Ed, as you pointed out, what you did was an experiment that dealt with former 
common names of places especially in the southern U.S. This is no reason for 
you to be lambasted by those that think they are not prejudiced. Our history is 
a fact, even if it is not politically correct by the standards of the last few 
years. I might mention that the same people that are giving you a hard time, 
are using the very same behavior that they deplore in so called racists. They 
have made certain assumptions about you and what you believe based on nothing 
more than one experiment using old place names. This does not make you a 
racist, but it does show the prejudiced attitude of the persons attacking you 
for this experiment. I have dealt with lots of people of color, and still do. 
The word that these people found so offensive, is now used by black folks as a 
term of familiarity and endearment. In my opinion, the people that are hassling 
you about all this stuff, have a very poor understandi!
ng U.S.
 history and are very good candidates for being racists themselves. Hitler 
would have loved these folks, they probably believe anything that is popular at 
the present moment among their peers. They obviously don't look at things 
objectively, or think independantly. They are yet another example of what I 
call "sheeple". ( A type of people who follow each other blindly like sheep.) I 
personally do not think that these people should force you to not participate 
in cavetex or anything else. Anyone with any common sense, (which isn't so 
common anymore), can see who is truly biased in this situation, and it isn't 
you. 

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