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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:13 AM Original message |
My grandmother is a racist. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. I decline to extrapolate |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. to imply that im implying all 65+ |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Gee, I must have read that wrong . . . |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. fine, take it as you want |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. ooh, the stereotyping goes on |
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N4457S (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. I Was Raised... |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. My mother is 75 |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. my grandmother is 76 |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. My grandmother will be 101 next month |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. Opposite side of the coin - Almost |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. i have no doubt |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:23 AM Original message |
Most likely yes... They grew up fearing a black man. Hiding their purses |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. i think its fear of retaliation |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Perhaps.. I don't think the white house is going to turn into a |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ouch. I have to admit, |
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gsaguyCLW54 (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. believe me.....theres lots of people who say they will vote for Obama in November.... |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:37 AM Original message |
She probably heard a lot of fearmongering |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. There are many people in this country who are racist |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. shoved down her throat? |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. True racism is the only racism that normally |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. I don't think she is lashing out |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Both Clinton and Obama have been shoved down |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You know, no matter what the race, we all have some "n's" in each one. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. How is stereotyping old, white people any less racist than stereotyping young black people, e.g.? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. You are the only person saying "all old white people" |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. From the OP: "i have no doubt that most of the 65+ crowd vote is based on race in this primary..." |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. Age and geography have a great deal |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. A little compassion might be called for here. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
21. Uhhhhh |
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purji (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
23. You and me both! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. Slap back |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. So was mine, but she was unaware that she was. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. Racism does not belong exclusively to any age group nor to any race. It's an equal opportunity |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. A democrat or a dixiecrat? there is a gigantic difference. nt |
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IowaGirl (539 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
32. Another factor with older women is that they have experienced more sexism which makes them long for |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. But this doesn't mean they are racist. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Y'know, it's weird |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
35. I daresay most white grandmothers are racists by today's standards |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
36. I saw a thirty something guy saying he "just doesn't want to vote for a colored man". |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. Learn the scientific method. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. So is my granfather, although we have not talked about this election yet |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. One of mine was too... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Most people I know are racist and they aren't shy about it either |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. How do you think that this will affect an Obama candidacy in the GE? |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. right there with you |
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