in my defense, i've had to deal with plenty of birthers and wingnuts on a different site (Historum) which has made me much less forgiving than i used to be of political arguments like this (birtherism, etc.); similarly, i hold little sympathy for the South in general because of Lost Causers, particularly "War of Northern Aggression" arguments, and because it's my observation that, historically, the South has a record of bitching and moaning whenever they don't get their way, with birtherism being just the most recent form of this (admittedly, though, i realize that this is very foolish of me, especially since i know plenty of people from the South who are genuinely good people even if i may disagree with them on such matters, as our common interests override political differences, and my mom grew up in the South)My comment was in response to Oshron saying [...]
or are we not allowed to disagree with such a blanket accusation of racism?
i have a general rule of maintaining objectivity and civility, but can only be pushed so far, and the very idea of birtherism crossed the line three or four years ago