Racism, Sexism, Homophobia.

[thesummerqueen]

Context is a nice thing to have.

I got ya, peach. Once I figured out what your tone was, it was much easier to figure out where you were coming from.

And being a relative newcomer here I was hesitant to suggest it, but I think it bears reminding everybody - especially considering current events - that we're WRITING to each other. How you write something is not necessarily how someone is going to READ it. I'm not trying to be an ass about it, but I personally think a lot of the drama this place has experienced all of a sudden could have been avoided if people had taken just a moment to sit back and read...and reread...and reread the post that had been made before responding. And reread your responses before sending. A second or third reading sometimes makes all the difference. There are a lot of people here with great senses of humor and incredible intelligences, which is why I took up Shell's suggestion that I join. However, some of that humor gets lost in translation when we approach a post already up in arms. Take a breath first.