I dunno, maybe it's all in the timing and phrasing of it. You're making the comment on the heels of a great sweeping-up of the place, and tolerance for controversial remarks is understandably low.

However, I'm not sure this diary is the best way to address the issue. I would suggest you delete it, and maybe write a diary at some point that discusses  those statistics without making reference to your previous deleted comment. The admins don't like to be called out like that.

I lost my comment rating and diary recommending abilities this week. Hopefully, I'll be reinstated soon. I may have crossed a line, but in comparison with the other craziness on this site, I didn't think my behavior here was that big of a deal. I guess I was wrong.

is something we can agree is a bad thing.

The problem is that HRC's campaign and supporters haven't tapped enough racism to move super Ds away from Obama and toward Clinton over the Rev. J. Wright videos.

That leaves them hoping to find more racism and in some cases it looks like HRC's supporters are encouraging people to be more racist than they'd be without the encouragement.

And this encouraging racism and encouraging MyDDers to view "Whites" as more racist than they are leaves many of us offended with the HRC campaign.

And this encouraging racism and encouraging MyDDers to view "Whites" as more racist than they are leaves many of us offended with the HRC campaign.

Exactly. And let's be clear: Aside from some specific demographics in certain regions of the country, I don't think that very many white people in this country are racist (hell, I'm one of 'em). I'm also pretty confident that Obama will win the general election. What bothered me so much about the warning I received was that countless members of this site, including its proprietors, have been using white racism (or whatever euphemism with which they'd like to refer to it) as the prime reason to be wary of Senator Obama's candidacy and general election prospects. For the administrators to then turn around and scold me for pointing out the obvious seemed rather hypocritical.

They're doing a major clean-up of the place, the constant accusations of Obama running a racially based campaign were starting to make the site look really bad.  I would avoid implying any group of people is racist.  I would also delete this diary, suck up your warning, and move on.

I won't defend your comment, but will point out that you can't be blamed for thinking it was appropriate in light of two front page diaries posted today which make the specious argument that Obama is unelectable because of bigotry.

They're doing a major clean-up of the place, the constant accusations of Obama running a racially based campaign were starting to make the site look really bad.

Agreed, and I appreciate the absence of diaries comparing Obama to George Wallace.

I would avoid implying any group of people is racist.

Well, it's a good thing I didn't, then. What I did do was identify a particular cohort that is demographically far more likely to be racist than basically any other. I didn't say that ALL elderly, poor, white folks living in the South or Appalachia are racists; They're not. However, they are far more likely to be than an educated 20-something living in the North or West. You can dismiss this fact if it makes you uncomfortable, but I'd much rather examine these issues honestly than deny their existence.  

I would also delete this diary, suck up your warning, and move on.

Naw. Getting banned just means I'll have more free time; Heads I win, tales you lose.  

Come over to politicalfleshfeast.com and have similar fun! They're my two favorite websites. Regrets when the party has a nominee and we all have put on our smiley-face Dem masks here.