--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 1, 2008, at 12:40 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > So I'll speak up now. This term is a mean-spirited,unnecessary, > > gratuitous, personal attack, meant to slander a valued contributor to > > FFL. Ruth is neither racist or race-baiter and whatever your > > disagreements with her, she does not deserve to be characterized this > > way. The fact that you are still using this so long after the supposed > > incident expresses the qualities of an unfair grudge IMO. Repeating > > it is nasty and lowers the discourse here. Dropping in that term in a > > post that she was not even a part of is unfair. I thought it was > > unfair at the time in the context of the discussion, but at least then > > it had a context and was your POV in that context. Continuing this > > charge is absurd and obviously false from all that she has posted > > here. > > > Pretty funny too, since I believe Our Dear Ruth is multi-racial.
That could certainly explain why she's prone to race- baiting. Doesn't *excuse* it, though, any more than it does for Obama.