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yikes /nt think Mar 2012 #1
Dude. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #2
Just as bad, nary a Rethug leader will criticize the rampant racism in their party LonePirate Mar 2012 #4
It's also old news. The only thing that's beyond fucked is.. TrollBuster9090 Mar 2012 #22
You don't know why? It'll tell you but it'll make you sick when you think about it. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #28
oh man bigtree Mar 2012 #3
I missed that....where was it? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #39
Public Policy Polling - Read it and weep Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #48
In my best Don Corleone voice. What are you weeping about? Stand up and fight. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #57
Oh, sir... Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #60
Rubbish Rod Mollise Mar 2012 #78
I've been fighting for years Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #83
aint just mississippi qazplm Mar 2012 #5
I have such a hard time wrapping my brain around such ignorance Marrah_G Mar 2012 #11
you would definitely shanti Mar 2012 #44
If they want out of the Union... Kalidurga Mar 2012 #6
I would love the south to seceed gopiscrap Mar 2012 #14
Kansas is in the south now? RZM Mar 2012 #18
In terms of evolution vs. creationism, racism, sexism, yes. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #79
What about WV, VA, and NC? cordelia Mar 2012 #23
First, learn to spell 'secede'. And KY wasn't part of the CSA. trof Mar 2012 #50
Thanks for condemning all of us Southern Democrats. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #68
Or, if you are there (in the South), leave and come north. I did just that. CTyankee Mar 2012 #73
See No. 1 of my post. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #95
Why on earth would I do that? My moving north doesn't make anyone an idiot for wanting to CTyankee Mar 2012 #96
If it weren't for my family I'd move. ingac70 Mar 2012 #97
bigotry is still entrenched in parts of the south fascisthunter Mar 2012 #7
I used to believe this, but no more. I have seen, if anything, racism re-emphasized! CTyankee Mar 2012 #45
Yep, racism has not been reduced in the south... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #54
the GOP should be shamed by this Marrah_G Mar 2012 #8
I agree. nt cyberswede Mar 2012 #16
slavery didn't cause the civil war, it was about state's rights - i hear that all the time arely staircase Mar 2012 #9
just tell them they are right, it was about state's rights qazplm Mar 2012 #13
They should read those states' Declarations of Secession Mariana Mar 2012 #81
Honestly? That says more about Mississippi than it says about the Republican party. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #10
You are so right. NOLALady Mar 2012 #20
Very good summary and you for got the Scots. jwirr Mar 2012 #34
germans got over it. iemitsu Mar 2012 #52
germany got the sh*t kicked out of it. CTyankee Mar 2012 #74
Germany didn't become East France or West Russia, either. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #93
Scalia likes telling people to get over things NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #86
It's not shocking to me. frogmarch Mar 2012 #12
Same here. Rozlee Mar 2012 #36
They live in fucking MISSISSIPPI - half of them are ALREADY products of mixed relationships... saras Mar 2012 #15
Incest don't count Generic Other Mar 2012 #67
SMH Mr Dixon Mar 2012 #17
As Nina would say NOLALady Mar 2012 #19
*Ahem* Maybe some reporters should be asking the GOP candidates for their stance on these issues? TrollBuster9090 Mar 2012 #21
If they did, their silence would be deafening NICO9000 Mar 2012 #58
Wow! This is what republicans mean when they say they want their country back! workinclasszero Mar 2012 #24
I can't say I'm surprised by this. drm604 Mar 2012 #25
omg, I laughed slightly.....sigh, this is sad...I thought it wasn't real uponit7771 Mar 2012 #26
I sometimes wonder what might have happened if there had never been a civil war, and Cal33 Mar 2012 #27
Or they might have gotten rid of it formally, but entrench an apartheid state JHB Mar 2012 #30
True, and in which case, I suppose many more blacks would have left such a country. Cal33 Mar 2012 #32
That still happened. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #69
Yes, but the implication of the post I was responding to... JHB Mar 2012 #75
Greed. NOLALady Mar 2012 #38
I think they would have cared about world opinion Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #55
I tend to think they got off too damn easy. More hangings for treason and dispossesions TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #51
Agreed. hifiguy Mar 2012 #84
Nasty Rita Rabbit Mar 2012 #91
Enjoy your stay at DU hifiguy Mar 2012 #92
And it was. hifiguy Mar 2012 #94
It might have taken a long, long time Mariana Mar 2012 #82
And this is surprising, how, exactly? (But then again, something else should be said as well) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #29
If you don't mind, Ms Harper Lee gets the present tense. Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #41
My apologies. nt =) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #87
Wonder if there was any attempt in the survey to distinguish between black/white marriages and jwirr Mar 2012 #31
Tripple whamy Iliyah Mar 2012 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Mar 2012 #35
Those same people also want to refight the Civil War. DCBob Mar 2012 #37
Imagine that, lifelong idiot pukes with a screwed-up belief system just1voice Mar 2012 #40
How these Tea Party types can read the Constitution WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2012 #42
They have an interesting perspective on Jesus too NICO9000 Mar 2012 #59
I swear to God, I find this hard to believe. nolabear Mar 2012 #43
morons. Sarah Palin is IN an interracial marriage. provis99 Mar 2012 #46
and THIS is why our government has Reps and Senators. elehhhhna Mar 2012 #47
Someone should ProSense Mar 2012 #49
And this was from before the culture war... Gore1FL Mar 2012 #53
The good news is that 60% of southerners don't long for the Confederacy. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #56
Is this... what... year is this? Initech Mar 2012 #61
I'm speechless. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #62
Mississippi Gop bigots: GROW UP! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2012 #63
In a way, other states should be thanking Mississippi. gulliver Mar 2012 #64
surely you've heard the expression "Thank God for Mississippi" provis99 Mar 2012 #98
Ok, then Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #65
They like marring into family julian09 Mar 2012 #66
I won't be vacationing there. limpyhobbler Mar 2012 #70
the GOP voters of NJ are pretty bad too tabbycat31 Mar 2012 #90
no excuse for their ignorance spanone Mar 2012 #71
"Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled" are racist motherfuckers. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #72
They need to go back under those rocks they crawled out from Raine Mar 2012 #76
Almost half Blue_Roses Mar 2012 #77
How can someone go to Walmart week after week, and still believe white people are "superior"? Bosso 63 Mar 2012 #80
Well, that's Mississippi Republicans for ya! agentS Mar 2012 #85
My training in psychology and statistics makes me question how many understood the question slackmaster Mar 2012 #88
Racism serves a purpose. potone Mar 2012 #89
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