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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexan's truck has possibly the most racist decal ever
This Texan takes bumper stickers to a whole new level.
A photo of a truck with Texas tags that features on the tailgate one the most racist decals, complete with a real (and fresh) banana, that targets President Barack Obama was posted to Reddit on Thursday.
"Does this Socialist a** make my truck look too big," the decal, which appears to be professionally done, reads. It also includes photo of Obama dressed in Somalian garb from a 2006 meeting in the country.
The image was taken in the East Texas town of Tyler at the intersection of Loop 323 and Highway 155 and posted by Reddit user bluchunks.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/Texan-s-truck-has-possibly-the-most-racist-decal-5829486.php
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Woo hoo the word salad contest amongst Texas politicians is heated.
And I've got the guy who represents British Petroleum, not people. The one who wanted the Secretary of Energy to explain how the oil got under Alaska and the Nobel Prize winner in Physics was attempting to explain continental drift.
Rick Perry asked Bill Nye if he could suspend gravity part of the time. Answer: No.
BLEAAARRGGHHHHH!!!!
ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)Please tell me this is a joke:
**Rick Perry asked Bill Nye if he could suspend gravity part of the time. Answer: No. **
Did he really ask this and did the other guy really ask where Alaska's oil came from???
It's not that they are anti-science, it's like they enjoy their ignorance and seem to know no shame.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)If I ever actually met Dr. May I would melt into a puddle of adoration.
Don't remember who made that avatar for me but I appreciated it.
Googled the Rick Perry thing. I was confused. Closest thing I could find was Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) saying that evolution was a theory like gravity was a theory and therefore they weren't proven. Because these guys don't know about theories that are proven.
The idiot Congresscritter who Dr. Chu attempted to explain continental drift to was the Congressman from British Petroleum, Joe Barton.
Video:
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)That said, it's pretty goofy and lame, not to mention definitely patently racist, particularly the shit with the banana.
It's also funny that truck dude is willing to proclaim his bigoted moran-itude to the tailgating cosmos, but he's too chickenshit to actually spell out the word "ASS" on his truck.
TexasTowelie
(112,204 posts)in East Texas is enough to be considered "queer" (unless they are selling Mary Kay cosmetics) so this fool managed to offend nearly everyone.
Bless his heart.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Heh. I didn't even notice.
Beyond that I've lived for so long in places where being Gay is such not even a big deal... I see a truck like that and I think what a pain it would be to parallel park it on a city street in a rainstorm.
MADem
(135,425 posts)gender/color universe would not be at all disturbed....
I can't imagine anyone being enough of a stupid ass (or a**) to decorate one's vehicle in that fashion. That's some major pathology right there.
TexasTowelie
(112,204 posts)That's why I left the caveat about being a Mary Kay cosmetics sales rep in my earlier remark.
MADem
(135,425 posts)The Calvin logo on the window was the hubby's contribution...? The soft pink tailgate courtesy of the Missus?
I have to say, some expressions of racist hatred are just so OTT that a simple SMH isn't enough--it's gotta be accompanied by incredulous laughter.
I'm thinking that isn't a paint job, though--it looks like one of those "shrink wrap" plastic sheets that they use to make instant logos on cars.
http://hideyourride.com/
Cha
(297,240 posts)Look too Small? "
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)for what it really says about the owner!
Cha
(297,240 posts)Ana's out there in the Pacific.. 100 miles West of us but we're still suppose to be Vigilant.
Bermuda got hit with Fay and Gonzalo but fared better than expected!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014921779
Mahalo for asking, treestar!
TexasTowelie
(112,204 posts)To me it reads, "Does this bumpersticker make my penis look too small?" (extra points for the stereotype about black men being well endowed)*.
*Apologies for the racial remark, but since racism is the topic of the thread I'm hoping for a bit of liberty to write that.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)great helmsman !! Death to the Communist Kenyan !!
Teabaggers are the right wing capitalist equivalent of the Red Guards.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)Some things are worth risking arrest (but not death).
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)people can be found in many states, but Texas makes me nervous.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)~President Obama
deutsey
(20,166 posts)The fuck is wrong with people?
And as a huge fan of Calvin and Hobbes, I absolutely HATE those Calvin peeing on something decals. Always have.
Scuba
(53,475 posts).... "If it's brown, it's down."
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)corner of the rear window for a little more - wonder how Watterston feels about having Calvin used that way?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)One business owner went bankrupt owing me over $3,000.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)The 1% love this guy.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)n/t
sawdust
(199 posts)What an idiot!!!
mb999
(89 posts)It's the epicenter of teabaggerism.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)He's gonna get reamed on the resale value btw.
MADem
(135,425 posts)S/He probably owns or works at a franchise! Trying out the equipment!
http://hideyourride.com/
The stuff peels right off. Might be a good thing for him or her, when s/he wakes up one day and realizes what a stupid and childish (to say nothing of racist and hate-filled) message he (or she) is hauling around every day.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)The easiest way to strip that shit is to heat it up with a MAPP torch - not a massive amount, just enough to warm it up. If you burn a hole through the side of the guy's car, that's a little too warm.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)MICROPENIS!!!!!!!!!!!
TexasTowelie
(112,204 posts)My response to Cha was along the same line.
BTW, the football game score was Trinity 22, Southwestern 19. They were tied at 19 at halftime. Watch out in three weeks when Southwestern has the home field (and home referree) advantage.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)I said they played "powerhouses like the University of Guadalajara" (for real).
Not to mention other "Powerhouses" like Lon Morris and Tarleton State and Austin College.
All they worried about was Stanford, UCLA and Rice because they only gave out tennis scholarships in sports.
TexasTowelie
(112,204 posts)Trinity, Austin College, Southwestern and Texas Lutheran are the four schools in the conference with football teams. Texas Lutheran dropped down from Division II two years ago so they still have some residual athletes on scholarship and should win the conference easily. The other three schools are about equal in strength (SU lost to Austin College by 7 earlier in the season), but Southwestern only has first-year and sophomores on their team so they came a long way in a short time.
I believe that the games that count towards the conference championship start on November 1. There is a lot of support for the team in Georgetown and I wouldn't be surprised if there are 5,000 fans when we play Trinity at Homecoming. The first game that SU played last year when we reactivated the team had nearly 6,000 people in attendance which broke an old Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference record.
BTW, SU played the only college bowl game against an international team in the 1940s and won the Sun Bowl so I know what you mean about those "powerhouse" universities.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Takket
(21,570 posts)Isn't inspiration enough for a dem to GOTV, I don't know what is.