fed that slavery line for decades by conservative media and politicians. They haven’t been bothered to open a history book since their textbooks from their piddly high school social studies class, which fed them racist canards and screeds. Even college classes have done an awful job at defining the color line in American society.

Even when you try to move the conversation beyond slavery, they remind you the Democrats started the KKK and were responsible for Jim/Jane Crow policies and that liberal Great Society policies ruined the black family. They have an ignorant talking point for everything which all revolve around ‘not talking about race.’ If you’re talking about racism, systemic or institutional as well as personal and stereotypical, you’re talking about white people and they just can’t get over themselves.

By: TiffJ

TiffJ — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:06:00 +0000

“Get over slavery”, when discussing modern-day institutional racism and micoraggressions is the common refrain, warbled by sociopaths who don’t like having their privilege and imperialist sensibilities challenged.

They’re not looking to offer anything productive to the discourse… they just want to troll; so will keyword search specific topics or racially charged news bytes and will happen upon blogs and news sites run by black folks and people of color.

They won’t read for context… EVER and aren’t interested in trying to understand. They just see the headline and will peruse for the buzzwords that’ll trigger their sociopathy; then tell us to ‘get over slavery’ and call us blackies, violent thugs, and N-words if they’re feeling particularly riled; even if it has zero to do with what’s been written. Their Disqus history usually’ll give them away, if the activity isn’t locked. It’s predictable and boring. And don’t let them latch on to a specific site… They stay parked in the comments sections, then.

But they’ll be quick to remind you about Irish oppression and how they were marginalized while standing in line at Starbucks or at their artsy yoga studio, coz a ‘black thug’ reached in front of them to get his frappacino, or a Black woman started doing the downward facing dog behind them. A lot of it is projection.