Hi DZ,
First of all if you have never asked for the thread to be closed then the comment doesn't apply to you.
Secondly, what I meant by the "trap issue" is that this thread began as a intelligent exchange of ideas between posters. There were differing opinions but it did not turn into rudeness or mud slinging until certain people came along. It is a well known fact that once that starts threads are closed on GC. That is all I meant and it does seem a little bit fishy to me.
Third, I find it quite funny that you chose to ignore my entire first post where I pointed out many instances of predominantly white glo's and BGLO's working together. These are things I have peresonally seen myself. Why did you choose not to comment on this at all??? Or the several other posts made my others recognizing willingness to work with others. As I stated before I mean no personal disrespect towards you, just trying to educate.
Just something to think about.
V.E.
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Originally posted by dzrose93
Sorry for being gone so long. Just wanted to let you know that I have never asked for this thread to be closed and I also have never asked for anyone to be banned because of posts they made here. I didn't set a "trap" and I surely didn't have an underlying "mission" when I posted my thoughts. In fact, the ONLY "mission" I had was to state my viewpoint -- which happens to be the same "mission" that I am on anytime that I post on GC.
I strongly resent the implication that the white GCers who have posted on this topic jumped into the thread in an attempt to stir up controversy and get the thread deleted from GC. If you don't want us to give our viewpoint, then don't post a topic titled "White or Homosexual Members" on a message board that has both white and homosexual members!
I cannot believe that you actually have accused us of having a secret agenda just because we posted about a topic that concerns us and is staring us in the face everytime we visit GC! Do you have any idea how crazy that notion sounds? 
This whole thread seems like a no win situation. If whites are offended but don't post, then we're cowards and, if we do post, then we're on a "mission" to get certain black members of GC banned and a black thread deleted?!?! Puhleeze. Whether or not you choose to believe it, we're not part of some big conspiracy against the black GC community. We're not out to get you, we're not "oppressors", and we're sure as heck not trying to act as your "masters" as another poster in this thread has claimed. 
Honestly, I think some folks are being way too hasty in judging the motives of white GCers who took an interest in this particular thread. I, for one, simply felt that I should speak up since I was being called a coward by some of you for being offended by the thread and not publicly saying anything about it. Then, when I did speak up, I was accused of contradicting myself, not reading the entire thread before posting, and being blind to the fact that racism exists -- all three VERY untrue accusations, by the way. And people wondered why I didn't want to speak up before???
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