Comments on: I am not a Racist

By: April

April — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:37:30 +0000

You act like there is such a thing as the “race card”. Racism isn’t a game, it is as real and extremely evident watching the little that has been done post-Katrina. I would suggest not using the term “race card”.

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:18:51 +0000

Eric, this is beyond the race issue and the initial accusations.. forget that. Anyone who writes “Simply putâ€¦Go fuck yourself clown” is not worth communicating with. Period.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:38:25 +0000

Don’t continue to cover him (sending him clicks and attention in the process). You cannot easily prove a negative. Just move on and let your record speak for itself. Jesse Jackson and others have played the race card to draw attention to themselves and raise money. MLK was right in envisioning a day when race didn’t matter. It shouldn’t, but race-baiters play keep playing the race card with wanton disregard for the facts just for the attention, donâ€™t pay attention.

By: Uli

Uli — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:49:52 +0000

I’d try to call up the person and discuss serious issues like that over the phone instead of sending emails. Maybe I am oldfashioned.

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/email/email-tone-isnt-understood-as-much-as-we-think-152924.php

By: New Post Please

New Post Please — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:05:24 +0000

It’s time for the next post. My suggestion:

“I do NOT club baby seals. Anymore.”

Actually, all good comments and a worthy topic. Mike is definitely not a racist. And we shouldn’t be too hard on Ed either for venting his frustrations, albeit might have held back on his rush to judgement and accusations–what we need is better communication & senses of humor.

Can’t we all just blog along?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:35:00 +0000

Mike, I think you put yourself in these positions..

I think you make your life more stressful than it should be.

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By: Eric Prebys

Eric Prebys — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:14:22 +0000

Gabe,

If you want to discuss this, then send me an email: eric@prebys.org. Otherwise, as you said, this horse is dead. The repeated comments about “race cards” continue to draw my attention, but I’ll have to take that up elsewhere.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:11:24 +0000

AC (a few comments above) and Eric Prebys,

The only racists here are the ones who call upon Mike to engage in self-reflection. Why don’t you go on Ed’s blog and slather him with your precious theories on communication breakdown? The fact that you address Mike and not Ed betrays condescention towards the latter.

Eric – you twist yourself into knots trying to imagine what Ed would say. Why don’t you write to him and ask him? You write – “Can the discussion go somewhere interesting without Ed?” Hell, Mike tried talking to him. You’re the one that holds in Ed in so little regard that you can’t grant him the respect of address. Instead you’d rather speak for him since you know better, right?

And to everyone else out there, I’m sorry for the comment. I know the horse is dead.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:09:46 +0000

I read more of Ed Dunn's blog and he has a chip on his shoulder against everybody, not just Michael Arrington. Here's a link to his "Vent" category. The guy has declared some kind of personal war against VC's & tech bloggers and he thinks that the SEO industry conspiring against him.