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Originally Posted by delphidb96
It isn't whining - it's topic drift. I don't really care whether someone is white, black, red or yellow (Is that even *close* to what this whole skin-color thing is about?) when what really matters in any interpersonal relations is whether the people involved can (or cannot) find common ground.
What I find interesting in your comments is the easy willingness to hurl charges of immaturity, ignorance and cowardice. Say what???
That Sherman Alexie cannot find anything to like about e-books is a prime example of his aspirations to Luddism. That Alexie cannot understand that creating a book-oriented version of 'Buy Local, Eat Local' would only serve to reduce his admittedly small market demonstrates his own ignorance. (Does anyone think that a 'Buy only local authors' works' would increase his market share?)
Derek
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Hey I'm not defending this guy, if anything I agree with the latter part of you post, I really dislike the guy, he comes across to me as a Luddite, racist, condescending jerk.
My post was that the response to his racist comment to say "hey why can he get away with it and not us" is just not the correct approach. It's an argument for entitlement.
What I'm stating is no it's was not okay for him to make the statement and it should not justify others to make similar comments either.
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