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'The state's leading conservative outlet.' Well, there you have it. freshwest Oct 2014 #1
He just put to print what 99% of conservatives already believe anyway... Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #26
And sadly some DUers too! Racism is not confined to the right. We've witnessed it right Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #30
"We've witnessed it.....in the Democratic Party." Please tell me you're not serious. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #33
You just alerted on her - right? JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #36
I never ONCE said that it didn't happen, period. Not once. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #38
You've told me before you are pretty young JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #40
I'll admit I was a little harsh in the title of my reply. I apologize..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #42
So if you never once said that it did not happen, thank you. But if you admit that Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #110
I'm sorry, but..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #112
No one suggested that racism on DU or the Democratic Party is widespread. No one Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #115
"No one suggested that racism on DU or the Democratic Party is widespread." That is absolute B.S. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #118
Really, I'm done with you. Let's just agree to disagree on this issue. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #121
Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #124
who can you heaven05 Oct 2014 #134
Re: "And your deflection into reverse racism is laughable and transparent". AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #135
what ever you say heaven05 Oct 2014 #151
Help me out here ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #159
I would think heaven05 Oct 2014 #161
Interesting ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #158
Impossible heaven05 Oct 2014 #133
It's more than that ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #157
It figures heaven05 Oct 2014 #48
What do you mean by this isn't 'The Democratic Party' circa 1954? bravenak Oct 2014 #65
..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #68
I would like you to consider the possibility that. bravenak Oct 2014 #74
Just unlucky or misunderstood ??? Wtf ? Can see why you were banned from forum wtf? lunasun Oct 2014 #81
See Post #79 for context. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #82
??? heaven05 Oct 2014 #86
I'll give you a perfect example of racism in the Democratic Party--a RECENT example-- Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #114
Exceptions don't prove the rule, Stalwart. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #116
You don't get to say what racism is and is not. If someone is being stopped for Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #119
Notice the language ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #168
again with the exception BS? heaven05 Oct 2014 #153
Re: your crime statement: With regard to population percentages, they do. 7962 Oct 2014 #144
Also JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #147
I'm sure heaven05 Oct 2014 #154
Here's the problem with the statistical argument ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #170
The original poster mentioned pure numbers not percentages 7962 Oct 2014 #174
Okay, let's take those pure numbers ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #176
True; know your surroundings. 7962 Oct 2014 #177
Very true ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #178
My question is ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #166
He decides what is real for us is what I assume. bravenak Oct 2014 #167
Thats a pretty darn good way of looking at it, too. 7962 Oct 2014 #173
please tell me you are not serious noiretextatique Oct 2014 #80
AverageJoe90, are you a person of color? Yes or no? Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #109
Does it matter? AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #111
Yes it does matter because if you are not a person of color, then you are not Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #117
I'd like a straight answer, please. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #120
If I'm spreading B.S. and doing all these things you say, REPORT ME!!!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #122
SHUT UP Number23 Oct 2014 #138
I like your pre-edit version better ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #171
Thanks. I think I do too Number23 Oct 2014 #182
After 9k posts you should know better. /nt Ash_F Oct 2014 #172
Your post survived a jury JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #37
Juror #3's is totally facepalm-worthy, btw. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #41
I was in on that decision JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #43
thanks heaven05 Oct 2014 #50
That was jarriing to read JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #64
I found the thread JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #77
I left a response on heaven05 Oct 2014 #87
I did get it JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #89
not likely heaven05 Oct 2014 #90
Ahhh there go those JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #91
mommieeee!!!!! heaven05 Oct 2014 #92
This message was self-deleted by its author AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #94
Heh. Just notice that cretinous little troll that alerted on my post was shown the door WEEKS ago Number23 Oct 2014 #146
Yet JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #148
Heaven is not a host of the AA forum and had nothing to do with your banning. Number23 Oct 2014 #139
I have to laugh at the nonsense sometimes. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #53
+10000 heaven05 Oct 2014 #44
truth hurts heaven05 Oct 2014 #49
"Truth"? If that was truth, then Jimmy Carter is a fuckin' Teabagger.....(edited) AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #79
It was not heaven JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #85
I just *now* realized I had him confused with a certain other individual. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #93
Not Number23 either JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #95
That's not what I saw. This is the message I got from the Automated Message system: AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #99
There are several hosts in the group JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #102
"I'm sorry - but I don't lick heels. It's not in my nature." Me neither. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #104
"decent and thoughtful" heaven05 Oct 2014 #107
At least I've (indirectly) admitted to keeping an open mind. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #113
Prove to the Admin JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #123
Shouldn't be at all hard to do. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #125
Go ahead JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #127
Well, emotionally mature self-reflection ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #130
That's it in a nutshell.nt bravenak Oct 2014 #143
My "personal agenda" is to see as little of you on this web site as is humanly possible Number23 Oct 2014 #140
OH GMAFB.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #55
nope heaven05 Oct 2014 #59
yep...this is a stupid attack on Dem. and DU VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #61
of course not heaven05 Oct 2014 #62
exceptions do not make the rule... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #78
Feel free to alert me and have me banned, then! You'll fail because you know that Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #69
NOOOO YOUR claim is the utter bullshit! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #76
Forget about it. "Liberal Stalwart" was just here to cause trouble anyway, it seems. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #83
yeah some people is right VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #88
Some people hold grudges JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #96
yepper heaven05 Oct 2014 #97
some people also have good memories and whose VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #101
yep sure do heaven05 Oct 2014 #103
some of us are.. VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #105
just saying heaven05 Oct 2014 #106
not if its a one way street.. VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #129
yours is heaven05 Oct 2014 #132
actually mine another Democrat on Pennsylvania Avenue... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #136
so you hope heaven05 Oct 2014 #149
WTF are you talking about???? VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #156
well, we're on heaven05 Oct 2014 #160
I am not writing a book...perhaps you are . VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #162
good day to you heaven05 Oct 2014 #163
whatevs.. VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #164
Then, report me! Report for slander. Report me for offending the entire Democratic Party. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #108
don't lose it heaven05 Oct 2014 #131
exceptions do not make rules... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #137
????? heaven05 Oct 2014 #150
actually not surprised in the least that YOU VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #155
Oh I get it, I totally get what I'm dealing with here. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #179
a "good many" is subjective and doesnt mean a majority VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #181
As always! You know it! We know the truth, and Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #180
True. True. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #71
Allow me to translate: XemaSab Oct 2014 #145
hit the nail on the head heaven05 Oct 2014 #165
Further translation. kwassa Oct 2014 #169
There's a reason why that post wasn't alerted on XemaSab Nov 2014 #183
Thanks to you and Talking Points Memo vlakitti Oct 2014 #2
Agreed. bvf Oct 2014 #14
Small point JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #63
You are absolutely right and I apologize vlakitti Oct 2014 #67
That's okay JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #73
Ohhhhh Poor Don Surber.. Poor little thing. he had to watch Protests and Police Brutality and he Cha Oct 2014 #3
They're feigning ignorance Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2014 #4
Yeah.. like "Who us?!" Cha Oct 2014 #5
+1 merrily Oct 2014 #51
Your short comment must be the most insightful of all the comments I've read. Any KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #84
Affected their reputation? Reputation as what? theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #10
disturbing Skittles Oct 2014 #6
Let me guess, their subscriptions will increase from more crazies buying the paper davidpdx Oct 2014 #7
Yeah, more fishwraps and birdcage liners. Aristus Oct 2014 #19
Sick. Scuba Oct 2014 #8
I Won't Be Surprised billhicks76 Oct 2014 #9
Hell's bells... czarjak Oct 2014 #11
Cue shitstorm of whiny poutrage about how "oppressed" this guy is, and the 1st Amdt. hatrack Oct 2014 #12
Hell, I'm surprised maxrandb Oct 2014 #15
It was one hell of an audition SnowCritter Oct 2014 #21
Looks Feral Child Oct 2014 #13
just sad heaven05 Oct 2014 #16
The black Kenyan Muslim in the White House and people have lost their fucking minds! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #31
These fuckers don't even feel the need to use dog whistles anymore. bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #17
They never did. We all knew what "welfare queen" was. No one had to spell it out for us. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #32
I could say alot of things, but I won't. Shame on WVA. Has Surber been fired yet? sinkingfeeling Oct 2014 #18
This is the very dangerous tack taken by right wing thugs, mountain grammy Oct 2014 #20
Column negoldie Oct 2014 #34
"selling racism to the hillbillies" Psephos Oct 2014 #39
I find a lot of irony here theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #58
Hillbillies? Oh, you mean people like me? theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #57
When I put it up here JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #66
"Perhaps it's an understanding of what it feels like." theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #72
hhhhmmm heaven05 Oct 2014 #47
Horrible, inexcusable. Surber should be fired by the publisher/editor asap. Very disturbing, appalachiablue Oct 2014 #22
Fired? - hell, no packman Oct 2014 #23
He's got a face for radio. 7962 Oct 2014 #25
Oh my JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #142
I can't comment on this due to my personal moratorium; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #24
yep heaven05 Oct 2014 #45
When are the death-threatening drunk drivers of vehicles displaying the Confederate flag vkkv Oct 2014 #27
no time soon heaven05 Oct 2014 #46
They're still publishing his columns as of today Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2014 #28
Well, that was totally expected theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #29
Well, given that this is a conservative paper, in W.V., no less, I can't say I'm surprised. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #35
True. A lot of conservatives are closet racists. Don Surber came out of the closet. Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #54
Most these days heaven05 Oct 2014 #60
Yes, and many of the Teabaggers have power in Congress. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #70
Vile, him AND his paper. Vile and shameful. merrily Oct 2014 #52
I hope to hell he'll get fired soon sakabatou Oct 2014 #56
Contacts for the paper, who are hoping they can ride this out Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2014 #75
thank you heaven05 Oct 2014 #98
Writer fired for calling Mike Brown an animal who needed to be put down Eugene Oct 2014 #100
Justice is served. Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2014 #126
The best thing to come out of this thread. Number23 Oct 2014 #141
Many jobs await him. WhoWoodaKnew Oct 2014 #152
Perhaps Hannity's buddy Hal Turner is hiring. bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #175
calling any youth an animal pretty much is a sign of surber's racist slant i would think samsingh Oct 2014 #128
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