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calimary

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29. Me, too, Patricia. You are a hard-working professional and you deserve respect - at all times.
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:46 PM
Aug 2012

Funny, though, Patricia is exactly what these judgmental assholes are belching about - SHE'S got a job at which she works hard every day and earning a paycheck and doing quality work, building a career and a reputation as a professional camera operator and technical specialist, and being a contributing member of society. As a retired newsperson myself, believe me, I KNOW how hard the camera crews work! Could it be that the nut-throwers' hatred of her is because she's more living proof of how wrong they are? She's the living breathing embodiment of their LIES, abject IDIOCY, bone-marrow-deep prejudice and RACISM, sheer INHUMANITY, and embarrassing SMALL-MINDEDNESS. I bet they assume they're better-educated than she is, too. Oh, excuse me, black people are just lazy moochers, correct? That's what we all know to be true, isn't it? Wink-wink. WHAT? This one isn't? But, but, but... what about our theory that black people are just lazy moochers? Damn her then!

Wonder how many of THEM in that convention center among the melanin-deficient are mooching off the system even as we speak? After all, what about all the studies and statistics that show most welfare recipients are white?

And add that to another undercurrent I bet some of this human backwash in that convention center is thinking also - HEY! Why is SHE taking a job that a good Christian white man should have?

Well, the hell with them!!! I wish we knew the names of the nut-throwers. Lying racist weasels. Well, they can hide from us. But they can't hide from The Big Guy Upstairs. He knows exactly who they are.

I also feel bad for those of us who thought, presumed, hoped, or were taught, that racism in America is a thing of the past. I myself dared to think that, when Barack Obama was elected President, then and there we had direct evidence that racism in America was a thing of the past. Man, was I wrong! It just gave all the racists license to act out, uglier and more flagrant than ever. And the republi-CON party embraced them and gave them respectability. They ALL publicly shame and disgrace America to all the world, with every breath they take.

We can all take a lesson in true nobility from Barack Obama, and from Patricia Carroll, too. Thank Heavens that there are people in this country like them - who can serve as a counter-balance to the madness we see on display FAR too often, here in the 21st Century.

It's just literally dizzying! I mean - we're IN THE 21ST CENTURY forcryingoutloud!!!! This Troglodyte thinking is STILL alive and well at this late date? Unbelievable. Astounding! Disgusting! Deeply embarrassing! And downright sad.

K&R nt avebury Aug 2012 #1
patricia carroll cnn Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #17
Couldn't find the sheet concession ? russspeakeasy Aug 2012 #31
One would think that CNN would show more outrage to support one of their own, assuming nanabugg Aug 2012 #42
God love her. I wish I could sit and have coffee with her and compare notes. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #2
She is so right. Sadly. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #3
I think you're right marions ghost Aug 2012 #5
i'm really glad she's speaking out about it. barbtries Aug 2012 #4
I agree, and it's damn convenient that the names of the peanut-throwers aren't public. Gormy Cuss Aug 2012 #14
oh, yeah barbtries Aug 2012 #20
Really. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2012 #15
Yeah, it's hard. And then they're the ones yowling about how our President is somehow going around calimary Aug 2012 #24
they can't stand respecting anyone but their Führers. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2012 #51
That's sickening. VitaMorfin Aug 2012 #6
This has been very interesting. The Doctor. Aug 2012 #7
It isn't "torpedoing of Romney" - it's spontaneous combustion by extremists. highplainsdem Aug 2012 #8
Taken together, The Doctor. Aug 2012 #45
+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #46
They were identified and had their credentials taken away. Fla Dem Aug 2012 #22
I would still expect a formal apology from the RNC for the incident. smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #41
I agree! burrowowl Sep 2012 #52
What the hell are talking about? Take and enema and clear your head. olegramps Aug 2012 #32
Get some glasses.... The Doctor. Aug 2012 #43
Your ridiculous post has been met with derision. FAUX News is reporting facts? Get for real. olegramps Aug 2012 #49
Yeah, they do sometimes report actual facts. The Doctor. Sep 2012 #50
Quite a few years ago jonthebru Aug 2012 #9
"no one took the names of the attendees who threw peanuts at her" Trillo Aug 2012 #10
it is big news Enrique Aug 2012 #11
That's my question, as well. hamsterjill Aug 2012 #12
Link to the story at ColorLines, with a photo of Patricia Carroll: highplainsdem Aug 2012 #13
And from Witches' Brew, with more quotes from Carroll: highplainsdem Aug 2012 #16
I grew up in the 90s being taught that race was no longer a problem... Odin2005 Aug 2012 #18
I am not at all surprised. . . daligirl519 Aug 2012 #19
It saddens me that you're not surprised ailsagirl Aug 2012 #23
Ruminations ailsagirl Aug 2012 #21
Me, too, Patricia. You are a hard-working professional and you deserve respect - at all times. calimary Aug 2012 #29
Excellent post, calimary ailsagirl Aug 2012 #35
I was surprised, though, whathehell Aug 2012 #25
agreed. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #27
+1 nt steve2470 Aug 2012 #30
Same thought here. It wouldn't happen. ailsagirl Aug 2012 #36
No, it wouldn't. whathehell Aug 2012 #37
Guess we won't ailsagirl Aug 2012 #39
Thanks...n/t whathehell Aug 2012 #47
Definitely. ronnie624 Aug 2012 #48
"People Think We've Gone Further Than We Have" seabeyond Aug 2012 #26
Pretty sad. But, in the long run bigots miss a lot of the beauty and love that life has to offer. wake.up.america Aug 2012 #28
I believe this atreides1 Aug 2012 #33
success best medicine for racism..not surprised dropboss11 Aug 2012 #34
Wow, her words just really got to me. Jennicut Aug 2012 #38
I say this all the time Scairp Aug 2012 #40
Am I really to believe that no images or records exist to identify zonkers Aug 2012 #44
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