OK, first a confession: the first two times I posted Barack Obama’s name here, I got his first name wrong: I had it “Barak.” He was a newcomer in my psyche, I was in a hurry, yadayadayda. But once I saw that it was wrong, I changed his first name to the correct spelling.
The man deserved my respect. I also did not want to come across as a total jerk.
One of the commenters here, Blackperspective.net, does a nice job discussion John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero.” John is a hero of mine — I’ll take his music any way that I can get it — with the Fab Four, Solo, with Yoko.
After reading Blackperspective’s commentary, I dropped a short, kind, meaning-t0-be-helpful note that the blogger had spelled John’s name wrong. Was that comment just deleted? I did notice that someone who posted after me had the comment published. Of course, Lennon has not been corrected.
I don’t know what the deal is here, but it smacks of reverse racism. Barack deserves my respect, John deserves Blackperspective’s.
No you didn’t drop a kind note, meaning to be helpful, you asshole; it was a smart ass and accusatory remark.
And how the hell are you going to say I refuse to spell it right when I change it, did you lying sack of shit.
And what does my race have to do with anything other than you being a racist asshole?
But thanks for the traffic to my site and for showing what a jerk you are.
Yobachi, you are a liar. You changed it AFTER I called you on it. Obviously, anyone who tries to correct your mistakes is a “smart ass.” Why don’t you post my original comment to you here so we can see what a wise guy I really am?
BTW, try using profanity on my blog again, and you are banned, bro.
– Rake
I didn’t say I changed it after you pointed it out, so there is no lie from me.
Your claim that I refused to change it is crap. I never refused anything, and I did change it, so that’s the final proof that your claim is a lie.
You putting up this post trying to “call somebody out” shows what a jerk you are, and is reminiscent of the jerk comment you left at my blog; which I promptly deleted.
You should listen to the podcast on my side bar that I put up the night before called “message to viewers”, disagreement or what not is fine as long as you’re respectful; and you do nothing but disrespect.
Thanks for correcting John’s name, Yobachi. No disrespect was intended and I am sorry it came across that way.
– Rake
Praise Chapman.