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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 12:16 AM
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1. Conversations like these are everyday occurrences where I live and work.
Edited on Mon Oct-16-06 12:17 AM by beam me up scottie
I've been told many times that there's something wrong with me because I call them on their bigotry every time.
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  -FREEPERVILLE RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT OBAMA powergirl  Oct-16-06 12:09 AM   #0 
  - Conversations like these are everyday occurrences where I live and work.  beam me up scottie   Oct-16-06 12:16 AM   #1 
  - I consider silence a form of acceptance  Skittles   Oct-16-06 12:22 AM   #2 
  - Truth.  beam me up scottie   Oct-16-06 12:28 AM   #3 
     - my mum got bombs rained on her village as a child  Skittles   Oct-16-06 01:20 AM   #13 
  - This also brings home what the Republican party is all about  powergirl   Oct-16-06 12:37 AM   #4 
     - Or a woman.  beam me up scottie   Oct-16-06 12:44 AM   #7 
  - what does "high yellow" mean? nt  bananas   Oct-16-06 12:37 AM   #5 
  - It's a racist term originating from Confederate times  powergirl   Oct-16-06 12:39 AM   #6 
  - Astounding, isn't it?  beam me up scottie   Oct-16-06 12:48 AM   #8 
  - Not just biracial, there's a lightskinned requirement associated with the  MADem   Oct-16-06 12:50 AM   #9 
  - Great. More proof I was raised as a racist.  Zodiak Ironfist   Oct-16-06 03:01 PM   #27 
     - No you weren't. It wasn't always considered racist or insulting  MADem   Oct-16-06 03:51 PM   #28 
     - I was thinking of the Yellow Rose of Texas  Jai4WKC08   Oct-16-06 05:43 PM   #33 
        - Yep, both songs are sorta "Pat Booned" over....  MADem   Oct-16-06 09:32 PM   #42 
     - I'm a Texan - don't feel bad - what matters is what is in your heart  powergirl   Oct-16-06 06:15 PM   #34 
  - There were plenty of other terms, too.  sofa king   Oct-16-06 08:52 AM   #20 
  - I've heard it used by black people.  Jim4Wes   Oct-16-06 02:44 PM   #26 
  - ''High Yellow'' means a very light-skinned Black person  Xeno of Elia   Oct-16-06 02:16 AM   #16 
  - Kenyans are "Arabs" now?  Withywindle   Oct-16-06 12:55 AM   #10 
  - the idiots think Muslim and Arab is the same thing  JI7   Oct-16-06 02:21 AM   #17 
  - Hell, those clowns cannot get their minds around Egyptians being  MADem   Oct-16-06 09:26 PM   #40 
  - "the man isn't even handsome"  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Oct-16-06 01:15 AM   #11 
  - I love the "Mau-Mau" reference.  Tandalayo_Scheisskopf   Oct-16-06 01:17 AM   #12 
  - Now THAT would get my vote!  dicksteele   Oct-16-06 01:32 AM   #15 
  - I just got home after a ROOT CANAL and this post made me LOL!  powergirl   Oct-16-06 12:22 PM   #22 
     - Owch...well, at least you got a laugh.  MADem   Oct-16-06 03:53 PM   #29 
        - You got that right. Lots of $$$$ spent on the ole' tooth  powergirl   Oct-16-06 06:20 PM   #35 
           - My sincerest, deepest sympathies. To your tooth AND wallet.  MADem   Oct-16-06 09:28 PM   #41 
  - sounds like the troopers at " stormfront"  madrchsod   Oct-16-06 01:22 AM   #14 
  - the quote that got me:  Evergreen Emerald   Oct-16-06 07:59 AM   #18 
  - Some of these comments sound like posts here on DU!  beaconess   Oct-16-06 08:15 AM   #19 
  - Exactly. . .  wndycty   Oct-16-06 01:22 PM   #24 
  - The Mau Mau charge sounds like a total fabrication based on the fact  yellowcanine   Oct-16-06 10:01 AM   #21 
  - Facts--pfff. What'll facts getcha?  Bucky   Oct-16-06 12:27 PM   #23 
  - This doesn't shock me  benny05   Oct-16-06 02:36 PM   #25 
  - Don't forget the noose -  powergirl   Oct-16-06 06:21 PM   #36 
     - Noose was in his private law office  benny05   Oct-16-06 07:33 PM   #39 
  - The caustic comments echo some at DU sans the racist overtones  AtomicKitten   Oct-16-06 03:54 PM   #30 
  - That's only because this place is CRAWLING with freepers..  larissa   Oct-16-06 04:02 PM   #31 
     - you do know  AtomicKitten   Oct-16-06 04:06 PM   #32 
  - Is it really necessary to post this shit here?  nini   Oct-16-06 06:27 PM   #37 
     - I shouldn't be surprised  powergirl   Oct-16-06 06:43 PM   #38 
 

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