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In reply to the discussion: Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled said interracial marriage should be illegal [View all]Gore1FL
(21,098 posts)53. And this was from before the culture war...
Imagine how bad the numbers would be this year.
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Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled said interracial marriage should be illegal [View all]
NNN0LHI
Mar 2012
OP
Just as bad, nary a Rethug leader will criticize the rampant racism in their party
LonePirate
Mar 2012
#4
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
In my best Don Corleone voice. What are you weeping about? Stand up and fight.
bluestate10
Mar 2012
#57
Why on earth would I do that? My moving north doesn't make anyone an idiot for wanting to
CTyankee
Mar 2012
#96
I used to believe this, but no more. I have seen, if anything, racism re-emphasized!
CTyankee
Mar 2012
#45
slavery didn't cause the civil war, it was about state's rights - i hear that all the time
arely staircase
Mar 2012
#9
Honestly? That says more about Mississippi than it says about the Republican party.
Spider Jerusalem
Mar 2012
#10
They live in fucking MISSISSIPPI - half of them are ALREADY products of mixed relationships...
saras
Mar 2012
#15
*Ahem* Maybe some reporters should be asking the GOP candidates for their stance on these issues?
TrollBuster9090
Mar 2012
#21
Wow! This is what republicans mean when they say they want their country back!
workinclasszero
Mar 2012
#24
I sometimes wonder what might have happened if there had never been a civil war, and
Cal33
Mar 2012
#27
True, and in which case, I suppose many more blacks would have left such a country.
Cal33
Mar 2012
#32
I tend to think they got off too damn easy. More hangings for treason and dispossesions
TheKentuckian
Mar 2012
#51
And this is surprising, how, exactly? (But then again, something else should be said as well)
AverageJoe90
Mar 2012
#29
Wonder if there was any attempt in the survey to distinguish between black/white marriages and
jwirr
Mar 2012
#31
"Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled" are racist motherfuckers.
lonestarnot
Mar 2012
#72
How can someone go to Walmart week after week, and still believe white people are "superior"?
Bosso 63
Mar 2012
#80
My training in psychology and statistics makes me question how many understood the question
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#88