And if “Color War” as a term doesn’t make you sick to your stomach then that suggests you are sheltered from the amount of racism that still exists in this nation and the seriousness with which some people still pursue it.

I think you’re being just a little curmudgeonly here.

The connotation for me – and likely the vast majority of the people on Twitter participating in the color war thing – really is just the summer camp thing. That was absolutely without a doubt the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the teams – even before I knew it was actually being called color war. I don’t think anyone gave it a second thought – or needed to give it a second thought. The most popular entry on wikipedia for the term “color war” references the summer camp origin.

I think your experience with that white supremacist skewed your view, but to be honest, I, myself have never heard the term used in that way. To take Ze to task for something meant as a fun diversion is really kind of silly.

And that’s just it – one man’s “exercise in antagonistic pointlessness for the bored?” is another man’s fun. It’s silly, goofy, fun, and not meant as anything more. Do we all have to be so serious all the time? And if you don’t like it, just ignore it, and let everyone else have their game. And hey – Twitter is a “social media” platform – so we’re all just “being social” in a fun way.

Come on now Dave. Aren’t there more serious things to bitch about? Like Bush II?

–*Rob