Nipped *that* in the bud, I hope

[RainDog]

316. fwiw

I'm not a "manny follower" but I think most of the people who i.d. with him see themselves as farther to the left than American political culture has a place for at this time. I rarely comment on his posts, etc.

The thread he posted in response to the watermelon/African American history month - I didn't have anything to say about any of that, but I took his thread as a parody of his own culture - I assume he's Jewish, but maybe not. So, he was identifying with the way his cultural history gets associated with particular foods, even if he doesn't consume them himself. I didn't take it to mean an insult, iow, and, it seems, when he realized some did take it as an insult, he apologized.

But maybe I'm wrong. I tend to assume people here are not trying to be offensive and I try to extend a generosity toward others here that I would like to have extended toward myself until someone makes it a point to insult me directly, which, fwiw, many women and men have done who have formed a clique on this site. Then I will give back what I get until I decide not to bother any more.

I also understood people who said the stereotype is more accurately about southern culture, not African American culture - because white people in the south eat the same foods - and tho "grits" may more often be associated with white southern culture - well, every white person I knew growing up ate watermelon and chicken. But I would never say this on such a thread b/c I didn't think that was really the point - the point was associating all African Americans with southern culture alone.

In this thread, Manny was taking what some people perceive here from others who seem to "get the vapors" over current culture - and, apparently, that joke has some currency here.

It wasn't a mean post, but it was a funny one in the context of the latest argument that goes on often here between a few insistent people on both sides, and others who comment on the moment.