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TexasTowelie

(112,204 posts)
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 02:59 AM Oct 2014

Texan'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

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Texan's truck has possibly the most racist decal ever (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2014 OP
Goomer the Tumor's district as you know. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #1
Great pic of Brian May. ryan_cats Oct 2014 #16
Thanks. a talented DUer made that avatar for me. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #24
Unfortunately, there are probably way more racist truck decals out there. Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #2
As a Texan, I must say that driving a pickup with a pink tailgate TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #3
ITS RED NOT PINK I TELLS YA RED Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #5
That could be a racist, hate-filled woman's truck....and then the stereotyped MADem Oct 2014 #26
You are correct of course. TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #27
Maybe it's a racist, hate-filled heterosexual couple that decorated that monstrosity! MADem Oct 2014 #28
Poor idiot.. to the intelligent person it reads.. "Does This Bumpersticker Make My Brain Cha Oct 2014 #4
i think it's funny, i bet the driver has no idea why he is so angry Heather MC Oct 2014 #6
Yes, Cha, that is a great translation treestar Oct 2014 #7
He's angry.. 'cause.. Obama! Cha Oct 2014 #8
Benghazi!! treestar Oct 2014 #20
Dictator! Cha Oct 2014 #23
You are almost correct, Cha. TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #22
Bumper sticker activism is the only political option for ideological slaves. Hail Chairman Mao the Monk06 Oct 2014 #9
If they weren't so gun crazy down there I'd take some spray paint to the truck. Vinca Oct 2014 #10
I really would like to see the President limit his visits to Texas. These kinds of mfcorey1 Oct 2014 #11
I understand completely, but Obama sees Texas differently than we do: freshwest Oct 2014 #35
This is one of the few instances when road rage would be justified deutsey Oct 2014 #12
I saw one here in Wisconsin, on a truck festooned with hunting decals, that said .... Scuba Oct 2014 #13
I draw your attention to the upper right LiberalElite Oct 2014 #14
IMO: The town of Tyler has a lot of jerks living there. In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #15
Proudly displaying his stupity. . B Calm Oct 2014 #17
The biggest ass is behind the steering wheel. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2014 #18
Gohmert Pyle supporter.... sawdust Oct 2014 #19
It's Texas, what do you expect? mb999 Oct 2014 #21
My, answer is "No, the person behind the wheel doesn't need any help." MrScorpio Oct 2014 #25
That looks like car wrap, to me. MADem Oct 2014 #30
It is car wrap jmowreader Oct 2014 #34
Every time I see a guy driving a great big jacked up truck I wanna yell: Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #29
See post #22. TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #31
When I was going to school there, Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #32
The athletes on the football team do not receive athletic scholarships since they are Division III. TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #33
ugly Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #36
If the thought if this guy in a voting booth... Takket Oct 2014 #37
 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
1. Goomer the Tumor's district as you know.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 04:28 AM
Oct 2014

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)
16. Great pic of Brian May.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:15 AM
Oct 2014

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)
24. Thanks. a talented DUer made that avatar for me.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 01:36 AM
Oct 2014

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.
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Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
2. Unfortunately, there are probably way more racist truck decals out there.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 04:35 AM
Oct 2014

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)
3. As a Texan, I must say that driving a pickup with a pink tailgate
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 04:48 AM
Oct 2014

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)
5. ITS RED NOT PINK I TELLS YA RED
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 05:38 AM
Oct 2014

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)
26. That could be a racist, hate-filled woman's truck....and then the stereotyped
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 03:04 AM
Oct 2014

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)
27. You are correct of course.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 03:26 AM
Oct 2014

That's why I left the caveat about being a Mary Kay cosmetics sales rep in my earlier remark.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
28. Maybe it's a racist, hate-filled heterosexual couple that decorated that monstrosity!
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 04:13 AM
Oct 2014

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)
4. Poor idiot.. to the intelligent person it reads.. "Does This Bumpersticker Make My Brain
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 04:59 AM
Oct 2014

Look too Small? "

Cha

(297,240 posts)
23. Dictator!
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 06:28 PM
Oct 2014

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)
22. You are almost correct, Cha.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 12:51 PM
Oct 2014

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)
9. Bumper sticker activism is the only political option for ideological slaves. Hail Chairman Mao the
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 06:43 AM
Oct 2014

great helmsman !! Death to the Communist Kenyan !!

Teabaggers are the right wing capitalist equivalent of the Red Guards.

Vinca

(50,273 posts)
10. If they weren't so gun crazy down there I'd take some spray paint to the truck.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:02 AM
Oct 2014

Some things are worth risking arrest (but not death).

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
11. I really would like to see the President limit his visits to Texas. These kinds of
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:12 AM
Oct 2014

people can be found in many states, but Texas makes me nervous.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
35. I understand completely, but Obama sees Texas differently than we do:
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 08:16 AM
Oct 2014
Texas is a so-called red state, but you’ve got 10 million Democrats here in Texas. And… there are a whole lot of people here in Texas who need us, and who need us to fight for them.

~President Obama

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
12. This is one of the few instances when road rage would be justified
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:14 AM
Oct 2014

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)
13. I saw one here in Wisconsin, on a truck festooned with hunting decals, that said ....
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 08:54 AM
Oct 2014

.... "If it's brown, it's down."

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
14. I draw your attention to the upper right
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:01 AM
Oct 2014

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)
15. IMO: The town of Tyler has a lot of jerks living there.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:11 AM
Oct 2014

One business owner went bankrupt owing me over $3,000.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
25. My, answer is "No, the person behind the wheel doesn't need any help."
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 02:36 AM
Oct 2014

He's gonna get reamed on the resale value btw.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
30. That looks like car wrap, to me.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 04:18 AM
Oct 2014

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)
34. It is car wrap
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 05:07 AM
Oct 2014

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.

TexasTowelie

(112,204 posts)
31. See post #22.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 04:33 AM
Oct 2014

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)
32. When I was going to school there,
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 04:42 AM
Oct 2014

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)
33. The athletes on the football team do not receive athletic scholarships since they are Division III.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 05:01 AM
Oct 2014

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.

Takket

(21,570 posts)
37. If the thought if this guy in a voting booth...
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 11:31 AM
Oct 2014

Isn't inspiration enough for a dem to GOTV, I don't know what is.

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