Who made you an authority on what makes a person racist? Since you have sooooo much experience as a person of color ? Where do you get off ? ! --- Ray Tobey <green@bionictoad.com> wrote:

susan_e_vaughan@juno.com wrote:

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I resent the suggestion that I am part of a cadre and that I engage in extolling and demonizing because of the political cadre that you seem to think I belong to. When I am critical of someone it is with reason and I do not withhold my criticism because someone is an elected Green. And I'm curious -- what makes you think that we think we are that important? I would like some very specific examples of what members of the CC have done that is somewhat arrogant.

I am an American citizen. As such, I help choose our leader and I share responsibility for what he says and does. This is why I'm deeply ashamed of my country's recent actions, even though I've tried everything I could to stop those actions. It is our duty not only to try to prevent wrongful acts by our country, it is our responsibility to succeed.

The Good German is the citizen who believes his duty is to stay loyal no matter what his leader does. The Good German remains silent in the face of wrongful acts. I believe such a citizen shares even more responsibility than those attempting to prevent the acts, but that does not reduce the responsibility of the opposition.

An elected representative is called a servant, as in public servant, because of this shared responsibility. When we instruct the servant to act in our name, we assume responsibility and he is burdened with duty.

A key piece to understand is that my own perception of responsibility doesn't matter. People around the world may come to hate America, and me, regardless of whether I supported or opposed the wrongful act.

Here's what I think Dave was talking about: We are voluntary participants in the SFGP general membership. Collectively, we elected representatives whose duty it is to speak in our name to other Greens around the state. If our CC representative "engages in extolling and demonizing," as Dave put it, then it reflects on us and it is our responsibility to correct it. Among many things our representative Marc Salomon has said, is this:

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"*a crazy muthafucka like *Mike F has..." "Peter Camejo and Jo Chamberlain *from a gang called Greeniggas with attitude* have..."

http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/private/gpca-cc/2007-May/016186.html

Because of the relationship between elector and representative, I am appalled to find that those words are now mine. As described, I believe that I am now part of a cadre that engages in extolling and demonizing. It seems that Donna Warren believes this of me also:

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“If you guys can't see what an idiot and a racist Marc is, you are all sick! Apparently, you don't want blacks in the green party. The sheets are off this guy but my question is, are you wearing sheets too? Sorry but if you don't oppose Marc's vehement ranting, you are guilty "by silence" and prove you are also wearing those white sheets too!”

http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/private/gpca-cc/2007-May/016336.html

Then again, maybe this is not what Dave was talking about. - Ray

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