One of the most annoying things about posting here to me is that often people will project general their disdain for ideas or people on to you, and sort of use you as a metaphorical punching bag for things they don't like, and diss you for things you are not and words you never said.
I can't remember how many times I've been called stupid shyt like "Obama dikkrider" just because I credit him for things I think he did get right or partially right, and provide context for the situation i.e. Republican/blue dog obstruction, monied lobbying influence in Washington.
I've said I don't know how many times I think he's a centrist Republican, a sellout to the banking industry, and a huge disappointment and he's continued Bush's encroachments on civil liberties. You never see me disagree with people who say that.
BUT if somebody says stuff like "he didn't accomplish shyt in his 1st term," or "the stimulus didn't work" or downplay or deny the existence and impact of the Repubs making 60 votes to pass anything in the Senate in an unprecedented fashion, that's when I call bullshyt.
And there's been times where I've been called a "c00n" and other colorful names because I don't believe in Ivan Van Sertima's unsubstantiated, evidence-less hypothesis about the Olmecs beings black, called Francis Cress Welsing's "melanin theory" pseudoscientific bullshyt, and see no problem with Zoe Saldana choosing to eschew manmade racial categorization in terms of how she self-identifies.
And I know from talking to people that that thread the other day where people were blaming an 8 year old boy, "the gay agenda," and this generation being "soft" for him being gangraped by 3 older boys which thankfully got deleted had a few long time posters questioning whether they should even post here anymore. That was the rock bottom low point for this forum.