hubby saw it up close and personal last night

he works in a blue collar job with a team of about 12 people

a co-worker overheard hubby say he was voting his pocketbook and was going for the Dem. a co-worker said "You're voting for Obama? You want a n***er in the White House??"

hubby was shocked by the seething irrational naked hateful racism he saw last night.

How did others react?

one guy who thinks Clinton was the greatest president of his lifetime is gonna vote Nader :banghead:

We're still can't get over skin color..

It is time for me to refuse to see past this kind of behavior about race. I am not going to be forgiving or tolerant of the stupidity.

I am not going to waste my time calling it out more than once per idiot; beyond that, I am going to just disassociate with anyone I find to hold these views. No socializing, no business dealings or buying products from people who I find out are racist, nothing doing.

They are doing a wonderful job of exposing themselves, while at the same time making Americans recoil in horror, and reflect on how disgusting and pitiful these ideas are. And these racists are simply marginalizing themselves into oblivion.

I will help speed that process in my own life by cutting out people like this.

or just let that asshole get away with that?

"wow, really? you really mean that??" and the consensus was yeah, they really do.

:cry:

..So what's it like living in the 19th century?


Nevermind, they wouldn't have gotten it.

he'll have a few days to work on them yet, he was just blown away last night and was basically speechless

Some things never change.

At least in their minds. And they're desperately afraid of losing that.

Insecure, scared little men.

thank heaven for the Northern section of the state....

This is the problem many on our side have: we avoid the confrontation THEY start. There is nothing wrong with calmly confronting the racists, the ignorant, the uninformed etc.. and showing them how wrong they are and that their hate is not acceptable in a civil society.

he'll be back tonight, more prepared to address the issue I'm sure.

He'll do some good and at the very least know he did the right thing for addressing this.

The ignorance of some people is simply mind boggling.

sometimes statements just take you off your feet. I know that I am not always right on top of the best response or even any response, we all operate differently and if he was outnumbered so to speak, discretion may have been the better part of valor. As these are his co-workers, he will certainly see them again and with wits collected can work on them one on one rather than as a group. We sometimes have to pick the best moment to make the case, because doing so at the wrong time can nullify our best efforts and make matters worse.

but if you work with these people you know them better than just hearing someone on the street saying this.

It's not easy - I know this. But somehow we have to learn to get the dialog going to get people to talk this out and at least try to show them how stupid they are.

I do not think her husband is a bad guy - not at all - but I just wish ALL OF US would take advantage of the moment better. I think we can expect this is going to get more common as we get closer to Obama being called President Elect Obama.

If this guy is a blue collar worker, his racism is going to trump the economic well-being of his family. Sure, vote for the white guy and then curse your fate in the soup line.

any day.

he was just blown away, he'll work on them tonight, now that he's had a chance to pick his jaw up off the ground

What amazes me more is some people seem to think we've "moved past" race, or that racism isn't a powerful political tool.

To me, the intent behind the "Obama is a muslim" or "Arab" nonsense is that it's a simple, and for some unfathomable reason more acceptable, code for "Obama is a n***er"

I knew it was just a matter of time for it to pop out

they're getting scared

you know, I just had a thought, maybe having Obama be a good president, it might start to change their minds?? :think:

or not.....

.....at my place of work.....after being suspended and told to go home first....there is no room for comments like that.

didn't even try to hide it.

he was shocked at the level of hate and fear to the point of being speechless

and my hubby is the King of quick comeback one liners.

when he used that word: "Saying that says more about you that it does about the black person you are talking about. If you ever want to go far in life, you need to watch it.
I can't stop you from thinking it, but I can tell you that using that language out in public will mark you."

:hi:

this is my hubby, who never even SAW a black person til he was in the military, whose mom stills says "that Negro man"

hubby was just shocked at the naked hatred

to have any straps ;)

It's really brought out the ugly in people that I never would have expected. Someone I thought was 'progressive' passed on a joke they considered humorous, which appalled me and I'm still really shocked, as I was told to 'get a sense of humor'. OK.

The very offensive joke was "Do you know what Obama means when he talks about CHANGE?"

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This is in Massachusetts. I can't wait for Obama to get elected. I don't want my kids to life in a world where this type of hateful shit is acceptable.

it's getting ugly out here in the land of the Great UnWashed

But they are also outnumbered. My Mom is 79 years old. She drew up with racist attitudes as the norm. We have had many an argument over that over the years. There were times when I threatened to not let my kids visit her because I didn't want them to hear this stuff.

There were times when I just wanted to give up, I just never figured I could change her, the mindset was just too ingrained in her. However, I and my others just kept on challenging her on this stuff. And she did get better, but so, damn, slowly.

Upshot: I went to visit her last weekend. I barely had a chance to ask her if she had seen the debates when she volunteered that she really like "that Obama guy." "I love the way he smiles. He's so bright and positive and smart. McCain is awful, just mean all the time."

My Mom is voting for Barack Obama and I never even laid the "hard-sell" on her. She just likes him. She likes his wife and his family. Obama comes across as a good guy to her and she wants to give him a chance. Wow! My Mom is voting for Barack Obama. Wow!

In odd moments I like to think that it was the persistance that paid off in getting her to change her attitude a bit. She did, finally, get the message that it's not alright to keep old, hurtful ways of thinking. So hang in there and keep up the fight. You never know who might just be persuaded next.

My Mom is voting for Barack Obama. Wow! (And this is happening in my lifetime. OMG, I never thought I would live to see this day. Not live to see the day a Barack Obama would get elected, but live to see the day when my Mom, me and my daughter are all on the same page, all willing to take that chance on hope. Wow oh wow!)

He's the production supervisor at a mid size company. We have several Obama stickers on the back of our car and last night as he was leaving one of his co-workers said "I can't believe you're voting for a babykilling n****er". He was still shaking when he came home. I just emailed him a little while ago to find out if the guy said anything else to him today, but so far, nothing.

I don't know if that's a bad thing though, let's get it out there eh?

he just rolled his eyes and said "Dude, you forgot your white hood."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QIGJTHdH50

and then leave it at that.