Given the events of the Michael Steele thread, I want this out there because I am worried about where this whole situation is going.
To set the record straight, I tried to be civil with chas and worked through private messages to resolve the issue I had with him. To quote myself in regards to his greaseball comment...
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I dont know if you are trying to be funny or what, but that shit is really offensive. I dont want to see this word on the board again or Im reporting it to BigFan.
As you see, I was a bit overdramatic, but in all honesty, its very offensive to me. As I have said, its not as bad as calling a guy the n-word, but it is offensive nonetheless. Unfortunately, chaspopcapp went ahead and put the issue back into the public. I think we talked it out and tried to leave things alone. It is just an internet message board afterall.
After reading through the posts in the Michael Steele thread, I want it known that I am NOT chaspopcapp. I have no qualms with him, hell, I dont know who he is. I dont know who Nas is, but I want it known that he is simply joking about me being him. Again, I dont know Nas, but I dont think he really believes me to be him. Rather, its a joke about my mults, which I have taken somewhat well considering the bastages that keep bringing it up (no offense SpMack
). Chas, I am sure you are probably a decent guy and dont deserve some of the treatment you get on the board; however, I would suggest as an alternate option to your current approach on this board that you find some humor in what all is being said here. It is easy to take offense to things on the boards. Darkside called me out during that infamous Joel Zapada Chavez thread. He and I have become pretty decent friends since I had joined the board, but even if that was not the case, I would have tried my best to see some of the humor in it.
My background is interlaced with several major racially charged events in Chicago history. My grandfather was a Chicago cop and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time twice, the riots and to bring the body of Fred Hampton out. I grew up in Elmwood Park, where my only experience with people of another race was on the TV. Needless to say, I was surrounded by racism and pure hatred. I took a lot of things for granted, simply because you cannot expect a kid to understand what was going on. My high school also did not provide much of a learning experience when it came to equality. We had one black person going to school at the time and the going joke was that it make us a great basketball school.
Walking into DePaul was quite a culture shock. I can't tell you when, but during that time I opened my eyes to a lot of new things. I rode the CTA and no one robbed me. I walked around the loop at night and no one tried to kill me. I even walked near the Cabrini Green area to get home from a bar. No one shot me. That all being said, as I have mentioned on the board before, I still have certain things in the back of my mind. You cannot change that completely, but you can work towards it. I want to be able to ignore racism and befriend people of other races, but it will still be there I am sure. Did I become educated to get to where I am? Is it just maturity? I dont know.
What I am trying to say is, Chas and Nas, perhaps its time to stop bickering with the reptile layers of your brains and start trying to work it out with the human layer of your brain. Chas, if you really feel the way you seem to, I cant help you, but there are better ways. And Nas, goading the guy into fights is not the way to resolve shit. I realize you are only joking about my multiness when you say I am him, but I want to be left out of this.
