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Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 07:52 PM Nov 2013

This is what I told a racist bigot on Randi Rhodes facebook page today

I'm editing part of what I said because I don't want to call them out here but you'll get the gist of what I mean here

You freaks always pull that crap. You can't live in reality. Your race was never held in slavery for 400 years. Your race was never denied the right to vote. Your race was never lynched by men in white sheets. Your race was never denied the right to sit down at a lunch counter and eat. Your race was never allowed to go into a "Whites Only" restroom or drink from a "Whites Only" water fountain. Your race is not being targeted by the GOP for "Voting fraud" so don't come on my comments and accuse me of being bigoted when I'm speaking from personal experience at having been called the n word from people like you and having studied history and knowing my history. The only one exposed here is you, racist bigot.

Was I a little too over the top with this? Comments

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This is what I told a racist bigot on Randi Rhodes facebook page today (Original Post) Coolest Ranger Nov 2013 OP
Not at all. You nailed it. n/t Ian David Nov 2013 #1
That's about right warrant46 Nov 2013 #38
Nope. Not over the top at all. n/t ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2013 #2
I don't think you were at all... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #3
I was really ticked off Coolest Ranger Nov 2013 #4
You were freaking awesome! ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #10
Think you were way to polite Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #5
My thoughts exactly. Boomerproud Nov 2013 #7
You might be right Coolest Ranger Nov 2013 #9
But otherwise you were quite succinct Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #12
Oh MAN! calimary Nov 2013 #39
:) Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #49
K&R! nt sheshe2 Nov 2013 #6
Nope, just don't expect the target to appreciate it. Warpy Nov 2013 #8
I also get very angry when they call him a Muslim Coolest Ranger Nov 2013 #11
You can if you're so stupid you can only remember as far back as the day's Limbaugh broadcast Warpy Nov 2013 #17
Well, they've called President Obama everything under the sun at every end of the spectrum. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #23
No way! You were very polite and gave facts WHICH CANNOT BE DENIED. freshwest Nov 2013 #13
No, not at all, as far as I can tell. nt AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #14
I think your response was perfect. babylonsister Nov 2013 #15
No. You nailed it. Aristus Nov 2013 #16
As much as I like more polite speach... Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #18
Facts are facts and history is history. Iwillnevergiveup Nov 2013 #19
Yes! IrishAyes Nov 2013 #24
lol CatWoman Nov 2013 #20
Hey, back up a minute - I saw him first! IrishAyes Nov 2013 #25
ROFL!!! CatWoman Nov 2013 #31
I stand aside for the better candidate. IrishAyes Nov 2013 #34
Nope. You can never be too hard on those asswipes. nt valerief Nov 2013 #21
Quite restrained, actually ashling Nov 2013 #22
You were kind. Mira Nov 2013 #26
I usually don't comment on threads like this one but... TRoN33 Nov 2013 #27
yeah, you were way over the top hfojvt Nov 2013 #28
Huh? WTF? Caretha Nov 2013 #47
we all started out with dark skin but they know nothing rbrnmw Nov 2013 #29
Nope. Spot on! muntrv Nov 2013 #30
Nope. Nt abelenkpe Nov 2013 #32
It is great n2doc Nov 2013 #33
Not over the top at all, but I think you have a typo gollygee Nov 2013 #35
I think you said it well. shenmue Nov 2013 #36
I do have some issue with it, CR. Your race? Nanjing to Seoul Nov 2013 #37
The Native American in me says, "No.".... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #40
Don't you just love it when all the right words...... ReRe Nov 2013 #41
perfect Chaco Dundee Nov 2013 #42
Great Rant - Well Directed And Assuredly Deserved cantbeserious Nov 2013 #43
No you stuck to the facts. The black racist meme is whites attempting to go back to the Jim Crow Monk06 Nov 2013 #44
Nope. You were dead on. TxDemChem Nov 2013 #45
I really believe that it is almost impossible to be White in this Country and not be a Racist.. busterbrown Nov 2013 #46
I still remember 1982 mdbl Nov 2013 #48
I just posted this in the same thread in response to another bigot who tried to "Educate" me Coolest Ranger Nov 2013 #50
No, not at all over the top. These bigoted assholes need to be called out for what they are ... RKP5637 Nov 2013 #51
No and knowing Randi, she would agree 100%. n/t Cleita Nov 2013 #52
No. It is hard to believe, but these morans will treestar Nov 2013 #53
what did rhe person say? Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #54
Read my origional thead Coolest Ranger Nov 2013 #55
Beautifully done. cordelia Nov 2013 #56
K&R! nt Enthusiast Nov 2013 #57
Well done, and there is no such thing as 'over the top' with racists and other bigots. Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #58
Nope, not at all. You were speaking truth to power. mmonk Nov 2013 #59

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
3. I don't think you were at all...
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 07:55 PM
Nov 2013

Hit them with it in the face.

Except, I think you meant: Your race was allowed to go into a "Whites Only" restroom or drink from a "Whites Only" water fountain.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
4. I was really ticked off
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 07:57 PM
Nov 2013

Last edited Thu Nov 21, 2013, 12:13 AM - Edit history (1)

Randi was talking about how Fox and the right wing was quick to pounce all over Trayvon but are silent with Congressman Lydell's cocaine arrest. Heck Governor Rick Scott's own staffer replied into my thread which shocked me.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
10. You were freaking awesome!
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:00 PM
Nov 2013

BTW, I looked it up and commented under that post. We have got to shout those idiots down.

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
5. Think you were way to polite
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 07:57 PM
Nov 2013

RWers deserve no pity. No kindness. If you think that, just reverse the situation, and imagine what they would do.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
9. You might be right
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:00 PM
Nov 2013

Maybe I was a bit polite but I was worried about my blood pressure. These guys are ruthless and you're right on that.

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
12. But otherwise you were quite succinct
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:03 PM
Nov 2013

Last edited Wed Nov 20, 2013, 11:23 PM - Edit history (1)

And you've your blood pressure to worry about. You get upset then go Recommend to them that they go support a chick-fil-lay or something. Let them go eat some of that good cholesterol-drenched junk and know your helping clean the gene pool in your small way

Warpy

(111,338 posts)
8. Nope, just don't expect the target to appreciate it.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 07:59 PM
Nov 2013

Most white folks didn't like what they saw in the mirror Rev. Wright held up to them, either, so they blamed the mirror.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
11. I also get very angry when they call him a Muslim
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:02 PM
Nov 2013

It makes me shake my head when only years earlier they were pouncing on him for being a member of Rev. Right's church. You can't have it both ways.

Warpy

(111,338 posts)
17. You can if you're so stupid you can only remember as far back as the day's Limbaugh broadcast
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:21 PM
Nov 2013

and there are a lot of them out there with short memories.

That's what we're up against.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
23. Well, they've called President Obama everything under the sun at every end of the spectrum.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:52 PM
Nov 2013

And they can't even recognize the contradictions. The same person will call him weak and dictatorial all in the same breath. The major mistake is in expecting them to talk sense, as they haven't any.

I like what one poster said recently about what to do when RWers start popping off: Lean in and say, well I plan on voting for him in 2016 too, because y'know he's already fixed it so he can have a third term....

By now in this tiny RedNeck MidWest bump in the road excuse for a town, I've pretty much taught the loudest teabaggers to keep their distance from me. But the next time one of them does buttonhole me, I think I'll say, "You'll be begging for President Obama to come back when we elect VAN JONES!" It will take the bagger a moment to place Van Jones, but then the light will come on and you can count on a real freakout. Yes, that's playing with fools but they're asking for it.

BTW, I think you struck the perfect balance of righteous anger. Those unspeakable windbags can't be allowed to dominate conversations unopposed. It might seem that you're only defending blacks, but what you're really doing is standing up for justice for all, because you seem to be a very honest person. I admire and appreciate that.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
13. No way! You were very polite and gave facts WHICH CANNOT BE DENIED.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:06 PM
Nov 2013

Good job on talking to that ignoramus. I hope he or she has the guts to answer back without resorting to any more KKK, John Birch Society, Stormfront or whatever they have been listening to get such ideas. It's a matter of historical record and the person is ignorant or playing at it. I don't think I'd have been so polite...


babylonsister

(171,090 posts)
15. I think your response was perfect.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:20 PM
Nov 2013

Are you hearing 'crickets' or did someone actually react to it?

Good job!

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
18. As much as I like more polite speach...
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:21 PM
Nov 2013

We use words as tools of communication. The English language is a rich tool box, ranging from words with a scalpel precision to the blunt force trauma of a twelve pound maul. Sometimes, hammers are the right tool.

If anything, I thought you handled him with kid gloves. You have far more restraint than I.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
25. Hey, back up a minute - I saw him first!
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:00 PM
Nov 2013

Uh oh... I just remembered how old I am. Forget what I said. But you got off lucky. Back in the day, I was, shall we say, assertive? Regardless, I'd say the gentleman's worth fighting over.

Hey, CR! Have you got a (much) older brother?

 

TRoN33

(769 posts)
27. I usually don't comment on threads like this one but...
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:04 PM
Nov 2013

You absolute nailed it. I wholeheartedly agree with you! Very well said.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
28. yeah, you were way over the top
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:05 PM
Nov 2013

but you will find plenty of enablers here.

I think haterade comes in cases of 36.

 

Caretha

(2,737 posts)
47. Huh? WTF?
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:39 PM
Nov 2013

tell me you didn't just really say that and mean it and are still a member of DU. Man, what's wrong with you?

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
29. we all started out with dark skin but they know nothing
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:11 PM
Nov 2013

about the start of civilization in fact they know nothing about being civil at all fuck those racist bigots I hope they all burn in Hell if there is one!!!

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
33. It is great
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:27 PM
Nov 2013

The only thing I might have amped up would be the voting fraud section, to point out that this discrimination is taking place to this very day. Same with stop and frisk and the other cop stuff.

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
35. Not over the top at all, but I think you have a typo
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:31 PM
Nov 2013

"Your race was never allowed to go into a "Whites Only" restroom or drink from a "Whites Only" water fountain. "

Never *forced* to go into a . .. or something?

 

Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts)
37. I do have some issue with it, CR. Your race?
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:38 PM
Nov 2013

Jews are white. . .do we include them too? Pogroms, Inquisition, anti-Semitic hiring practices, "Christ killer," Holocaust, Expulsion from countries, denial of citizenship. Slaves to Egypt.

I do not want to get into the "we are more oppressed than you are" debate, but, at least to me, claiming the white person route seems dismissive to the oppression and subjugation of a group of people that have been the world's whipping boy for the better part of 2000 years.

Other than that, I agree completely with you what you said.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
40. The Native American in me says, "No."....
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:46 PM
Nov 2013

But then, it also says to send all the Palefaces back to Europe.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
41. Don't you just love it when all the right words......
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:50 PM
Nov 2013

.... just roll out of you so fast and furious and one sentence runs into anther and yet you keep going and going? You WAS over the top, but not in a bad way. That's the way you have to be with those KKK brain dead bigot descendents. You have to jerk them into the 21st century. You did great. And don't you ever ever change!

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
44. No you stuck to the facts. The black racist meme is whites attempting to go back to the Jim Crow
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:25 PM
Nov 2013

days when castrating and lynching a teenage black kid in the town square was considered Saturday night entertainment. That was in the 1920s and there is photographic proof of it.

Now black kids sucker punching white males is considered the same thing by white racists. It's not.

It's not right but it is not the same thing as drag hanging some kid because he looked a white person in the eye.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
46. I really believe that it is almost impossible to be White in this Country and not be a Racist..
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:32 PM
Nov 2013

No, and even if your White and married an Afro-American or your best man is the same does it mean your exempt.
Just too much tim effort and money put in by media and right wing politicians and pundits,

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
48. I still remember 1982
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:41 PM
Nov 2013

I was working in an office where an issue of prejudice came up between co-workers. The perpetrator of the racist remark claimed they weren't trying to come off that way, even though they did. I remember the victim of the racism telling me, "I can't believe this, this is the 1980's not the 1880's" Ever since then, when the same situation comes up, my mind remembers that statement. It seems we are backsliding still today- almost to the 1880's it seems.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
50. I just posted this in the same thread in response to another bigot who tried to "Educate" me
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 12:06 AM
Nov 2013

and who the hell are you to tell me that I don't know my damn history. We will grow the hell up when all you racist bigots admit that you hurt people who aren't white. It's people in your community who need to grow the hell up and grow a damn back bone and denounce people like you who hate for no reason. You sir are a product of Fox news. You sir are a product of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and god knows who ever else you stupid crazy idiots listen to. I am sick to death of trying to educate people like you Mark Sessions. Go back and put that white sheet over that hood so you can hate in peace cause you certainly aren't going to hate around me

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
51. No, not at all over the top. These bigoted assholes need to be called out for what they are ...
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 12:11 AM
Nov 2013

ignorant fools, freaks.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
53. No. It is hard to believe, but these morans will
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 01:14 AM
Nov 2013

claim they are victims of racism when they are the racists. It's one of their memes.

I had one of my family claim he went into a black restaurant and was told "we don't want your kind here." Yeah, right. Poor white victim of racism from blacks. Unbelievable.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
55. Read my origional thead
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 09:27 AM
Nov 2013

I had one more come into my thread since then, I just blocked her. I got tired of having to say the same thing over and over again. It's like trying to talk to a seven year old who see's candy and cries over and over again when they know they can't get it.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
58. Well done, and there is no such thing as 'over the top' with racists and other bigots.
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 10:06 AM
Nov 2013

No quarter, no mercy.

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