'Spic Paterson' and other comments

Paterson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Editor's note: Whether you're a blogger or a newspaper reporter, one thing is clear. Many of your readers are racist or just out of their freaking minds. That's especially true of readers who hide behind the 'Anonymous' tag. Here are a few of the reactions I've received to posts at Eye on The Record.

In response to commentary on an affordable housing story, a reader who apparently lives in affluent Sadde River had this to say:
 

"Well, you can see the difference between all white Saddle River and all black and spic Paterson."

Later, I received another comment, apparently from this same racist, concerning my complaints The Record is doing a poor job of covering Hackensack:

"I am living in almost pure white luxury and you are in boogie land crying for coverage of a city no one cares about."

I cited this passage from the affordable housing story:

"New Jersey remains one of the most racially and economically segregated regions of the country."

 And got this comment:

"And lets hope it stays that way.

"My town, Saddle River, was one of the first to challenge Mount Laurel."


PSE&G 
  
On criticism of PSE&G's slow repairs after Superstorm Sandy hit:

"They did a great job who are you kidding? You do know it was a once in a lifetime storm?" 

Math errors 

On math errors in a Page 1 story:

"I guess math isn't the reporters/editors strong suit and the reason they decided to become journalists instead of mathematicians."

Other errors

As errors continue to mount in headlines, photo captions and stories, one reader claimed Production Editor Liz Houlton, supervisor of the copy desk, is "universally respected," but didn't say in which universe.