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young_at_heart

(3,769 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:56 PM Nov 2012

Message from a friend-----these people are not human!

"One of my good friends who is African American was verbally accosted at the gas station today. There were no candidate displays at all on her or her car. A man came up and asked her who she voted for..she did not answer. He called her a "n" b**ch. We are up against hate in America....still."

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seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1. meh... we are told only the bad women are called the b word and all they have to do is not be a b...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:58 PM
Nov 2012

that was being sarcastically ugly. i am sorry for the young woman that faced that. i am sorry we are a country that still holds onto such hate. hugs to her.

2theleft

(1,136 posts)
2. What state?
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:59 PM
Nov 2012

It makes me SO mad to see this. I live in the south, buy my step kids sleepovers look like a UN meeting. They have friends of every color, religion. socioeconomic status, etc. I'm very proud of them and how they choose their friends.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
6. My neice's children go to a fancy private school in NYC. She spent many hours
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:18 PM
Nov 2012

partitioning the board to accept more Blacks in the school. I asked her why out of curiosity and she said that she wanted more blacks because she wanted her children to be exposed to all races and be comfortable with many different ethnicities. She felt that was just as important as learning the ABC's. That's what education was all about. I'm very proud of her!

Clyde39

(1,074 posts)
11. Probably never
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:55 PM
Nov 2012

We have "former" friends in Tennessee who have no problem using the "n" word and don't see anything wrong with being prejudiced. I guess they were raised this way and have passed their racism on to their children, unfortunately.

Clyde39

(1,074 posts)
8. I think there has been progress in this area in many southern states----but still a problem
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:27 PM
Nov 2012

My blood boils when I hear this. You have to wonder how they were raised.

 

glowing

(12,233 posts)
9. I asked my 8 yr old son on the way home if he thought it was "weird" or anything
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:30 PM
Nov 2012

that the President was a black man.. He says "no"! Why? I told him he's the first black man to ever be President and some people who are old don't like that and say nasty things about him and his family. I'm so glad to know that my son looks at this election as Dem vs Rep. That's it.

As we were leaving the grocery store later on, I was saying I was nervous about tonight since so many people were doing things to keep people from voting and trying to steal the election; especially in OH and FL... This old man, who I wasn't talking to, butts in and says, "Romney is ahead in OH." I said, "no, Mr. Let Detroit Go Bankrupt hasn't been ahead all year, but the illegal vote rigging the state Republicans in OH are willing to do could make it so." I looked at my son and said, "that my dear, is exactly what I was talking about before, older people who are racist, interfering in other people's lives like they think they should!"

Then I noticed the old dufus didn't even put his cart away.... just left it sitting in the middle of a parking space for some other car to possibly hit.. typical asshat puke.

 

Vietnameravet

(1,085 posts)
10. I went to Free Republic the other day and was shocked at what I read..
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 05:39 PM
Nov 2012

indescribably bad... including attacks on Michelle ..one guy asked.."Why will the Obama's not eat pork?? Because that would be cannibalism."

My brother in law is a doctor and four years ago he told me .."It was the Democrats turn to win but they went and nominated a N**"


My son was sitting at a bar with his girlfriend about two weeks agoo and struck up a conversation with a guy who absolutely hated Romney... but he was going to vote for him anyway...My son asked why and the guy leaned over and said, "You really want a black in the white house?"

(At least he did not use the N word..and if he did my son did not repeat it)

I could tell more but you get the idea.. and the incredible part about it is that most of them deny being racist!! Accuse them of that and they are downright offended!!


Remember the song Eve of Destruction? I remember the words.."Think of all the hate there is in Red China...now take a look around at Selma, Alabama.." I really think there is now more hate in the US than in Red China..cant really say since i haven't been there.. but this place is just brimming with right wing inspired hate ..and again the strange part is that they see themselves as the oppressed ones!

young_at_heart

(3,769 posts)
12. After reading your post it made me heart-sick!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:39 PM
Nov 2012

What on earth is wrong with people? Your brother-in-law, a doctor, would say such an abominable thing?

 

Vietnameravet

(1,085 posts)
13. Well i have not spoken to either him or my sister in over three years over this and
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:23 PM
Nov 2012

similar statements she has made..
I told her repeatedly, she is entitled to her opinions but dont spread hate..and if she cant do that ..at least keep quiet in front of me,..she chose not to do that and as a result we have parted ways..

Warpy

(111,274 posts)
14. Tell your friend
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:49 PM
Nov 2012

that the racists are outnumbered, and as their rotten party tries to embolden them to spit their vomit at people who don't deserve it, eventually they'll do it around one of the rest of us and we will not be silent.

"What the FUCK is the matter with you?" is the most polite thing bigots like that can expect from me.

I am so sorry your friend's wife had to run into one of those bigots. Tell her at least one old white broad is angrier than she is, after all he was trying to make all of us look bad.

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