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Cheers! As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of a technology such as this one is to engage with one another, to actually work through differences of opinion to a point of, if not consensus, than at least mutual respect.
As for the white privilege thing, well, if we're to take seriously Obama's challenge (and I do and believe we should), we *have* to talk about these things.
One reason I'm attracted to Obama is his "Ask not what your country can do for you"-type empowerment.
He calls on *us* to work at mending fences, recognizing that the resentments and animosities that make us so easy for the right/corporate interests, etc. to divide and conquer can only be overcome at great personal effort.
We must *struggle* to get along. We are all of us called upon to do our bit.
Transparency is prerequisite to this end, and so I applaud you, red, for proposing this exercise!
