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Pic Of The Moment: "None Of It Was Racist" (Original Post) EarlG Aug 2013 OP
What term do you use instead of 'racist' in your Lala land, Mr. Paul? sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #1
Grand Wizard. ret5hd Aug 2013 #5
of heaven05 Aug 2013 #11
Yep! nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #21
Hey Rand, is that a "Board Certified" opinion? Scuba Aug 2013 #2
I think it's a BobbyBoring Aug 2013 #8
LOL. I see what what you did there. SunSeeker Aug 2013 #43
"whether we are supposed to mention them or not" unblock Aug 2013 #3
The Bigoted Apple Didn't Fall Far From the Fringe Tree BlueManFan Aug 2013 #4
Hey Rand--he doesn't have to be screaming the N-word and burning a cross Arkana Aug 2013 #6
They do realize they're wearing Lucha Libre masks, right? Initech Aug 2013 #7
Must be some double-reverse irony they're shooting for. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #33
Only RACIST say that this is not RACIST truthisalie Aug 2013 #9
THIS heaven05 Aug 2013 #10
He knows so much about what Mexicans like, eh? MADem Aug 2013 #12
Does Stormfront support Rand Paul like they do to his father? NewJeffCT Aug 2013 #13
They do now. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #42
Shit! Every time I see those stars 'n' bars, my teeth start grinding. calimary Aug 2013 #14
Me too. JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #17
I see those stars 'n' bars AlbertCat Aug 2013 #19
Thanks, AlbertCat! That's quite interesting! calimary Aug 2013 #22
Actually... the battle flag has a complicated history AlbertCat Aug 2013 #38
What I hate is this... DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #50
That third flag has 17 stars. Is that right? tclambert Aug 2013 #24
I thought they liked 13. AlbertCat Aug 2013 #40
AlbertCat-man-do! B Stieg Aug 2013 #48
Thanks smallcat88 Aug 2013 #36
I guess racism must be in the eyes of the beholder. JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #15
I'm stealing that graphic! So on the mark. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #34
I'm not a racist but some of my best friends are. Heather MC Aug 2013 #16
K&R stonecutter357 Aug 2013 #18
I missed that part where Lincoln said... Roland99 Aug 2013 #20
Men. White men. Rich, old white men. tclambert Aug 2013 #25
Anyone who listened to Rand during the presidential debates Whoopdedoo Aug 2013 #23
If he ever tries to run for President classykaren Aug 2013 #26
It is not racism Rain Mcloud Aug 2013 #27
It's amazing how no one is racist ever! shenmue Aug 2013 #28
I...I...I got nuthin'. You can't even address that. nolabear Aug 2013 #29
new rule: racists, and their enablers noiretextatique Aug 2013 #30
What is he supposed to say, "Ooophs, I'm outed, yeah, I'm a racist."? Coyotl Aug 2013 #31
It's stupid of Rand Paul and Cha Aug 2013 #32
Chris Mathews tonight on Hardball smallcat88 Aug 2013 #35
Sure it's not... DissidentVoice Aug 2013 #37
Who are these 'people'? They are unrecognizable as even human, SammyWinstonJack Aug 2013 #39
Standard GOPee. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #41
K & R SunSeeker Aug 2013 #44
I don't think it's as much racist as it is anti-free market. Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #45
re:Pic Of The Moment: "None Of It Was Racist" allan01 Aug 2013 #46
"Gobsmacked!" B Stieg Aug 2013 #47
K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #49
If you practice things that appear to be racist, then you are subject to being called racist liberal N proud Aug 2013 #51

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
43. LOL. I see what what you did there.
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 04:14 AM
Aug 2013

Hey, who needs a stinkin Certification? It's just your eyes, right?

unblock

(52,195 posts)
3. "whether we are supposed to mention them or not"
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 12:40 PM
Aug 2013

it would appear that the aide understood this to be racist even if paul does not, or at least pretends, to not.

BlueManFan

(256 posts)
4. The Bigoted Apple Didn't Fall Far From the Fringe Tree
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 12:45 PM
Aug 2013

remember Papa Paul's racist screeds that he wrote but didn't, charged for, but didn't, and defended, but didn't. Ron and Rand together aren't worth a shit.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
10. THIS
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 01:31 PM
Aug 2013

piece of shit has an important voice in his Party. Amerikkkans who voted for him, same thing he is.

calimary

(81,210 posts)
14. Shit! Every time I see those stars 'n' bars, my teeth start grinding.
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 02:07 PM
Aug 2013

I'm as white as can be, but I find that symbol incredibly offensive!!! I find that whole statement incredibly bewildering and disgusting. When you're WEARING that incendiary crap ACROSS YOUR FREAKIN' FACE, I'm sorry but you deserve what you get. You're just trying to inflame people and stir things up. And when you do, don't be surprised and don't whine if you're "unfairly" treated by the media. You sure look like a racist to me!

I find myself losing patience with people who just try to stir things up for the sake of stirring things up. There seems to be no other reason for him doing this. BORING!!!! TIRESOME as hell! And um, yes. RACIST. If the mask fits, pal, wear it.

And this guy's pal/apologist, the Kentucky Pipsqueak, is the same guy to whom Medea Benjamin wants to hand-deliver valentines????????????

JohnnyRingo

(18,624 posts)
17. Me too.
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 03:05 PM
Aug 2013

I have an old family album of tintypes. One of the pictures is of my Uncle Henry Canfield who fought for the Ohio Militia during the Civil War, and his side won. I'm sure he didn't fight in that conflict to see their flag used today like the war is still ongoing.

They say it's about "heritage", but for a hundred years before that war I believe they governed under the same banner as the North. It was only "heritage" for four short years. I wouldn't like to hear that crap from deluded neoNazis either, and I fail to see much difference.

I have a friend up here who's into Nascar. We were debating an issue last year where some team wanted to race a car with the "General Lee" paint job, complete with the flag on the roof. My buddy didn't see the big deal, so I asked him how it would work out if local driver Dave Blaney campaigned an Ohio based car adorned with the Union flag.

He said that would probably be all right, so I continued that the car could be called "The General Sherman" and sport flames painted down the sides. The theme could be "Burning up the tracks from Ohio to Atlanta". He finally agreed that the only thing that would get that car banned from Nascar faster would be a Hillary bumper sticker.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
19. I see those stars 'n' bars
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 03:38 PM
Aug 2013

Just because I'm so tired of people not knowing....

This is the "stars & Bars"



This is the battle flag



Neither of them are this



Which is a made up flag.... made up by white supremacists after the war.

Now to those who say I'm getting picky.... before walk-talkies, flags were how you could tell who was who and therefore the exact shape, color and emblems are very important. It also points out that when SC says it flies this 3rd one because of "heritage"... they are lying. Unless of course they mean their KKK heritage.

calimary

(81,210 posts)
22. Thanks, AlbertCat! That's quite interesting!
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 04:18 PM
Aug 2013

Either one of the last two is just nothing but a big and thoroughly insulting "Brand X."

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
38. Actually... the battle flag has a complicated history
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 10:50 PM
Aug 2013

It started out as this:



But if it wasn't flying, it sometimes looked like a white surrender flag! Oops! So they stuck a red band on the end of it: (look! a real one!)



But eventually they just pared it down to the square one.

There's also a CSA Navy Jack.... but you'll notice the blue is not the same as the fake Confederate flag.



Besides, the CSA had no navy to speak of anyway.

Well, as Oscar Wilde said: "The truth is rarely plain, and never simple."

DissidentVoice

(813 posts)
50. What I hate is this...
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 01:11 PM
Aug 2013

RW White Power types in Canada (yes, they exist; look up Paul Fromm) have co-opted the original Canadian Flag (pre-1965), the "Red Ensign," still beloved by a lot of Canadians (especially veterans; one's as likely to find it flying in Royal Canadian Legion halls as the Maple Leaf flag) and turned it into a symbol of their stupid (bowel ) movement:



 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
40. I thought they liked 13.
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 11:10 PM
Aug 2013

Hmmmmm.... good question.

The Stars and Bars kept adding stars as states seceded. The other flags probably did too. But since the 3rd one is fake....who knows?

There are 11 states that seceded, but flags would eventually have 13 stars, 2 representing KY and MO which the CSA considered theirs.

AZ also considered itself part of the confederacy, but it wasn't a state yet. Also MD and DE were slave states, but did not secede.

I'm no scolar. I looked this up.... Wikipedia is your friend!

JohnnyRingo

(18,624 posts)
15. I guess racism must be in the eyes of the beholder.
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 02:42 PM
Aug 2013

...and through the eyes of Rand Paul, he's freakin' Abraham Lincoln.
Maybe Paul thinks people don't cross the line into racism until they actually lynch someone.

 

Heather MC

(8,084 posts)
16. I'm not a racist but some of my best friends are.
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 02:56 PM
Aug 2013

David Duke 2013

I can't wait to see Rand Paul ripped to shreads during the primaries if he makes it that far

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
20. I missed that part where Lincoln said...
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 03:56 PM
Aug 2013

"of the white people, by the white people, for the white people"

tclambert

(11,085 posts)
25. Men. White men. Rich, old white men.
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 05:14 PM
Aug 2013

Lincoln, bah! He was a RINO (Republican In Name Only). Why, he was a liberal yankee who sympathized with darkies. How could anyone call him a Republican?

Whoopdedoo

(60 posts)
23. Anyone who listened to Rand during the presidential debates
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 04:36 PM
Aug 2013

Would understand why he would defend Jack Hunter. The Southern Avengerrrrrrr. The secessionist at large blow hard is still loved by Paul.
So many 2010 idiots getting into power and just so many wishes to make them one termers.

 

Rain Mcloud

(812 posts)
27. It is not racism
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 06:03 PM
Aug 2013

to a racist.
I think it is quite obvious what Rand Paul is,just wait he will dig deeper in 3.....2......1...........

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
30. new rule: racists, and their enablers
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 06:59 PM
Aug 2013

who are 99.9% likely to be racist themselves, cannot define what is or is not racist.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
31. What is he supposed to say, "Ooophs, I'm outed, yeah, I'm a racist."?
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 07:09 PM
Aug 2013

Instead he says in effect "a non-white majority America would simply cease to be America" is not racist.

I'd back off of that if i was running for President of non-white majority America.

Cha

(297,137 posts)
32. It's stupid of Rand Paul and
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 07:28 PM
Aug 2013

good in the way that .. he's such a sleazy libertarian that it's good he's exposing himself for what he is.

thanks EarlG

smallcat88

(426 posts)
35. Chris Mathews tonight on Hardball
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 08:33 PM
Aug 2013

predicted that GOP will run Rand Paul as their candidate in next presidential election. Guess that means we can get ready for another democratic administration! The good thing about the crazy shit that comes out of his mouth is that he's guaranteed to lose a nationwide general election. You'd think they'd have learned that by now . . . but of course that would require brains.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
39. Who are these 'people'? They are unrecognizable as even human,
Wed Aug 7, 2013, 10:52 PM
Aug 2013

their world salad as justification of their blatant bigotry, is no justification

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
45. I don't think it's as much racist as it is anti-free market.
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 10:16 AM
Aug 2013

I don't care if consumers want Spanish-Speaking programs, and I don't care if there are businesses looking to provide them. I want big government to shut them down and force them to consume only what I want them to consume.

allan01

(1,950 posts)
46. re:Pic Of The Moment: "None Of It Was Racist"
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 10:16 AM
Aug 2013

the civil war is over !!! .Get over it!! the south lost . how plainer can i state it!!!! enough already.

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)
47. "Gobsmacked!"
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 10:32 AM
Aug 2013

A terrible expression used in England, but I'm fast running out of ways to express my astonishment at the deeply ingrained bias and racism (Yup. I'm saying it) of this particular, libertarian politician.

So, is this guy Paul the AquaBuddha or an AquaCracker?

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
51. If you practice things that appear to be racist, then you are subject to being called racist
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 01:14 PM
Aug 2013

So don't practice things that appear to be racist!

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