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BigOleDummy

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Thu Sep 14, 2017, 12:41 AM

Sep 2017

..or not I live in Indiana and can assure you that I hear this stuff on a almost daily basis. Indiana had one of if not the largest percentages of KKK membership back in the 20's and very little has changed since then. Go to the truck stop diner in Memphis or the town square in Corydon and you'll hear this all day long. How do you think someone like Pence got elected Gov.? Aside from scattered area's this is one of the reddest of the red states and Pence's declaration that he's a "christian , republican, conservative in that order" is very well received once you get away from the narrow strip of blue along the Ohio river near Louisville and the major urban areas of the state.

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Two letters to the Editor today in my rural Indiana paper. This is real. [View all] Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 OP

The first deplorable is a fake Christian. roamer65 Sep 2017 #1

Some of these people will give you their last dollar if they think you need it. Warpy Sep 2017 #3

Question....they would give the shirt off their back to a person of color or LGBTQ? MLAA Sep 2017 #6

Yes. Warpy Sep 2017 #8

If color/LGTBQ/equality had been important to more people during the election we wouldn't have Trump MLAA Sep 2017 #15

I'm in Florida and most people are acting like assholes. kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2017 #115

That's really weird Warpy Sep 2017 #116

It's normal here to not let people in and cut people off kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2017 #121

Thanks for making me even more glad I didn't move there after my parents died Warpy Sep 2017 #122

Yep - it's a miracle when someone does that. I try to kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2017 #123

Yes, they would. They might feel superior to the person of color and they Arkansas Granny Sep 2017 #14

And sorry to say, what they're fed from some of the pulpits sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #53

The funny thing is that the answer to your question is probably "yes". Stonepounder Sep 2017 #43

So glad your family got through the accident. MLAA Sep 2017 #49

So, bad public schools and only one TV channel? #sad #notcredible WinkyDink Sep 2017 #97

That's one of the problems: the belief that private charity should be all the help WinkyDink Sep 2017 #98

What has that got to do with anything? Warpy Sep 2017 #99

You mentioned their personal generosity. How is my post tangential? WinkyDink Sep 2017 #101

So of course you launched yourself on a tangent about public policy Warpy Sep 2017 #106

If the first is not a Christian Mariana Sep 2017 #13

Well, as an Orthodox Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #18

Interesting. Mariana Sep 2017 #22

Not uncommon throughout various religions, even within some denominations of the same religion Major Nikon Sep 2017 #26

Well... Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #36

So, the letter writer is a fake Christian. Mariana Sep 2017 #56

I really could not say Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #68

Aside: Mormonism is rejected as "Christian" by all mainstream churches, for it teaches that men WinkyDink Sep 2017 #102

My personal belief is Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #113

ITA. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #124

No, our Faith does not. sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #52

There is nothing whasoever christian about that person. pangaia Sep 2017 #32

If they think he has repented treestar Sep 2017 #63

Clearly, a lot of Christians don't agree with you. Mariana Sep 2017 #72

There is a distinction being made here between professed and lived. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #103

It sounds to me like you are saying Mariana Sep 2017 #119

It makes them non-Christians for ignoring the Beatitudes. Yes, "cast the first stone" and WinkyDink Sep 2017 #100

... Major Nikon Sep 2017 #28

The Onion could do no better. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2

Could you please include a Link? alittlelark Sep 2017 #4

The OP is refusing to provide a link b/c "safety" yet OP posted the entire content of the letters on anneboleyn Sep 2017 #74

Another poster googled to find the letters, and came up zilch. cwydro Sep 2017 #81

sfgate posted links below! Thnx sfgate. Be warned -- the website is so old school it hurts my eyes. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #89

Lol, thanks! nt cwydro Sep 2017 #90

just respond in an letter to the Editor and ask each of the authors to... samnsara Sep 2017 #5

or, in response to the first letter azureblue Sep 2017 #33

I agree, you can't reach these people. But how do you stop this cancer from spreading? femmedem Sep 2017 #7

Millions are hearing this in church bobbieinok Sep 2017 #9

Jonathan Cahn, or "Rabbi Bluto", as we call him at home musette_sf Sep 2017 #38

Ooh. Oh no. I knew he reminded me of sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #55

Many, if not most Christians reject the OT for good reason Major Nikon Sep 2017 #41

The "man and also Son of God" was settled centuries ago. It's why it's called "faith." WinkyDink Sep 2017 #104

Not as well as you might think Major Nikon Sep 2017 #110

These people are crazy. LittleGirl Sep 2017 #10

The degree of ignorance in each letter is disheartening. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #11

Another poster on this thread tried to find these letters. cwydro Sep 2017 #86

But we can't mock their faith!!!1! progressoid Sep 2017 #12

What these people don't get is "their own" should be the citizens of The United States. PaulRevere08 Sep 2017 #16

So Trump is God's punishment? Did I read that first letter right? nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #17

The author of the second letter CakeGrrl Sep 2017 #19

Hey sometimes they started with concerts and picnics. All normal to those average white lunasun Sep 2017 #34

"Everybody Welcome!" hunter Sep 2017 #45

I know! Hilarious! I thought it was The Onion! Nay Sep 2017 #67

Well... it says "Races" right in the box at upper right jberryhill Sep 2017 #77

Link please GeoWilliam750 Sep 2017 #20

The OP will not provide a link because it does not exist. alittlelark Sep 2017 #40

Link ... BigOleDummy Sep 2017 #47

OK - going to bed - but WTF r u trying to say? alittlelark Sep 2017 #54

There's no link. cwydro Sep 2017 #59

The irony of ironies is that there God was a socialist jew GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #21

He also was assumed to be single during a time when all Jewish Rabbis were expected to be married Major Nikon Sep 2017 #35

Indiana has a long history with the christian KKK nt msongs Sep 2017 #23

God installed the guy who won't bow down to him? czarjak Sep 2017 #24

Nobody reads the bible more than Trump Major Nikon Sep 2017 #44

WHY have you not yet included a LINK....? alittlelark Sep 2017 #25

Link Freethinker65 Sep 2017 #27

And Hurricane Irma struck because god wanted it to strike. And children die of brain cancer... Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #29

On the other hand Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #30

Race traitors and Satan oh my ! lunasun Sep 2017 #31

Honest question BadgerMom Sep 2017 #37

Rural Dem here, these people do exist (and vote) but are really uncommon Amishman Sep 2017 #64

One third Kajun Gal Sep 2017 #39

OMG. I could only read a couple of sentences of the idiocy. Racism, plain & simple. Can't tolerate iluvtennis Sep 2017 #42

Ask for a link.... you will get none from a Troll..... alittlelark Sep 2017 #48

I almost threw up. Doreen Sep 2017 #46

Agreed. iluvtennis Sep 2017 #50

I have family in Indiana left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #51

OP has been asked repeatedly for a link. cwydro Sep 2017 #60

I just now 'googled' the letters ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #65

My guess as well. These "letters" are not in any newspaper in Indiana. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #71

Interesting, eh? cwydro Sep 2017 #75

We do too. No links to letters or even NAME OF THE PUBLIC NEWSPAPER anneboleyn Sep 2017 #70

"We only entered the war's after we were attacked"? Ken Burch Sep 2017 #57

"we were attacked by Mexico in 1846" Uh, no left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #92

I know we weren't...My rhetorical questions were inspired by the person in the first letter Ken Burch Sep 2017 #94

Why go back so far? IRAQ. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #105

If this is real, you would have included a link. cwydro Sep 2017 #58

Not comfortable with providing a link. Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 #61

Sure. cwydro Sep 2017 #62

These were published, you claim, in a PUBLIC NEWSPAPER IN INDIANA. Which newspaper? This isnt anneboleyn Sep 2017 #69

Sure LOL, that is why you felt the need to put "this is real" at the end of the subject line snooper2 Sep 2017 #76

I know. I thought the "this is real" was a cute touch. cwydro Sep 2017 #83

Like Trump saying ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #93

Oh bullshit jberryhill Sep 2017 #78

sfgate provides links below. That must have been a dig -- this thing looks like 1997 never ended. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #88

3 possible reasons there's no link NotASurfer Sep 2017 #66

If number two were true why would you post the entire content of the letters on a highly active anneboleyn Sep 2017 #73

Link to the second... sfwriter Sep 2017 #79

Thnx. WTH is "WhiteWaterPub.Com" and why does this site look like it's from 1997? anneboleyn Sep 2017 #85

These people are dealing in trashy fanfiction on the LTE pages. Scoopster Sep 2017 #80

Link to the first... sfwriter Sep 2017 #82

Katie is a regular writer... sfwriter Sep 2017 #84

Katie sounds profoundly mentally ill. Also sad that she spends her time writing LTE in some tiny anneboleyn Sep 2017 #87

One way to identify a xenophobic racist treestar Sep 2017 #96

She is 81 years old dalton99a Sep 2017 #118

Excellent sleuthing! cwydro Sep 2017 #91

As I said, I wasn't comfortable providing a link to the site. Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 #95

I too get the vapors thinking about the horrors of posting a link bronxiteforever Sep 2017 #107

Ah, more snark. Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 #109

You give as good as you take ornotna Sep 2017 #114

...or over it. CanonRay Sep 2017 #108

The second writer's ancestors should have stayed in Europe based on his logic. muntrv Sep 2017 #111

There is a guy by the same name in the same county who is a convicted felon dalton99a Sep 2017 #120

Welcome to the Indiana Bible Belt. Chipper Chat Sep 2017 #112

more of a bible thong, maybe? 0rganism Sep 2017 #117