MrsSouthern's Blog

I recognize the cyber bully who has the problem, which he and all other aliases are attempting to project on me. It is clear the bully fears exposure of their inadequacy and incompetence of dealing with rejection therefore this cyber bully projects his fear and shortcomings toward me.

Mountaineerfan and all other aliases are predatory and opportunistic and I will not be bullied into accepting comments that are inappropriate in responding to my blog. That is my choice not his choice and I find it offensive that someone would attempt to refer to the Constitution and the rights of others would bluntly attempt to take my choice away and then refer to me as a Nazi.

 This is a community blog for everyone and it should not matter if you registered yesterday or three months ago. No one person reigns in this community blog, its FoxDC not mountaineerfan and all other aliases. Since being a member of this community blog, I have minded my manners. Even after reading racist and derogatory comments by some and having my comments deleted even though they were not inappropriate just that my opinions differed. I did not make a serious issue out of it because it is the choice of the author to keep or delete comments from others.

But after being attack by mountaineerrfan and all other aliases, I put my manners aside. Yet, I have great concern for me as well as others especially women, in this community blog. Why? Because mountaineerfan and all other aliases is a cyber bully and a bully is immature, narcissist and dangerous; mountaineerfan and all other aliases have suggested to two bloggers that he will not stop that he must teach me a lesson. I take that as pure harassment and genuine threat, and both are against the law.

 I will not allow anyone with such a narrow mind that fuels the separation of race, culture and religion to make me a victim with his cyber bullying. Nor will I permit mountaineer and all other aliases try to teach me a lesson without reporting such behavior to the proper people at FoxDC and law enforcement.

Making a threat is against the law and I take such statements seriously and so does my family which consist of law enforcement. There is a problem with mountaineerfan and all other aliases when a person attempts to force you to post their comment even though it’s inappropriate. And then engages in cyber bullying added with a threat because I simply deleted his inappropriate comment from my blog.

 This person mountaineerfan and all other aliases, I think is dangerous. Blogging is about opinions; opinion is having a conjecture but not being completely sure that a notion is factual as adults we should be able to agree to disagree and understand that if someone deletes our comments don’t take it personal because it’s not that serious.

A person like mountaineerfan and all other aliases has to make threats against someone and do a counter blog to force me or even you to post their inappropriate comments. One or many have to question such actions because such actions are wrong and should not be tolerated by mountaineerfan and all other aliases.

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Racism is really another word for ignorance. It's another way of saying that nature should have had only one type of flower or tree. It's another way of looking at the world with your eyes closed to diversity and change. Racism is another word for fear. Fear of the unknown is understandable, of course, and for many of us those of different races and creeds are the great unknown. Most of us are brought up in a particular environment with a particular type of people. So we may come in contact with these other races, but it is almost just a passer by situation, most of the time not even becoming acquainted with them let alone getting to know them on a personal level. So we may think there goes a different person and most the time different to us can be viewed as negative. Often we do not put those thoughts into words. We simply, as it were, stick to our own. We are comfortable there and it is where we belong. We often repeat our parents' philosophy on race and that too is understandable. They set our standards and we often, unthinkingly, adopt them.

Racism is a huge problem still in America because race still matters. All racism includes the idea that because of someone's skin color or religion they are members of a superior or inferior race. This belief can have an enormous effect over the way that one group of people treats one another. Racism is an obvious form of prejudice. A lot of people are of the opinion that if they made a racist joke but it was funny or they didn't mean it in that way then it is justifiable. People who are prejudiced are people who have strong feelings against certain types of people before they have even met them. Prejudice means pre-judgment' (first impressions) and society proves that people will judge somebody sooner than they would get to know them.

With America electing the first Black presidential nominee of a national party; one or many would think we are on our way to becoming all one, being united. Unfortunately not all people feel this way and today there are still people that believed blacks should not exist nor run for the highest office in America. Thus the first black presidential nominee have come under great enormous scrutiny that no other presidential nominee (white) presidential nominee has come under. Unfortunately Obama has been called a terrorist, unpatriotic, anti-Christ, Muslim, radical and so forth without hard evidence. Some of us would rather take the bottom route of suggesting that Obama is not a Natural-Born Citizen rather than admit they just have a problem with the man’s skin color. Haplessly some Americans do not fully understand the many-faceted issues of race in politics in America; it can be difficult to comprehend ethnic and racial disputes. Because throughout America’s history, there have always been issues between the white race and other races, mainly the black race.

These problems in history have always and may always be questionable on whether they are right or wrong. The truth of the matter is that not only does this affect social relationships, but also political affairs which affects where we stand on November 4th  in  Race matters in political affairs because there are still few back Americans in the field of politics; which can contribute to the unconscious insularity in methodology and outlook; which impedes multiple perspectives. Thus some individuals find it acceptable that Obama’s opponent (McCain) displays no respect for Obama to the point of not even looking him in the eyes or referring to him as “that one;” and not extinguishing the foul remarks about Obama shouted to him and Palin on the campaign road; can only lead one or more individuals to believe their avoidances, and harshness of voice only indicates McCain and Palin has shortcomings of their own to hide.

 Maybe McCain and Palin have some subjective views about race that can cause them to improperly analyzed conformity of Obama in the politics genre of running for the highest office in America, just as their supporters. Yet the government and media present the image of an integrated, egalitarian society, which in reality contradicts racial discrimination, and class oppression that is exercised against various minority groups. In each integrated and “equal” society, racial and ethnic discrimination is directly related to economic and class issues. Racism is obviously not something God planned, it is a sin, and we are all equal with no one being better then anyone else. Racism has changed a lot during the past hundred years, working toward the goal of everyone being equal as we are in Gods eyes. America has indeed come far but apparently not far enough that some individuals in our society still use the “N”  word in referring to Obama or some in my race (white) saying “A black man  should never run or be elected as president and that its call the White House for a reason."

Unfortunately race still matters; further more; race and ethnicity forms specific ideologies that can be a major force of influence. In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. (Blackmun).

     I was just bewildered at the BS political rhetoric that spewed from Sarah Plain’s mouth. I would have appreciated her answering the questions put toward her from the moderator. Her rehearsed and memorized answers where in left field compared to Biden’s answers. Palin clearly double talks when she cannot answer the question, this tells me that she lacks experience and doesn’t have the fortitude to form her own opinions but those that have been repeated to her by McCain. Does the GOP ticket believe she is that inexperience that her answers need to be drilled-in-her-memory, to ensure against blunders?

     Unfortunately, I just don’t get it with Palin, she lacks experience and articulation and the folksy with the repetitive rhetorical sound bites was boring but clearly displayed her lack of ability to hold office as VP. McCain and Palin need to understand “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." Rather than speak from a position of power, Palin deflated her own sense of credibility, by allowing McCain to be the ventriloquist in the VP debate and her, the dummy.

I’ve become a suspect of the word "Hero,” which is unfortunate, given the times we live in. Near the turn of the millennium, we all bore witness to the horrific evils of men driving planes through two famous buildings, now infamous buildings, and watched true heroes run into those buildings to save lives. Those that crash “Flight 93” to save more lives by taking their own lives on September 11th, Heroes indeed.

Heroes are men or women displaying courage and the propensity to sacrifice in the face of danger or adversity; a person of moral excellence one that is willing to risk life and limb, or perhaps ostracism, for the greater good. So using the word “Hero” as though it were the latest all-purpose seasoning both dilutes the impact of the word and does an injustice to our “real heroes,” whose names so often end up forgotten overtime. Kobe Bryant, he's no firefighter, no rescue worker, no inner-city police officer, Marine or solider... the list can go on. In short, for all of his sports records, he is no “hero.”

Let's not water-down our real heroes; it insults them, it does them an injustice. Idols, celebrities, stars, champions, and politicians ... sure but not Hero; let's pin this notable badge only where it belongs. Let us all be a little more mindful of where we use the word “Hero.”