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Casady1

(2,133 posts)
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:48 PM May 2023

I was shocked at this at UGA

My kid's went there and last week we were discussing their time at UGA(fairly recent) and they said that the "N" word is used all the time on campus. I was really surprised at this behavior. I had high hopes for the "new" southerners. I guess it is still the same. I wished I could have convinced my family to move to Colorado. I'm still stuck in this s-hole.

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I was shocked at this at UGA (Original Post) Casady1 May 2023 OP
I am White Woman From Rural Red MAGA country RegulatedCapitalistD May 2023 #1
What is UGA? whathehell May 2023 #2
University of Georgia. nt Buns_of_Fire May 2023 #4
I thought that might be it, whathehell May 2023 #5
From the language people use there Jerry2144 May 2023 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Jerry2144 May 2023 #7
Athens, where it's located. nt Phoenix61 May 2023 #9
Bingo. nt eppur_se_muova May 2023 #13
Got it, thanks. whathehell May 2023 #14
"GA", I guess -- like the Post Office abbreviation, maybe? Buns_of_Fire May 2023 #12
Didn't hear it for years until Barack Obama got elected, and it really blew us with TFG. marble falls May 2023 #3
So the minority is doubling down on acting out as they lose. Hortensis May 2023 #6
Is it the "ER" vs "A" debate OP? NotVeryImportant May 2023 #10
By white students or AA students. It matters. Ferrets are Cool May 2023 #11
 
1. I am White Woman From Rural Red MAGA country
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:50 PM
May 2023

I keep trying to tell people this entire thing is the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth over losing the White Majority. They are only going to get worse...

Southerners are not getting better...

Jerry2144

(2,102 posts)
7. From the language people use there
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:59 PM
May 2023

I suspect it’s a body part. And not arm.

But really, GA is the postal abbreviation for Georgia. That’s why UGA.

Response to whathehell (Reply #5)

Buns_of_Fire

(17,180 posts)
12. "GA", I guess -- like the Post Office abbreviation, maybe?
Wed May 17, 2023, 05:04 PM
May 2023

Also, without it, it would just be "UG". Lord knows, we have enough problems around here without dealing with that, too.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. So the minority is doubling down on acting out as they lose.
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:58 PM
May 2023

They're not only losing, their current raging is BECAUSE they've been losing for most of a century.

Remember, the people of the whole state of Georgia, which in 2008 was considered a hard Republican stronghold, in 2012 helped reelect Obama, then helped elect Biden twice, elected two Democratic senators to give us a tie+VP in the senate, and recently reelected one of them to secure our majority.

 

NotVeryImportant

(578 posts)
10. Is it the "ER" vs "A" debate OP?
Wed May 17, 2023, 05:01 PM
May 2023

Is it them trying to be down, or them downing Black people?

Know what I mean?

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