It would have been more appropriate to put the phrase "such as Sleepyguy" in brackets with your username next as it is not a direct quote from my post.
Then you are doing it wrong and the example you gave is beside the point.
Just trying to help; if I had wanted to add the phrase you did I would have but I didn't so it was clearly incorrect for you to do so in a quote without identifying yourself as responsible for the addition. Try to accept his correction of your error with some grace.
Originally posted by Sleepyguy Here's the exchange:
[i]"If you're really optimistic, you can say this was the last time that old white people would command the Republican Party's attention, its platform, its public face," Charles P. Pierce, a writer at large at Esquire magazine, said during the panel discussion.
In response, Mr. King said: "This whole 'old white people' business ...[text shortened]... ed on their RACE, and is bummed it hasn't happened yet. Why is that not also a racist statement?