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I’ve delinked American Samizdat after a racist post was not only pub­lished, but defended by both the orig­i­nal poster and another con­trib­u­tor to the site. My exact com­ments on the racism are avail­able on the offend­ing AmSam post, for those who are inter­ested. Supposedly the same post got them banned from Daily Kos. I had orig­i­nally linked to AmSam after they linked to a post of mine on trolling.

I should also note that in spite of my belief that Daily Kos is a hor­ren­dous (though obvi­ous) shill for the Democratic Party, and my revul­sion at Mr. Markos’ views that social issues such as wom­ens’ and gay per­sons’ rights are expend­able in the name of elec­toral vic­tory — which I believe to be the very worst form of oppor­tunism, that which harms oth­ers who are already dis­crim­i­nated against — I do agree with their deci­sion not to pub­lish the anti-semitic tripe thrown out by Mr. Shropshire.