If old white men feel maligned, they should take their own advice to minorities.

[Armstead]

47. Well believe it or not, I can emphasize with you on that in some ways

I've been accused of wanting pomies" and bein an "unrealistic leftist" and a lot of otehr things for some of the things I post regarding the corporate state and the concentration of wealth and power.

And I've certainly not always practiced what I am preaching all the time. I can be strident at times when people react in ways that seem like baseless attacks. (When people disagree in civil ways I do respond civilly.)

So I can understand your response. But just because I sometimes live in a glass house doesnlt mean my points weren't valid.

For example the poster who got so upset yesterday is a very stalwart, very progressive long time member of DU. And being told that the entire demographic she belongs to (apart from gender) makes her part of the problem is understandable. It's the way I felt.

That's a problem with generalizations that dismiss whole groups, regardless of the political perspective or goal.