I characterized **an idea** as racist, and offered reasoned arguments and objective evidence to support that characterization. And I do not owe anyone an apology for doing that.
I didn't call anyone a racist in my posts related to Gallmon's comments in the Strib. I don't feel the need to call anyone a racist, to engage in race-baiting, or to question anybody's motives or character. And I have NOT received a warning for bad conduct from the list manager (Praise David Brauer!) -Doug Mann, King Field In a message dated 8/19/2003 4:40:23 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been saying pretty much the same thing as Rev. > Gallmon now for about six years. Speaking as a white guy, I can not > conceive how Rev. Jackson and Rev. Gallmon can be targeted as "racist" for > offering their evaluation of what they believe is a problem with their > community! One can certainly take issue with their conclusion about or > perception of the problem, but to call them racist for speaking out about > something they are certainly well positioned to address is grossly unfair. > Mr. Mann owes Rev. Gallmon an apology. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
