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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:33 PM
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Here's a thought - if you have to start a sentence with "I'm not racist but....."
you're probably a fricking racist.

And I highly suggest you not do your racist talk while manning your table at a flea market because I was about to spend $20 at your stand until I heard your racist conversation.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:40 PM
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1. i am a feminist but... i support gay rights but....
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:41 PM
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2. I'm not (((fill in the blank))) but....
Edited on Sun Sep-16-07 06:42 PM by LynneSin
You know, there are people I don't like and even sometimes I can be judgemental. But to judge a person solely on the way they were born is just ridiculous
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:43 PM
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3. It's always with the but
Don't take this the wrong way but...

I don't exactly hate you but...

I'm sorry but...

but, but, but, but. It negates whatever the hell you said in the beginning of the sentence.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:44 PM
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5. 'course it does
i want to be honest with you, BUT...

i want to go with you BUT...

i want to have dinner with you BUT...

leave off the part before BUT

honesty, is such a lonely word...
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:43 PM
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4. Everything one says before the word "but"
is probably bullshit

just saying

"I really want to say that this thread needs more cowbell BUT..." there's an exception! WE NEED MORE COWBELL!!!!!!!
;)
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:51 PM
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6. I'm not from Delaware but
I see nothing wrong with it.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 09:19 PM
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9. Delaware is a choice
some things are not

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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 06:55 PM
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7. I'm not a bitch, but...
Story of my life.

:rofl:
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 07:51 PM
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8. i'm not an ignorant bigoted asshole but...
oh wait. guess i am. golly.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 09:41 PM
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10. That works with a lot of things with a few exceptions
for instance, if I say "I'm not a girl but..." then I'm... not a girl. :)
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 09:41 PM
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11. I'm not God's gift to women, but
I'm not super smart, but ...

I'm not very funny, but ...

:woohoo:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 09:43 PM
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12. I'm not LynneSin but
I approve of her message.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 08:09 AM
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19. Everyone wants to be a LynneSin
:loveya:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 08:20 AM
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20. This is true...
but not everyone is willing to pay the toll.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 10:19 PM
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13. I'll go you one better, or at least more generically, if you start a sentence with:
"I'm sorry, but..."


You're full of shit.
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nadine_mn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 10:53 PM
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14. but...my best friend is black
:sarcasm:
wonder how many people of color say "but my best friend is white"?
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 11:02 PM
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15. Some of my best friends are ___________.
But I don't know which friends, because I don't see color.

:sarcasm:
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 09:45 AM
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22. You beat me to it!
Better put than I could have said.:pals:
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 11:37 PM
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16. "...but I play one on TV."
Someone had to say it.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 11:45 PM
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17. I don't mean to suggest that * is a total moron, but
:shrug:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 12:00 AM
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18. I'm not a LynneSinist, but
that's the stupidest thing I ever heard
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 09:42 AM
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21. How does EVERY racist joke begin?
With a nervous bigot looking over his shoulder. I LOVE to drop that bomb on anybody dumb enough to start with me with crap jokes.


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If ya gotta TELL people you are Christian you probably are not. If you gotta claim you are not a racist/ sexist/ homophobe/ Nazi/ or anything else hurtful, you probably ARE. I see what they do, and disregard what they say.



LynneSin, you did the right thing to keep your money.



Laura
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 10:12 AM
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23. I've worked with some people like that. Some I've heard are...
"I'm not a racist, but..."

Here are some of the sentence completions I've actually heard from these morans:

1. if more of them would get jobs, we'd all be better off.
2. but I wish I didn't have to pay for their free ride.
3. I'm sick and tired of their whining about inequality.
and (this is my personal favorite)
4. I wrestled some of them in college, and they smell funny. (Honest, I'm not making this up!)

"I'm not a homophobe, but..."

1. The gay community needs to get it together before they all die
2. You don't see ME marching in a parade demanding heterosexual rights (I feel like saying "Hey Einstein, maybe that's because you don't NEED to!")
3. They have no right to threaten my marriage. (OK, can ANYONE explain that one to me, please???)
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