I am black and I don’t care if somebody doesn’t like black people. But don’t come scream it in my face assuming that you have the right to make me feel that you hate people from my racial group. Although I might not feel concerned because I don’t know you, don’t assume that I don’t have the same point of view about your racial group, because I don’t throw it to your face.

The same goes for Yahoo Answers. People come here to vent their frustrations and write to the whole Yahoo community their so-called opinions. When it promotes hate for no reason or doesn’t even answer the question, just refrene from answering because this is not freedom of expression. Freedom of expression is the right to express oneself but also the right to decide what kind of message you want to hear/read/learn from what is expressed. Imposing your “strong opinion” to others is denying a part of their freedom of expression.

my latest to go was on the jewish holiday purim, see http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm

it says, “We are also commanded to eat, drink and be merry. According to the Talmud, a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between “cursed be Haman” and “blessed be Mordecai,” though opinions differ as to exactly how drunk that is.”

i asked how much one needs to drink…. and i get a violation notice and denied appeal!

this is now trolls are made folks

Since joining the Yahoo Answers community at the beginning of September my experiences with the site have been good for the most part. I’ve provided several Best Answers and although I’ve yet to ask any questions myself, I know that I will receive many helpful responses from other members when I do.

A couple of weeks ago, I responded to a question asked by the Yahoo Answers Team and they chose mine as the Best Answer. Close to 100 people have now left comments full of flaming, trolling, and racism directed towards me and my answer. I have reported two of the most offensive members, but have decided to take the high road regarding the others.

All in all, I think that far too much abuse takes place in the more politically, religiously, and emotionally charged categories on this site. I think that new measures need to be developed to monitor them in order to prevent discrimination from certain members against others.

“I don’t agree with the Jewish faith because of X and Y” would be acceptable because it states a respectful opinion, even if it might offend certain Jewish people.

“Jews are cheap bastards” would be unacceptable because it reflects a rude and untruthful stereotype that many people find offensive, even they aren’t themselves Jewish.

Of course calling someone “a piece of sh*t” or the like is also unacceptable, even if you use the “*” in place of an “i” like I did, because it’s blatant and pointless vulgarity. It’s a personal attack known to the online community as “flaming”.

Same goes for people with “strong opinions” which just so happen to insult a specific way of life, an event, or a religion. People belonging to the group immediately take it as an insult and make a complete fool out of themselves.

I suppose that’s humanity now. If you burst someone’s bubble, they’ll do anything to push you out of their way and blow another.