Congrats, WindSparrow!

Erika, I'm sorry your writing hasn't found the right editor yet.

so I have a facebook page for my Second life alterego (seems the best way to put that) and normally it's just comments on friends pictures...and well a few of us are in an epic poke back war (I know how FB intended it but we're using it like some were game of tag).

Anyway a few people also use their RL accounts since, technically, having anything other than your real name on FB is against TOS but I think that's a shitty rule and do what I want.

I'm getting somewhere I promise. One of hte people who posts under her real account shared one of those things about how the Confederate flag doesn't glorify racism and people who want to get rid of it are tryign to take "our" way of life away from us and blah blah.

So cribbing of the Atlantic article I basically quoted the most blatant parts that mentioned slavery. I have no idea what the reaction will be and maybe I should have just let this one pass. But read the damn declarations for succession - they all boil down to - the North is trying to take away our way of life and livelihood and that means slavery.

askye, I think you were right for saying something. I think too many times those of us who are white and trying to not be racist settle for simply rolling our eyes and feeling uncomfortable about other white people who insist that some racist thing they want to do is not racist. It's hard to speak up, but necessary.

Echoing WS, I think you were right, too, askye.

And congrats on owning your car, WS!

askye, I think you were right for saying something. I think too many times those of us who are white and trying to not be racist settle for simply rolling our eyes and feeling uncomfortable about other white people who insist that some racist thing they want to do is not racist. It's hard to speak up, but necessary.

YES!! I am shamefully very, very bad about it. Many props to you.

I don't get over to facebook all that much, but I have no desire to be over there, right now. I don't think I have anybody on my friends list that have any attachment to it, but they may have friends who do. And I'm never good at coherent off the cuff smackdowns, so I'm an eyeroller. But, I will support the smart ones with likes!

A young relative with whom FB is the only contact I have is making a stupid series of life choices right now, and on top of that he's vehemently defending that flag. I've basically disengaged, because words won't affect him at this point and I'm not there on the ground where I can take him by the ear and make him listen, at least. But I know his heart and it makes me so sad and mad to see him trip off down this road of stupid and peer approval.

askye, I love that you do what you want. And I agree with WS about your choices, because she is wise and free of car-debt!

Congratulations, Windsparrow!

If I could filter facebook to only show me cute baby pictures and fannish things, I probably would.

Yay, WS!

You did the right thing, askye.

Thanks all. It feels good! I like watching my savings account balance go up when I create an auto-transfer to that in the same amount as the car payment.