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Tue Feb-05-08 09:49 PM
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Is "traditional, blue collar, working class" a codeword for racists? |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:39 PM
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It is the code name for CORE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND VOTERS.....something Obama wouldn't know anything about!
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it is a racist code phrase for blue people.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:51 PM
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5. Alert: Flame bait, race baiting |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:54 PM
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:51 PM
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7. I thought it was code for "Union" |
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Which, in turn, is code for "Commie"
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:52 PM
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I KNEW IT!!!
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I keed, I keed
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:51 PM
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9. no. sometimes a cigar is just a cigar |
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and sometimes it's a small prop in a Clinton/Lewinsky morality play.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:52 PM
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Edited on Tue Feb-05-08 09:55 PM by billbuckhead
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:08 PM
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44. That's not fair or true. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:52 PM
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13. What caused this question to be asked? |
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For the record, my belief is strongly no.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:52 PM
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14. No, to me it's code word for "likely to be minorities or disadvantaged whites" ! |
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Or, like someone else has said, code for "union".
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:52 PM
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I guess everyone who doesn't vote for Obama is now classified as a 'racist?' Interesting.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:55 PM
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26. Hell, yes! That's what they've been saying since NH. |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:53 PM
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but NASCAR fan is. Not my code word incidentally. I'm just sayin'.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:53 PM
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19. I thought redneck was? nt |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:53 PM
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20. In Dayton, it means you're black. n/t |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:54 PM
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21. And what is the code word for the Southern States with the AA vote? |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:54 PM
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:54 PM
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23. I dont think so - people who work with their hands, factory, union that type of thing is blue collar |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:55 PM
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25. No! It simply means that Hillary is winning the beer drinker and Barak is winning |
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the wine drinkers. There are plenty of wine drinkers who are racist and plenty of beer drinkers who are not racist.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:57 PM
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:15 PM
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47. What did I say that was dumb (seriously....I wasn't trying to be contentious) |
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I was just saying that you have racism--and lack of racism--in all groups.
As for the "beer drinkers vs. wine drinkers," I'm just saying what many analysts have been pointing out. Hilary is winning in more blue-collar areas, whereas Barak is winning with the more suburban white-collar voters. I honestly wasn't trying to bash anyone or imply that there was something right or wrong with any of the supporters for either candidate.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:56 PM
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28. I'm blue collar and working class so you might want to back the fuck off |
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Edited on Tue Feb-05-08 09:56 PM by Hoof Hearted
if that's what you're trying to imply. Edited to add my photo of the night. Because I like it.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:56 PM
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29. It is as opposed to college education, higher income |
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It is the Democratic base.
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:59 PM
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33. You can still have a college education and have a blue collar job-maybe you work as a mechanic - |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:10 PM
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46. Yes, I know I was being extremely simplistic |
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Tue Feb-05-08 09:56 PM
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30. Is "rebellious, white collar, leisure class" a codeword for good people? n/t |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:00 PM
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37. now this is getting to be baiting - white collar usually means office job |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:03 PM
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:02 PM
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38. Blue-collar worker is an idiom |
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referring to a member of the working class who performs manual labor and earns an hourly wage. Blue-collar workers are distinguished from Tertiary sector of industry service workers and from white-collar workers, whose jobs are not considered manual labor. However, some service workers are also often referred to as blue-collar workers. Traditionally, white-collar workers earn a monthly or annual salary rather than an hourly wage, although paying white-collar workers by the hour is an increasing practice, especially among independent tech contractors. Blue-collar work may be skilled or unskilled, and may involve manufacturing, mining, building and construction trades, law enforcement, mechanical work, maintenance, repair and operations maintenance or technical installations. The white-collar worker, by contrast, performs non-manual labor often in an office; and the service industry worker performs labor involving customer interaction, entertainment, retail and outside sales, and the like. Some service industry workers differ as they perform tasks that are mostly unskilled in the service sector. Boston is a blue collar town (Neal is right).
Just wanted to reemphasize from above: Boston is a blue collar town.
Source: Wikipedia
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:04 PM
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41. Ahem - that's what I said with less words :) |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:00 PM
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Especially not in the Dem party. But among the working class racism is more predominant than in say a more highly educated demographic. That's not to say they are all racists or anything, it just exists a little more. Same way that you could say racism is more predominant in the South, but being a Southerner alone doesn't exactly make somebody a racist.
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:00 PM
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36. No, it's code for "one paycheck from poor" |
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Edited on Tue Feb-05-08 10:01 PM by McCamy Taylor
which is the result of 8 years of Dumbya
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:02 PM
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39. hee hee - good one McCamy |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:07 PM
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42. Any Caucasian who doesn't vote for Obama is racist, right? |
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Isn't that what you really mean?
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:07 PM
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43. No I really don't think so. nt |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:16 PM
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48. NO..I know minorities that fit in that category |
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Tue Feb-05-08 10:28 PM
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49. No, Blue Collar refers to working class as opposed to |
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White Collar Workers.
Blue Collars often in the past associated Unions Workers and Base of the Denocratic Party.
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