[StPaul] on winky faces & the forum

[CRISTY DELACRUZ]

While humor is used often in person to offset uncomfortable situations or 
diffuse our own discomfort with internal racism or misogyny, the written 
work carries great impact and the fact that our posts are archived and can 
be quoted selectively later (or misquoted...) concerns me.

Pardon me if I take offense at what I perceive to be outright classism and 
misogyny (thanks to Erin for the well-articulated post on this point), and 
don't believe a little winky face makes it okay.

Dennis' response to me after that post: "Lighten up, Cristy."
My response: "Get over yourself, Dennis."
I tried to withhold any response, believe me, especially because I don't 
approve of offline posts in this vein. I'm with Dave Thune on the fact that 
the keyboard is often quicker than the brain... maybe we all suffer from 
that occasionally, and I'm no exception.

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