Yesterday's diary was titled Keith Olberman's White Blindspot. In it I criticized a Countdown segment the night before about Alan Simpson, our vets and Agent Orange for doing what MSM always does, ignore the victims of our recent wars who are, as certainly was the case in Vietnam, generally people of color. Immediately a number of people condemned me for calling Keith Olbermann a racist. And that is what the discussion was all about. Thus a discussion of the real questions I was raising: 1. The vast majority of people suffering from AO are Vietnamese, 2. MSM including KO consistently ignore that when discussing AO, and 3. The role of white chauvinism in this contradiction.
It would seem that #3 can not be discussed at the DailyKos because people will charge you with calling someone a racist. For example to even suggest that KO not covering this very important aspect of the AO story has anything to do with his position as a relatively privileged white male and, you're calling KO a racist. How Dare You! And the real discussion is avoided.
In response to this I wrote in the comments to this diary yesterday:
