whats up dailykos, my name's Kamal. I'm an African American male from Philadelphia. I'm in my mid-30s. I'm a microbusinessman, making promotional items with my aunt and uncle. lots of you know me for being firmly in the President's corner and for pushback against those who don't seem to be in that corner, from my point of view. others know me from being a stalwart commenter in, and cheerleader for, Black Kos and Sistahspeak. I must confess I've been a part of the meta wars infesting this site.
if you choose, follow me over the fold...
here are my personal resolutions to try and change that, as I feel this coming election is far too important to be distracted. henceforth:
-I won't speculate about the intelligence, courage, or political knowledge of those who disagree with me.
-I won't speculate about the skin color, gender, sexual preference or economic status of those who disagree with me. (hat tip to RandomActsOfReason)
-I won't rec your comment if it contains an insult. I don't care who you are, or even if I tend to AGREE with that insult.
-I won't rec your diary if I perceive it to be fueling the meta war. again, I don't care who you are, or if I tend to agree.
-I will HR what I consider to be EGREGIOUS cases of insult on both sides of the meta divide.
-I will reach out to those names I recognize from our internescine battles on site and try to find a common ground with them.
-I will champion action diaries. as the election draws closer I may even write one or two lol.
-I will definitely write some diaries about my pet issues (education, race relations)
I'm not going to hector or berate anyone to try and behave as I am going to try to (anymore lol... shout to deaniac and TiMT, my bredren). I'm just going to do this my way, and hopefully it helps the tone of the site.
that's all. thanks for reading.
UPDATE: I should have said this in the first place: this is not an idea I came up with. I have been watching TomP post in this vein (mostly... I think one or two diaries pissed him off recently but I digress lol) for quite some time. I admired it, and am now trying to emulate it.
also... it hasn't happened yet (and may not) but if anyone comes in with negativity in any way, I hope the comment is IGNORED. not responded to in any way. thanks in advance! :)