So I go to nephews Bday Party & freepers were there en masse

[merh]

They drank their beers and they talked about the poor missing rich white girl and how they can't stand to miss any of Faux News coverage of the whole thing.

They drank their beer and they made fun of friends (not in attendence) who had no idea about the missing girl. They drank their beer and they laughed, unable to understand how anyone could miss the leading news story of the day.

They drank their beer and they talked about Michael Jackson and the Faux coverage and the trial and how guilty he was.

But the clincher, the thing that made me loss it, was when they talked about that poor old 80 year old Killien man and how stupid it was that he was given 60 years to serve. How our tax dollars were going to pay for his medical needs now and what a waste of money it was.

Well, I lost it, I loudly interjected that not a one of them had a clue about the medical care was at Parchman and that it ain't no picnic and it's not the quality of care that he would get if he was on the outside, not to mention the quality of care he has been afforded over the last 40 years as he dodged justice -

OH AND YEAH, BY THE WAY HE MURDERED 3 PEOPLE.

Now I know that members of my family will not talk to me for weeks.

It's hell to be the only liberal at a bday party in a red state.

Guess what state I live in! :cry:

[dorktv]

1. Alabama!

[fudge stripe cookays]

2. Dare I guess...

Mississippi?

FSC

[merh]

3. How did you guess?

:cry:

I didn't drink any beers, I guess I should have! :cry:

[fudge stripe cookays]

9. Sorry for the suckiness!

I'm in Texas. Can empathize.

I recently read "We are Not Afraid," an amazing book. Taught me more than I could ever have known about the whole event. And all the figures involved.

I have so much more respect for the bus riders, the lunch counter sitters....I grew up so sheltered, and in a Republican, racist household.

That book gave me nightmares thinking of all the brave people standing up to SO MUCH HATE. It's amazing how many assholes still subscribe to it.

Peace, hon.
Fight the power.
FSC

[merh]

12. Thanks.

I used to wonder as a kid, what would I have done if I had been a young adult during the anti-war movement or the civil rights movement. I don't know if I could have been so brave.

It's very painful to sit and listen to that stuff and not react. In the past, I'm been "reprimanded" for walking away from the conversations. Damned if I do and damned if I don't? :shrug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

30. I've been known to let my emotions take over when confronted with these..

types of assholes.

A friend and I went to one of her acquaintances' apartments once. They (not her) started making fun of whatever black-oriented band was on SNL- I forget who- it was like 1994.

I dealt with enough of this shit from my mom growing up, and just won't do it anymore. I'd recently gotten a job in downtown Dallas, and I was the minority. Everyone I worked with was black, and I considered them my friends.

Hearing this crap set me OFF. And my friend got mad at me later for making a scene. I don't know who I was angrier with. Them, for doing it, or her for defending them.

We have to stick up and be who we are. We are the decent ones here; the peacemakers, the human beings caring for other beings. Don't let it get you down. I'd have done the same thing again, even though this guy was twice my size. I didn't care that it was place. He was still a monumental racist asshole.

FSC :hi:

[merh]

39. I guess there comes a time when we have to decide

if it is even worth it to go to the functions where things like this happen. I know that is how I feel today.

I will never change so why do I think they can change? :shrug:

[Maddy McCall]

4. Hey, sweetie.

Next time I'm on the coast, we'll have some drinks.

I was at the Killen trial. I talked to a member of the prosecution team. He said that Killen's frail act was just that--an act. He said that they had video of Killen mowing his yard two weeks before the trial began.

I've talked to LOTS of people since the trial. All of them, white and black, have agreed that the devil needed to spend the remainder of his life in Parchman.

Indeed, in a recent Zogby poll, 83% of Mississippians supported taking Killen to trial. Don't let anyone tell you that it wasn't a good thing without you telling them that, this time, they are in the minority.

:hug:

[merh]

7. All 17% were at my nephews bday party!

:cry: It was not a good day, the only topic they missed was the confederate flag, but I have been with the same group when they proudly proclaim that it will fly over their house until they die.

My brother's in-laws! :shrug:


:hi: Thanks Maddy! :hug:

[tedoll78]

5. Wait a sec..

what are they doin' over here.. stateside?

Shouldn't they be fighting over in Iraq...?

[merh]

13. Great idea, next party I attend over there, I will bring

recruitment papers. :think:

That's the ticket! Thanks! :bounce:

[Floogeldy]

6. Sounds like nobobdy gives a flying fuck about your Nephew.

B-)

[merh]

10. I was the sober one!

:shrug: But I was also the unreasonable one that insulted people. :-(

[Floogeldy]

14. I'm not criticizing you . . .

None of that political shit should have even been a topic at the young man's party. Sounds like he was not the focus of the celebration that he should have been.



B-)

[merh]

18. That's how they have the parties.

Stock the ice chests, gas up the grill and put out the toys for the kids (slippery slide, blow up pools, slides, etc).

The kids play and the folks visit and talk and talk and talk! :crazy:

[madeline_con]

28. I agree...

A kid's birthday party isn't for all the adults to get shitfaced.

[merh]

35. I agree with you.

Unfortunately, they never will.

Why do you think I remain sober. :freak:

[RevCheesehead]

8. If they won't talk to you,

you know for sure that we will! :hi:

Bless you for speaking out. :hug:

Maybe you should have asked them if they would have preferred if he got the death penalty. :shrug:

Or ask them "did you leave your sheet at home, or is it at the laundry?"

Or remark, "it's amazing you can get your beer to your mouth, with your knuckles way down there on the floor."

Or simply state, "It's obvious you didn't get the MEMO yet." (and leave them wondering what the hell you're talking about.)

[merh]

15. Gee thanks Rev.

:hug: I just had to vent somewhere and you guys are always so willing to listen.

I think that one of the in-laws family members was a part of the klan, the way he acts, it wouldn't surprise me at all.

I wish I had thought of this one:

Or simply state, "It's obvious you didn't get the MEMO yet." (and leave them wondering what the hell you're talking about.)

:rofl:

Thank you for the laughs & the hug!

[RevCheesehead]

16. It's available on a DU T-shirt.

Maybe you should order one, and wear it to the next family gathering. :evilgrin:

[merh]

20. I just might have to do that.

Do they have long sleeved tees?

It will be Thanksgiving before I am invited back to my brother's house. Which would be okay, if it weren't for his two babies that I love so much. The lord knows it hard enough to worry about them growing up in this crazy world, but growing up in this crazy world with freepers as their role models. :scared: I'll have nightmares, I just know it.

[RevCheesehead]

23. Check out the DU store.

Long sleeve, sweatshirt, t's, mousepad, baby clothes, dog clothes, boxers and thongs. Something for everyone. :) :patriot:

[merh]

24. Maybe I'll do my Christmas shopping there.

What every freeper relative should have - a DU shirt with a saying they will never understand! :rofl:

Thanks again Rev! :hug:

[Pool Hall Ace]

31. Oh, I love this line! I would like to use it

when I encounter bigots.

"did you leave your sheet at home, or is it at the laundry?"

[merh]

32. That is a good line

I'm going to try to remember it myself. :eyes:

[LastKnight]

11. my god... its like you take my life...

and put it on the message board for me!

im in south dakota, i am in a similar situation.

[merh]

17. Isn't it horrific!

:scared: It's like being in the twilight zone.

They have their own reality and you really don't want to go to the functions where you know they will be. But if you don't, you aren't a good person, a good sister/brother, a good aunt/uncle, a good whatever. Damned if you do and damned if you don't! :cry:

Here's a hug for you since you have to go through the same thing. :hug:

[LastKnight]

21. i dont even look forward to birthdays, or minor holidays anymore.

hell, sometimes the major ones still suck.

:hug: right back at you.

[Robeson]

19. You Fucking Rock. You are the best......

...Never stop. Never surrender. Good for you.

....:yourock:

[merh]

22. LOL -- thank you

:blush: I don't feel like I did much more than spoke to a bunch of brick walls. They think I am the kook, the member of the family you have to apologize for.

But what the hell - to quote my favorite sweet potato - "I yam what I yam."

Thanks again :hug:

[sasquatch]

25. You need to move to Ohio and hang out with people like me

We'll drink our better beers and make fun of them.
:D:hi:

[merh]

26. LOL

I'm trying to find an island with a cave and internet connection.
:scared: People scare me these days.

But if I am ever in Ohio, I'll stop by for a cold one! :beer: We can make fun of them then.

Thanks :hi:

[madeline_con]

27. "... that poor old 80 year old Killien man ..."

I think it's so great that the one thing he'd planned on being able to get away with, is the thing that will not only haunt him during his last years, but make them miserable.

He deserves it! I hope he burns in hell. There, I said it!

[merh]

29. Yeah, that poor ole 80 year old man

That had the klan surrounding him all during the entire trial. :mad:

[DS1]

33. I wonder what they would've said to someone like me, who

considers it's even unfortunate that I know about this Aruba thing, and still doesn't give a rats' fucking ass about her or anyone involved.

[merh]

36. Oh, I asked them why was this white girl so important.

I pointed out that thousands of people, including small children, are missing and don't get the national coverage that this girl has gotten.

They just said it was important, if it was their child, what did I have against her family, yada yada.

[Wapsie B]

34. Sounds just like my family.

It's not any better up north, believe me. My relatives would probably have different views on Killien than your family, well most of them anyway, but would still rant and rave about politics till the cows came home.

You may feel alone in your family but there are many others out there just like you.

[merh]

37. Oh, I realize the north has the same type of

bigotry. I know I'm not alone and I thank you for posting to remind me.

[GreenPartyVoter]

38. Well done! *hugs*

[merh]

40. thanks

:hi: I appreciate the hugs, I can really use them. :pals:

[GreenPartyVoter]

41. You got 'em! I know how hard it is to be the lone liberal in sight. It

tends to happen when hubby herds me off to his conservative evangelical church.

[merh]

42. Well, back at ya.

:hug: :hug: If you have to deal with this then you deserve hugs too. :hug: