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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Mr. Steele, there is a forum in the real estate section regarding PG County that I believe has a few racist comments.  And frankly, as a resident of PG County, I'm feeling like perhaps I'm not welcome on this forum.  But therein lies the problem -- people come here to bash other people, to bash where they live or how they raise their children or care for their pets or what they eat, and in doing so, they not only make hurtful comments about people but they perpetuate subtle racism, which, in my view, is worse than overt racism.  I think you run the risk of your site being viewed as a white person's forum or, even worse, a wealthy white person's forum.

Perhaps you need to think seriously what this site is -- is it a resource for information, where people can ask questions and get relevant answers, or is it a place where people can say the vile, nasty, hateful things they would never dare say in their polite society upper crust inner circles and get others to join in?

I can't help but say that I sort of view this place as the mean girls site.

I also want to say that people really should learn that even though they post as "anonymous," they shouldn't be so smug as to think people won't figure out who they are and that they things they post here, however anonymous they feel they are, could hurt their real-life relationships.

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Thank you for your post. I am not able to read every thread on this site for reasons that I believe are obvious. So, the existence of a thread should not be construed as my condoning that thread. I assume that you are the poster who just reported a post in what I assume in the thread in question. I have deleted the post that was reported. I will now take a look at the rest of the thread and clean it up if necessary.

I have a strong commitment to free expression. That means a fairly strong tolerance for language that some may find hurtful. However, my tolerance does have limits. Hurtful language may be an unfortunate byproduct of free expression but it is not and should not be the goal. Feel free to report messages that you feel are offensive. I will do what I can to make DCUM more welcoming to you.

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