I believe I no longer have anything to offer here. I came to this place by chance actually, but because I believe and support interracial relationships, I thought I'd join the forums to learn and share some ideas. I'm not sure if it changed right after I joined or if the winds of change were blowing before I got here [hell I may be part of the problem] anyway, lately it seems as if the forums are turning into some sort of undercover troll hang out. I don't think the Moderators are even here that much to deal with this issue. At first I was somewhat put off by the stereotypical big black dick stuff because that's just a different form of racism in my mind but I saw that this place had far more to offer than that. Thank God!!! I like the idea of this site as I have said before but I can't shake the feeling that open dialog [true open dialog] has been replaced by some nicer form of trolling. Sardonic, Crystal, Flygirl, Tuckerreed, and Nativerunner [wherever you are] I got a lot from all of you and many others here as well but I'm looking for some other interracial forums for now.
No, not that. I can deal with that. It just seems like we have more than a few trolls that have moved in and found a place to call home. I could be wrong, because the nature of forums is "everyone speaks their mind" but there seems to be more personal attacks lately and some pretty simple and closed minds. Hijacking threads and tit for tat post get old after awhile, so I want to see what else is out there on the interracial front.
Your thread is greatly appreciated, since I can clearly see what you mean, and it's no wonder that we are losing more worthwhile posters such as yourself. Maybe I'll call the quits as well.
As always... Thanks man. I'm not sure I want to give up on this place just yet but damn something has to give... I try to be mindful of the fact that not all people will think like me or agree with the stuff I say. Also I try not to rush to judgment because I don't know everything, however there is this mindset that plagues our society that leads people to fall for that “all or nothing” way of thinking [if you like them, you must hate us and before you can like me you better hate them]. Today has not been as bad as this weekend was but maybe the trolls are still in Trolls-ville planning their next attack. You know, I hope these last few days were some sort of “stupid” anomaly and things here return to normalcy because we are putting ourselves out there for something that most people don't understand or wish would just go away.