Are you ever mistaken for a republican?

[senseandsensibility]

I am. That is, until I open my mouth.:9

[gizmo1979]

1. never ever

ever ever ever!

[tk2kewl]

2. nope

[Chovexani]

3. Not even by crackheads

And if you've ever seen me, you'd know why.

(Hint: Not too many black, goth Republicans)

[fishnfla]

4. professional white male

happens to me all the time

I could tell ya' some funny 'gotcha' tales, but it fireworks time ;)

[senseandsensibility]

6. I feel your pain

As a professional white female working in a high minority area, a lot of assumptions are made. But the truth is, I'm much more radical that many of my fellow citizens of color. I think it's shocking to some.

[Rick Myers]

5. never

[realisticphish]

7. I'm

a big, christian white guy from rural ohio, with really short hair and a full beard, i love hockey and football, and own guns.

yes, it happens occasionally ;)

[Lucky Luciano]

8. yea...I am very corporate looking

I attracted so many conservative women for a while and I kept dumping them shortly after they would bring up politics! I guess that if you can attract republicans, then you look it??

[Ekirh]

9. Yes

For some reason my boss thought I was a republican who just happen to suppor Kerry/Edwards.. when I finally asked her why she thought I was a republican she simply replied "Isn't everyone down here". . .

I sort of can't blame her for that opinion. . . Mathews County VA is definitely a dominate Republican town.

[Maddy McCall]

10. I'm white, and I live in Mississippi.

What do you think?

[Rowdyboy]

24. Of course....Every white person in Mississippi ASSUMES that every other

white person is a Republican. Right up until we open our mouths...

[Maddy McCall]

25. What did you think about election results last night?

Huge turnover in the state. Republican incumbents sent home, Democratic candidates elected to mayorial and aldermen positions.

It was a great night for Mississippi Democrats last night. :D

I hung out at the courthouse as results were pouring in. A huge interracial crowd, sharing drinks, cookies, laughs and hugs.

It was a great night for Mississippi last night. :thumbsup:

[Rowdyboy]

30. We re-elected our excellent mayor (2nd black to hold the job....

and he beat the 1st). Jackson got ass-kicking Frank Melton who will do a FABULOUS job and maybe start the road to recovery for "Capitol City". Even my home town of Laurel elected its first black mayor.

Yep-life is good for Democrats down here.

[kanrok]

37. Sweet

[unsavedtrash]

45. white in bama so not only do many think republican but also racist. Until

I start talking.

[iconoclastic cat]

11. Oh, yeah! I camouflage my gothness very well for certain audiences.

After an English Lit class one afternoon, two women came up to me and told me that they were glad that I was becoming a teacher. I was in the middle of thanking them when one of them said, "Just don't teach in Chicago. Those blacks don't want to be educated."

I bit my tongue only because they were in their late 60's, but I did get an emergency call on my cell phone which I absolutely had to take.

[senseandsensibility]

12. Ewww...

Isn't it funny what some bigots/repukes will say when they think they're "among friends?"

[iconoclastic cat]

13. It happens all the damn time.

I really should let them have it some time.

:spank:

[Groggy]

40. our republican neighbors

remarked on how the neighborhood was going downhill with the mexicans moving two doors down and the asians down the street. I wanted to tell her that maybe she and her husband should get to know them...she might actually learn something. I wish I would have. I vowed that if she ever talked that way again I would...but I've never spoken to her since because I cant stand her. I guess she must have thought I was republican..until we put our Kerry sign in our yard last year! I hope it pissed her off..I'm sure it did!

[sundog]

14. hell no

:7

[MrScorpio]

15. Some folks out there think that all military guys love Repubs

Yeah, right

[YankeyMCC]

16. It's funny

My last boss was shocked when we got to talking about non-work stuff one day and he discovered how "hard core liberal" I was.

Others who knew little more about me than the fact that I was in the Air Force are surprised.

Sometimes it's the other way around, people who know me as liberal are surprised to learn I served in the Air Force.

[CatholicEdHead]

17. Yep

white, professional male. It is always nice to see the looks when I start talking.

[ThoughtCriminal]

18. They think it's "Safe" to tell racist bigoted jokes

around me because I'm an upper middle-class white male professional. That sputtering back-pedaling and denials are far more hilarious than the pathetic freeper humor.

[El Fuego]

19. I am.

Like you said, until I open my mouth.

[truthbetold]

20. Pfft.

With my jet black hair and often gothish makeup, not usually.

[Awsi Dooger]

21. Virtually every time I'm playing golf

I head to the course by himself and usually join another group. As a 40ish white male it's inevitable my contemporaries will mistake me for a conservative and make some political remark in that regard. I liked it better when I was a low handicap and could kick their ass.

[Left Is Write]

23. People mistake my husband also.

He's a white male, 30s, white collar management type, surrounded by Bush lovers in the workplace. He gets quite a bit of work done on the golf course (so to speak), and I'm sure they think he's one of THEM.

[Left Is Write]

22. Probably.

Let's face it, I live in a conservative area and I fit the profile. I'm a stay-home mother in a suburban neighborhood, I go to church regularly...I'm sure people think I'm conservative and/or Republican until they get to know me better.

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. No, but I get mistaken for a Democrat ;^)

[senseandsensibility]

35. Ha!

Good one.:-) And are you as insulted as I am when I'm mistaken for a repug?

[GreenPartyVoter]

44. Not really. I get associated with the Commie Pinko Dirtbag wing

of the dems. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. Oh yes....

Until, like yourself, I OPEN my mouth! And then, LOOK OUT!


:nuke:

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Really? Cause I don't see you as looking like a Pub :^)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. You've seen my photo? Silvery hair, blue eyes, nice clothes...

Upper middle class sort...I've had some of my friends tell me that I look a bit conservative. In real life, that is...You probably don't see me this way because you knew I wasn't long before you saw any pics of me...:shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

56. Nope, I just know lots of other progressives who look like you

I live in an upper middle class area that has plenty of progressives.. well not IN it.. but near it. :)

[In_The_Wind]

29. as if

nope ... not even close

[shesemsmom]

31. Never!!!

I'm Female I am 47, married mom of 1 teenager and DEMOCRAT!!!
well known fact.
Democrat borne,
Democrat breed
when I die
I'll die
Democrat dead.
LOL:dem:

[yorkiemommie1]

33. i have it written down

that i'm having a democrat memorial service!!!!! ( no fundies, no bushies )

[shesemsmom]

70. Amen to THAT!!!!

[yorkiemommie1]

32. Never!!!!!!!

and I make sure people know it right off, too.

[nickgutierrez]

34. Not if they've ever talked to me.

I don't really thing I look like a republican, either, but I'm not the one to ask about that. :)

[leftofthedial]

36. frequently, until the first opportunity to say something about politics

then, there is no ambiguity

[swag]

38. yes

daily

[senseandsensibility]

39. Is that you?

Very repub like.:)

[swag]

42. In one pose, yes.

I actually have a much better set of evolving haircuts now, thanks to the Dirty Little Secret Salon, but am rarely pictured suited up. I have been abandoned as a marketing tool, because I don't sell 'em.

On a tangentially tangential note, they have a new system at the Pioneer Courthouse Square Starbucks. They take down your drink name along with "your name," which is just a name that you give them. Today my name was "elbow."

The cashier thought I was making fun of her and sneered.

My precious barrista did not yodel my name for the day.

Nevertheless, my tip was generous, as it always is for anybody who has ever had to slog through the Green Apron Book, of whose pages I've only heard rumors.

[tyedyeto]

41. Oh yes!

I live in Pima County AZ (which is blue BTW), but the town I live in and the one next door where I work is very red and mostly consists of retired folks. Many of whom are Repugs. All I have to do is speak and they know I'm NOT a repug. These people here think that Faux is 'The Word' when it comes to national news.

I was very surprised when I went to see F911 at the local theater and saw how many people were there. It turns out, that many here are independants and often think outside the normal box.

[deadparrot]

43. Yeah...

I'm a Catholic schoolgirl from a rich, white, conservative, religous Midwestern suburb. :)

[foreigncorrespondent]

46. Well...

...I have been accused of being a freeper right here on DU in the past. LOL But in real life, never. Just by talking to me and hearing me speak, they realize my belief in politics is way to the left. :)

[progmom]

47. naw

[LeftyMom]

48. I dressed as one for Halloween once

but other than that, not that I know of.

[trackfan]

49. YES. Especially when I had to wear a suit and tie to work.

Once, a minor political discussion came up, and my boss actually volunteered to others that I was a Republican. When I told her that I was a Democrat, she was shocked.

[orleans]

50. not at all

[6000eliot]

52. I wear a tie to work

But I've never been confused with a republican, thank god!

[Kerrytravelers]

53. My in-laws made that mistake... once

When my now in-laws first saw a pic of me, they told my now-husband I look like a good republican (is there any such thing?)

Mr. kt let them know that I was from a strong Dem family. My maternal grandparents had a bookcase dedicated to the Kennedy's with a framed picture of JFK and RFK.

Nowadays, the peace pin I wear everyday pretty much gives me away! (rethugs hate peace, as we all are quite well aware!)

[Blue_In_AK]

54. I have NEVER been mistaken for a Republican

I've looked like a Democrat my whole life.

[RobbinsdaleDem]

55. Never! However, my husband is.

In his line of work, people just assume he's a Republican, and they start spouting off about Dems in general and, of course, Bill Clinton. My hubby said the other night when he was at a convention dinner, someone started in about Clinton, and hubby just excused himself and left the table. In his personal life, he's quite opinionated, but in his business life, he has to walk carefully so as not to alienate his customers.

[Dervill Crow]

57. I used to be.

One Christmas my department supervisor gave all the born-agan Christians in the department tea towels and the non-born-again people homemade wine. I got both. I don't think it was because she liked me best; rather, it was because she couldn't figure out how to classify me.

[last_texas_dem]

58. Probably

I'm a southern white male, so that's like a 70-percent chance I'm a :puke: right there.

I know I have been mistaken for a Baptist a couple of times, though; those groups are fast becoming basically synonymous, at least among whites, so there you go...

[Lost147]

59. I've only really been polically aware for about 18 months

so I still haven't really come to many confirmed iron beliefs, I'd rather just observe and read before I make any uneducated decisions on what I actually believe. Which is funny because it seems to confuse a lot of people, some throw me in the conservative category but I really don't fit any qualifications of their beliefs, some throw me in the liberal category which I suppose is more fitting if I must be packaged and labeled.

So far my main conclusion is the world of politics is ridiculously confusing...

[hyphenate]

60. Nah

Most of the time, I guess I look pretty non-political, because my main interest all my life has been the entertainment industry. But I'm pretty much recognized for being a liberal within seconds of talking with me. :)

[SarahB]

61. I think so.

I'm a rather femme looking fair-haired WASP with children, so I've had people spew their conservative or racist shit at me assuming I'd agree more times than I want to remember. Errrr... not me. :thumbsdown:

[ghostsofgiants]

62. Well, I wouldn't ghet mistaken for a "Republican" since I'm in Canada...

But I definitely wouldn't be mistaken for a Conservative either. Don't know too many conservatives with dreadlocks and shirts that say things like "socialismo", haha.

[Ladyhawk]

63. The Republicans here just assume everyone else is a Republican, too. n/t

[NewJeffCT]

64. Probably all the time

1) I'm white, male & pretty clean cut with short hair & no body decoratons like earrings or tattoos.

2) I work as an accountant.

[newportdadde]

65. Yes I do all the time. 30ish, clean cut professional in IT.

Even have a good old very short military type hair cut, because I hate working out with long hair. They never guess I grew up very poor on a rural farm with a lifetime voting Democratic father. I live like a King compared to how I grew up... I mean I have a house thats over 1000 sqft with Air conditioning!

Only one person here knows I'm a democrat because she overheard me pissed about Kerrys loss, she turned out to be a Democrat too. My political affiliation as well as religion are two topics I will not discuss at work, to easy to burn bridges and make enemies.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

66. White. Male. Christian. Suburbanite.

And I work in finance...

[Samurai_Writer]

67. Yes, until they see my bumper stickers on my car

I do look quite conservative in normal, every day life, and am soft-spoken as well. People assume I'm conservative (and christian). I love the looks on people's faces the first time they see my stickers, which are:

Bumper Stickers --
Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam
Bring Home the Troops blue ribbon
49% of America Agrees with 99% of the Rest of the World
Jesus Saves! And takes half damage

Window Stickers --
Same Sex Marriage is a Civil Right
Peace sign
Evolve darwin fish
Yin-Yang symbol

[CitrusLib]

68. All the freakin' time!!!

I'm white, from the South and my resume includes several Fortune 100 companies including big Pharma. I currently live in a county that voted overwhelming for Bush. Twice. The county immediately to the south is 72% Republican. I'm a military brat. People do indeed assume much about me.

[Skittles]

69. in Texas often it is just ASSUMED you're a bush bootlicker

I put that to rest quite quickly after meeting someone

[ronnykmarshall]

71. No,

but some times people seem make the mistake and liberal bashing with me in the room.

[jswordy]

72. Never. There is no way. n/t