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doc03

(35,346 posts)
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 04:43 PM Sep 2017

I think I may be going to a Trump re-education camp or

something. Me and a friend (another Democrat) are having coffee at McDonald's. This other guy (a Trumpster) comes up and starts mouthing off about the damn n----s taking a knee for the National Anthem. He said he would never watch another Steelers game and
Mike Tomlin was a racist asshole. He calls Tomlin a racist asshole after talking about n-----s himself. I told him they have a constitutional right to peacefully protest and my friend told him Trump never said a word about the Nazis and KKK carrying guns at their protest. He said Trump was going to take care of people like us and stormed away red faced. LOL

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I think I may be going to a Trump re-education camp or (Original Post) doc03 Sep 2017 OP
Was he loud? murielm99 Sep 2017 #1
Wasn't really loud just funny we both knew the guy, he gets upset doc03 Sep 2017 #2
I used that word. raven mad Sep 2017 #3
I never use that word but one of my three brothers did...he got a smack and a bar of nasty Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #6
You had a good mom, too! raven mad Sep 2017 #7
My Mom and Dad went to marches and played us MLK speeches. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #30
That is a common everyday word used by my generation doc03 Sep 2017 #19
Agree. I grew up in that area. alphafemale Sep 2017 #34
But did you get lucky enough to realize how hurtful that was? raven mad Sep 2017 #35
Good mom! Alice11111 Sep 2017 #28
I got mine washed out with Lava for asking "what's a..." haele Sep 2017 #32
LOL! I am SO glad mom didn't have Lava.............. raven mad Sep 2017 #36
I'll see you in the camp. HopeAgain Sep 2017 #4
I have room. raven mad Sep 2017 #8
Be sewing MAGA hats, I guess... NT HopeAgain Sep 2017 #11
Not a chance in this life or the next. raven mad Sep 2017 #12
I meant I have room. If anyone needs space raven mad Sep 2017 #13
Yiou're all welcome here in California where it's safe. TeamPooka Sep 2017 #20
Hey, if California decides to secede someday, a lot of Alice11111 Sep 2017 #29
I swear, I've been stating for years raven mad Sep 2017 #37
Adding Hawaii. maveric Sep 2017 #38
Well, of course, as it's Alaska's go-to! raven mad Sep 2017 #39
They're all always so damn angry, aren't they? cyclonefence Sep 2017 #5
These are not happy people. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #17
They live in safe neighborhoods, they have families, and usually decent jobs but their hearts TeamPooka Sep 2017 #23
Yes, it has nothing to do with the fact that they are stupid, lazy and entitled and that they smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #24
They know an equal playing field is their worst nightmare due to their lack of skills, TeamPooka Sep 2017 #26
This is a really good point cyclonefence Sep 2017 #31
He's only saying that cause the Steelers lost on Sunday. Yavin4 Sep 2017 #9
Go to Starbucks instead, better class of customers Not Ruth Sep 2017 #10
But I get far better coffee at McDonalds for 72 cents, luckily this doc03 Sep 2017 #14
Gonna get crowded in there relayerbob Sep 2017 #15
When I meet a Trump supporter... Ohioboy Sep 2017 #16
Well, at least we'll all be there together! bitterross Sep 2017 #18
He's right. Trump IS going to TRY to 'take care' of people like us. PatrickforO Sep 2017 #21
There's your warning JohnnyRingo Sep 2017 #22
Our music will be good. yardwork Sep 2017 #25
And he is starting with the antifa kids. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #27
Only if I can take my guns GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #33

doc03

(35,346 posts)
2. Wasn't really loud just funny we both knew the guy, he gets upset
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:08 PM
Sep 2017

easy when you say something anti Republican. Wasn't anyone really close by.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
3. I used that word.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:08 PM
Sep 2017

Once. Mom had just gotten back from Selma to Montgomery.

Ever eaten a bar of ivory soap?

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)
6. I never use that word but one of my three brothers did...he got a smack and a bar of nasty
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:15 PM
Sep 2017

dial soap shoved in his mouth.

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)
30. My Mom and Dad went to marches and played us MLK speeches.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 11:45 PM
Sep 2017

My Dad was a liberal GOP and Mom was a Democrat. Both had grown up with diversity.

doc03

(35,346 posts)
19. That is a common everyday word used by my generation
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:19 PM
Sep 2017

and older people in the Eastern Ohio and West Virginia area. I swear people around here are more prejudiced than most
places in the south. If you are a Democrat in this area you don't have many people you can talk to. I hear this shit and when a black person comes around they act like they are buddies. Sometimes I get an urge to say you know they call you a n---- behind your back.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
34. Agree. I grew up in that area.
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 05:57 AM
Sep 2017

Awful.

I knew very young that I wanted to get out of that area.

The ignorance is staggering.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
35. But did you get lucky enough to realize how hurtful that was?
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:42 PM
Sep 2017

Yes, you obviously did! <<<<<<<<<<HUG>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

haele

(12,660 posts)
32. I got mine washed out with Lava for asking "what's a..."
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:13 AM
Sep 2017

Because I heard a bunch of people on the news yell that at Civil Rights protesters when I was 6.
It took me 20 year to be able say that word just as a reference without grimacing and feeling like I had to rinse my mouth out...made it pretty difficult when I had to recite old writings or was playing certain parts in historical recreation.

Haele

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
36. LOL! I am SO glad mom didn't have Lava..............
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:44 PM
Sep 2017

I probably would still be regrowing my tongue.

Dad had just gone to work for NASA, and I can tell you the number of times I heard him use that word.

None.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
29. Hey, if California decides to secede someday, a lot of
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:45 PM
Sep 2017

us from other states will be moving there...if this extreme RW destruction of democracy continues.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
37. I swear, I've been stating for years
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:46 PM
Sep 2017

if California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon Territory and Alaska decided heck with all y'all, we'd have a heck of a new nation and a great time!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
17. These are not happy people.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:09 PM
Sep 2017

Sometimes, when I am filled with despair at the fact that there are so many of them, I have to remind myself of the fact that most of these people don't know what it is like to have a moment of peace or joy in their lives.

They are so miserably bitter and unhappy because they don't take any responsibility for their lives or how they feel. They just point the finger and everything is somebody else's fault. Most of them have never really matured into adulthood.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
23. They live in safe neighborhoods, they have families, and usually decent jobs but their hearts
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:34 PM
Sep 2017

are filled with hate because their secret dreams never came true for their lives
usually because they didn't pursue them, but that's not a valid reason to them
They just know they aren't CEO's or "rich" or "famous" or the QB of the Bears or a TV star or something.
And it's someone's fault who isn't them.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
24. Yes, it has nothing to do with the fact that they are stupid, lazy and entitled and that they
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:38 PM
Sep 2017

expected everything to just be handed to them on a silver platter without having to work for it. Meanwhile, all of the people they condemn have been working their asses off and it's finally paying off for them. Yet, it never occurs to these bitter racists and sexists that they actually have to DO SOMETHING to get ahead.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
26. They know an equal playing field is their worst nightmare due to their lack of skills,
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:39 PM
Sep 2017

smarts, or just desire.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
31. This is a really good point
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:04 AM
Sep 2017

They *haven't* experienced the kind of joy we have. They can't want good things for other people, so it's impossible for them to rejoice in health coverage for the poor or free tuition at community colleges or all the good things most of us want, not for ourselves but for our country and the world.

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)
9. He's only saying that cause the Steelers lost on Sunday.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:20 PM
Sep 2017

If they go to the Super bowl, he'll watch for sure.

doc03

(35,346 posts)
14. But I get far better coffee at McDonalds for 72 cents, luckily this
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:59 PM
Sep 2017

McDonalds doesn't have a TV. Every McDonalds I was ever been in that had a TV it was tuned to Fox News.

Ohioboy

(3,243 posts)
16. When I meet a Trump supporter...
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:05 PM
Sep 2017

I always ask if they truly believe Mexico is actually going to pay for a wall. You'd be surprised how many don't really want to discuss this topic. Somewhere in the backs of their minds even they know it's a ridiculous notion.

PatrickforO

(14,577 posts)
21. He's right. Trump IS going to TRY to 'take care' of people like us.
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:32 PM
Sep 2017

If we don't want that; if we don't want our country to 'move on' to become a dictatorship; if we don't want another Holocaust; if we don't want the entire civilized world against us in a world war; if we don't want those allied against us to pick their way through the ruins of our cities after we lose such a war, then we need to stand up now and challenge Trump every single step of the way. Don't give him or the Republicans or the billionaire freaks who own them an inch.

JohnnyRingo

(18,636 posts)
22. There's your warning
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 07:32 PM
Sep 2017

He probably figures Trump is going to use Obama's FEMA trailers to lock us up with Hillary. hahaha

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