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sheshe2

(83,933 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 06:28 PM Jun 2020

Hate is taught, no one is born with it.




The video starts with a woman wearing a camouflage “Make America Great Again” hat on the back of a pickup truck yelling at people who are protesting outside of Dixie Outfitters.

“I will teach my grandkids to hate you all!” she shouted at the demonstrators.

Then she stood up, brandished the flag in front of the demonstrators, and said, “Suck on this!

After this, she wrapped the flag around her back like a cape before turning back to the protesters and giving a supportive shout out to the Ku Klux Klan.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/ill-teach-my-grandkids-to-hate-you-confederate-flag-waving-trump-supporter-freaks-out-at-blm-protesters/
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Hate is taught, no one is born with it. (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 2020 OP
POS! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2020 #1
... greatauntoftriplets Jun 2020 #2
Exactly, gaot. sheshe2 Jun 2020 #3
My favorite song from South Pacific. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2020 #8
Mine as well, hon. sheshe2 Jun 2020 #9
She seems nice. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #4
Ha! sheshe2 Jun 2020 #5
The odds are good her grandkids won't listen. hunter Jun 2020 #6
She's just celebrating her southern heritage, don't you know? sop Jun 2020 #7
It may seem esoteric but, Disaffected Jun 2020 #10
Yep soothsayer Jun 2020 #11
Has this dear woman been identified? TomSlick Jun 2020 #12
She identified herself: dalton99a Jun 2020 #13
OK. Does anyone in Branson recognize this woman? TomSlick Jun 2020 #14

hunter

(38,328 posts)
6. The odds are good her grandkids won't listen.
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 06:47 PM
Jun 2020

I had a crazy grandma, a danger to herself and others at times, thankfully not like that.





Disaffected

(4,569 posts)
10. It may seem esoteric but,
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 07:25 PM
Jun 2020

hate can be a product of both nurture and nature. Fear of persons/things different from yourself probably served as an evolutionary advantage back in the days of early human development in the Pleistocene jungle. Same with animals.

Thing is though, humans also developed the ability to reason (albeit with widely varying degrees of success) and most realize that instinctive fears one may harbour are not always rational or just and, we therefore adapt accordingly.

As someone once said "We all have thoughts that would shame hell". I suppose this is true to some extent but a civilized society learns to compensate for our evolutionary baggage.

TomSlick

(11,110 posts)
12. Has this dear woman been identified?
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 10:46 PM
Jun 2020

If so, her employer (if any) should be shown the video and asked whether her public views represent the company.

dalton99a

(81,599 posts)
13. She identified herself:
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 10:51 PM
Jun 2020
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2020/06/22/missouri-dixie-outfitters-branson-protests-blm-video-woman-honoring-kkk/3237331001/
Viral video from BLM protest in Branson shows woman honoring KKK

A video of a woman who was sitting on the parking lot of Dixie Outfitters Sunday night during a Black Lives Matter protest has gone viral. As of Monday afternoon, the video has more than 100,000 views and was shared more than 3,500 times. On Twitter, the video has been viewed more than 2.4 million times.

In the video, a woman sitting on the tailgate of a truck with a Confederate flag attached and wearing a camouflage Make America Great Again cap gets into a heated confrontation with a Black LIves Matter demonstrator.

The woman, who told the News-Leader her name is Kathy Bennett of Branson, stood up and shouted to the demonstrators, "I will teach my grandkids to hate you all."

Then she said "suck on this" and shrouded herself with a Confederate flag. Bennett then turned around, made a fist and said, "KKK belief."
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