Welcome to the October 17, 2014 Post Game Show for Mojo Friday!
See that over there? My family was career navy, stationed in Northern Virginia while I was in college in upstate NY, where there weren't many folk from the south. Now, I really wasn't from the south, having lived mostly in California and in the suburbs of Washington D.C., and in navy housing. My parents were both from the southeastern corner of Kansas.
But I had this in my dorm room. In 1972.
Not because I was celebrating or honoring the south in the Civil War.
Nor because I celebrated slavery, the cause of the civil war.
Because I was ignorant. I was stupid. Without knowing it, I was racist.
To me, it said "I'm different! I'm from the south". Although we only lived there. [And many in Virginia would argue that Northern Virginia wasn't and isn't part of the rest of the state, even then!]. I think to all my fellow friends in the dorm (all white, in hind sight) it said that to. But I don't know.
I didn't realize what it really said, what it really stood for. .
I'm not sure that's much better than those who proudly uphold the confederate flag, celebrating and honoring slavery, whether they will admit to it or not. Many of those do it in ignorance too. But not all. Although, I must confess, many seem to be happy to demonstrate their abject ignorance of reality every day, whether it's about economics, health, women's rights, Ebola, equal marriage, etc. etc. I do object to their wanting to impose the judgements they make in their proudly held ignorance on the rest of us, though!
I was ignorant. I was stupid. I hope, and like to think, I am not ignorant any longer.
And to stay smart, we all need to support our Democratic candidates ... nationally and locally ... if we are to restore this country to what it was at it's finest (never perfect!) and what it could be.
So don't forget ... don't forget what these people stand for. Don't forget what they want to impose upon us. Don't forget.
And now for the fun!
Today's Mojo Friday diary is Mojo Friday - The New Confederate Flag? - Edition
The Mojo Friday Postgame is a statistical analysis of the Mojo Friday diary that is posted every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. ET. For further info please check out Jez's 'Official' "Mojo Friday Snecktionary" MKinTN posted a diary to help everyone achieve greater success called How to Succeed at Mojo Friday Without Really Trying.
Congratulations to:
Participation-est: Senor Unoball, bjedward, chimene
Chattiest: chimene
Generous-est: bsegel
Snecksiest (1): chimene, Texnance
Thanks to our most excellent host, TexDem!
Stats will be updated Sunday afternoon. Final stats will be published a week later.
First round stats, as of 4:06PM Eastern, are:
35 participants
208 comments
5.9 average comments per participant
3155 total mojo exchanged
46.2% average participation rate
Snecker-tracker:
100 : Texnance
200 : chimene
username |
comments |
mojogiven |
comments + mojogiven |
partic% |
mojorecd |
recd diary? |
Senor Unoball |
22 |
186 |
208 |
100.00% |
398 |
Yes |
bjedward |
7 |
201 |
208 |
100.00% |
99 |
Yes |
chimene |
41 |
167 |
208 |
100.00% |
278 |
Yes |
bsegel |
1 |
206 |
207 |
99.52% |
15 |
Yes |
AllTheWayWithLBJ85 |
4 |
202 |
206 |
99.04% |
32 |
Yes |
barefoot coyote |
1 |
205 |
206 |
99.04% |
15 |
Yes |
jennyp |
25 |
176 |
201 |
96.63% |
424 |
Yes |
AllanTBG |
1 |
177 |
178 |
85.58% |
20 |
Yes |
VClib |
9 |
155 |
164 |
78.85% |
162 |
Yes |
TexDem |
38 |
119 |
157 |
75.48% |
717 |
Author |
Eddie L |
1 |
154 |
155 |
74.52% |
9 |
Yes |
mjbleo |
0 |
141 |
141 |
67.79% |
0 |
Yes |
Captain C |
5 |
134 |
139 |
66.83% |
72 |
Yes |
NoMoJoe |
0 |
134 |
134 |
64.42% |
0 |
Yes |
Fiona West |
3 |
118 |
121 |
58.17% |
46 |
Yes |
ER Doc |
3 |
110 |
113 |
54.33% |
36 |
Yes |
stevemb |
1 |
108 |
109 |
52.40% |
20 |
No |
gizmo59 |
2 |
103 |
105 |
50.48% |
32 |
Yes |
Texnance |
12 |
89 |
101 |
48.56% |
236 |
Yes |
Pilotshark |
8 |
68 |
76 |
36.54% |
81 |
Yes |
anotherdemocrat |
1 |
66 |
67 |
32.21% |
22 |
Yes |
mungley |
6 |
48 |
54 |
25.96% |
114 |
Yes |
westyny |
10 |
24 |
34 |
16.35% |
190 |
Yes |
Ex Con |
2 |
19 |
21 |
10.10% |
42 |
No |
KellyB |
0 |
19 |
19 |
9.13% |
0 |
Yes |
Common Sense Mainer |
0 |
10 |
10 |
4.81% |
0 |
Yes |
global citizen |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2.40% |
21 |
Yes |
Statusquomustgo |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2.40% |
31 |
Yes |
smileycreek |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1.44% |
22 |
Yes |
wader |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0.96% |
0 |
Yes |
Major Kong |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0.96% |
0 |
No |
MKinTN |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
0 |
Yes |
Pinto Pony |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
0 |
Yes |
vgranucci |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.48% |
21 |
No |
AnnieR |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
0 |
Yes |