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In reply to the discussion: I'm the bigot that has to shut my mouth when they talk about "Martin Luther Coon" day [View all]obamanut2012
(26,047 posts)83. yup
That and the South bashing is just very... interesting. At least we weren't asked this time what race we were.
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I'm the bigot that has to shut my mouth when they talk about "Martin Luther Coon" day [View all]
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
OP
Reactionary conservatives are usually fucking hypocrites. What else is really new?
AverageJoe90
Jan 2013
#1
Republican trolls coming to DU with their gun fetish and pretending to be Dems
Pretzel_Warrior
Jan 2013
#25
Almost everybody tells me their politics and predjudices and 99% of the time I keep quiet
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#8
Sometimes when your a goldfish in a ocean of sharks sometimes it's hard to say anything.
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#28
Well I moved in the south about 20 yrs ago and I think am still an outsider. My
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#52
After I got my Chrysler T&C.. my neighbor exchanged their Honda for one. nt
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2013
#12
I had a 2000 300M with 265K miles on it... just tires, brakes and regular servicing.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2013
#15
I ran into a southerner who had guns to shoot 'cans'... Africans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2013
#11
Pretty much same experience. I'm tired of listening to these right wing, callous bigots. Of course,
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#27
Post where people make first hand observations of life in the South are removed
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#37
I am White and lived in the south from the 60's to the 90's and I agree with you
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#45
I guess your enjoy daily racism and ignorance, have fun existing there
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#58
Not really the poster denies first hand accounts of southen racism that happen today
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#61
Ahh yes sweep it under the rug in the name of decency to save your delicate sensibilities
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#77
NYC too. I've only heard people be openly racist in two places all these years here
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#78
sorry to hear that, AT. Agree that giulliani years were awful for most of us.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#82
More false equivalency, yes all regions have bigotry but in the rural south it's mainstream
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#85