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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:30 PM Aug 2012

I got this email message from a Republican 'friend' and NO WAY endorse it

but think that if you don't already realize it, these fucking people are nuts.


Proud
to be White!
I have been wondering about why Whites are racists,
and no other race is......

Proud to be White

Michael Richards makes his point...
Michael Richards better known as Kramer
from TVs Seinfeld does make a good point.

This was his defense speech in court
after making racial comments in his comedy act.
He makes some very interesting points...

Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans,
Arab Americans, etc.
And then there are just Americans..
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.

You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'...
And that's OK...
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger,
Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink ..
You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you....
So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah.
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.
You have the NAACP.
You have BET....

If we had WET
(White Entertainment Television),
we'd be racists.

If we had a White Pride Day,
you would call us racists.

If we had White History Month,
we'd be racists.

If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance'
OUR lives, we'd be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce,
and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that??

A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant,
but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships...
You know we'd be racists.

There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US ..
Yet if there were 'White colleges',
that would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March,
you believed that you were marching for your race and rights.
If we marched for our race and rights,
you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange,
and you're not afraid to announce it.
But when we announce our white pride,
you call us racists.

You rob us, car jack us, and shoot at us.
But,
when a white police officer shoots a black gang member
or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law
and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud......
But you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists??

There is nothing improper about this e-mail..
Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
I sadly don't think many will.

That's why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS
in this country.
We won't stand up for ourselves!

BE PROUD
TO BE WHITE!

It's not a crime YET....
But getting very close!

It is estimated that ONLY 5%
of those reaching this point in this e-mail,
will pass it on.





I didn't pass it on to anyone, put this is what they send.


Disgusting and shameful. I told my EX-friend they are now blocked from sending me email. I won't have this shit in my inbox. I also told them if I start to get spammed, I will take appropriate action. Which could be just boiling some noodles. Down the road.

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I got this email message from a Republican 'friend' and NO WAY endorse it (Original Post) DainBramaged Aug 2012 OP
Yawn. n/t reflection Aug 2012 #1
meh DainBramaged Aug 2012 #2
sorry you are "bored." I thought the OP JanMichael Aug 2012 #3
Meant it like "Yawn, reflection Aug 2012 #12
"And then there are just Americans.. " arcane1 Aug 2012 #4
I've seen that before gollygee Aug 2012 #5
That's how I look at it too. Now you know......nt nc4bo Aug 2012 #6
What's amazing is how many read it (here) and don't bother to respond DainBramaged Aug 2012 #7
When that crap gets Fwd:Fwd:Fwd nc4bo Aug 2012 #10
I fact checked it. pintobean Aug 2012 #14
I did that, but it doesn't matter, I was the only Liberal on the list DainBramaged Aug 2012 #15
They don't really think that. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #19
"I won't have this shit in my inbox" pintobean Aug 2012 #8
I am glad he did JanMichael Aug 2012 #9
Not true Old Codger Aug 2012 #11
What's not true? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #13
Gee Old Codger Sep 2012 #40
(SIGH) Did you NOT realize this fucking sent TO ME? Or did you stop reading at the title? DainBramaged Sep 2012 #42
Please explain to your "friend" brindis_desala Aug 2012 #16
Question to your 'friend' ; Why is it grantcart Aug 2012 #17
LOL! Aerows Sep 2012 #41
I've been hearing this bullshit from so called friends for years... MrMickeysMom Aug 2012 #18
Tell him there's a group of like minded individuals he can join. Initech Aug 2012 #20
thanks sportsvission100 Aug 2012 #21
What, exactly, is good? pintobean Aug 2012 #22
What's good about it unless you're a racist pos nc4bo Aug 2012 #25
MIRT got it pintobean Aug 2012 #27
Good riddance! nt nc4bo Aug 2012 #28
What a waste of time. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #32
My latest thought on all these viral emails... Bigmack Aug 2012 #23
At the very very bottom of the op what does it say? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #24
It is so very hard to read.... I had to make 3 tries ... nenagh Aug 2012 #29
That garbage (with updates) has been circulating for decades. Also, Michael Richards NEVER had to.. Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #30
"I didn't pass it on to anyone"...Except that you passed it on to all of us. Thanks. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #31
I had an extended family member text me something totally stupid the other night. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #33
I had a friend send me something equally toxic Mojorabbit Sep 2012 #34
When was the last time ANYONE was called a cracker or a honky? jmowreader Sep 2012 #35
I couldn't read it all. Strega Ribiera Sep 2012 #36
Why isn't there White Entertainment Channel? Hugabear Sep 2012 #37
But....but....but.... rppper Sep 2012 #38
bwahahahahahahahahaha. "It is estimated that ONLY 5%" are morans and racist enough to pass this on? uppityperson Sep 2012 #39

JanMichael

(24,890 posts)
3. sorry you are "bored." I thought the OP
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:35 PM
Aug 2012

was interesting. The poster boring you, btw, has been around a long time.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
12. Meant it like "Yawn,
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:05 PM
Aug 2012

another white person feeling beset upon." But I didn't communicate it properly, which is on me.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
4. "And then there are just Americans.. "
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:41 PM
Aug 2012

Yes, they are called Cherokee and Choctaw and Sioux and the list goes on...

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
10. When that crap gets Fwd:Fwd:Fwd
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:58 PM
Aug 2012

these people are usually so far gone cpr couldn't revive them..

If I'm feeling particularly ornery, I'll grab every email address in the email, including those in the body of the email itself, even if it means copying and pasting 50-75 people, then send back a response that's sometimes factchecking or tell them to KMA, don't send this crap to me again.

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
15. I did that, but it doesn't matter, I was the only Liberal on the list
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:08 PM
Aug 2012

I just hate when these fuckers think sending me this will either impress me or change my mind.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
19. They don't really think that.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:24 PM
Aug 2012

It's just easier for them to forward it to "all," and they're lazy.

I haven't gotten crap like this since 2008 when I started replying to all with my honest feelings on their stupidity. Fixed that up real fast.

As an aside, my extended family - my RW email people - and I still get along. If anything they're more respectful of me, and as my one of them said to my face, don't start it with her, she'll give you a dressing down.

JanMichael

(24,890 posts)
9. I am glad he did
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:54 PM
Aug 2012

I come here for political discussion, and to see what is going on with other Dems...many of whom I have come to "know" over the years. I am interested in what they are reading, or how they are dealing with puke friends and relatives.

 

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)
40. Gee
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 08:54 AM
Sep 2012

Try going to the link, or go to snopes.com yourself and read the info available there which shows that he never said those things in court.

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
42. (SIGH) Did you NOT realize this fucking sent TO ME? Or did you stop reading at the title?
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 02:19 PM
Sep 2012

Holy shit, no wonder shit like this grows legs.





brindis_desala

(907 posts)
16. Please explain to your "friend"
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:14 PM
Aug 2012

that the United States was the first country to grant rights specifically based on "race". Until the middle of the 20th century one had to be designated "white" to enjoy the full rights and privileges of a legal "American" citizen. This at a time when @ 20% of the population was non-European. Then there became the problem of what "white" meant. At the outset the Irish did not qualify, neither did the Greeks or the Italians, (however a fair East Indian might). That would change, but in the process, each subsequent wave of immigrants saw their status enhanced once they "qualified" as sufficiently "white". So in actuality, 'white' does not exist as an actual ethnicity, which is why the use of "black" instead of African/American is a wholly American social construct. There is no need for a "White" America Day because, until civil rights acts of the 1960's, to be recognized as a full and equal "American" the description was implicit.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
17. Question to your 'friend' ; Why is it
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:18 PM
Aug 2012


Why is it that those who stomp around the loudest about being proud to be White, have the least evidence of anything to be proud of?

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
18. I've been hearing this bullshit from so called friends for years...
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:19 PM
Aug 2012

They usually start off saying, "I"m not prejudiced ... BUT...."

I should have saved some of my responses to their FW:FW:FW's, but I'm pretty sure most can imagine what I said.

Join the fucking Ku Klux Klan and burn a cross, why don't you? Fucking knuckle draggers....

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
25. What's good about it unless you're a racist pos
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:37 PM
Aug 2012

and think other racist pos enjoys knowing other racist pos think the same way.

I think it's pathetic.

 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
23. My latest thought on all these viral emails...
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:35 PM
Aug 2012

... is that, if the person knows you, they know you will be offended/upset by it.

And they send it anyway.

That is not the act of a friend.

One warning... ONE warning.

If they do it again, you know they want to offend/upset you.

Why would you continue a friendship (or family relationship!) with a person who does that?

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
24. At the very very bottom of the op what does it say?
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:36 PM
Aug 2012

Mind repeating it.


WHY THE FUCK IS THIS SO HARD????????????


JESUS CHRIST.


READ

nenagh

(1,925 posts)
29. It is so very hard to read.... I had to make 3 tries ...
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 11:28 PM
Aug 2012

The thoughts are so toxic.... It defies imagination that people think this way...

I nearly get a pain around my heart just imagining their thoughts.




 

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)
26. That garbage (with updates) has been circulating for decades. Also, Michael Richards NEVER had to..
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:42 PM
Aug 2012

appear in court to defend his outburst.

Response to DainBramaged (Original post)

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
31. "I didn't pass it on to anyone"...Except that you passed it on to all of us. Thanks.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 11:38 PM
Aug 2012

Let's all post an example of the most racist thing we have ever seen on the internet. That will make DU awesome.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
33. I had an extended family member text me something totally stupid the other night.
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 11:49 PM
Aug 2012

They are a boil on my butt. They think they're not racist, when reality is they're prime pickings for a hate group.

I posted about it here, not to spread the hate/ignorance, but rather looking for kindred souls.

Sometimes thats what DU is for some of us. A haven in the storm of hate and ignorance.

My point is, different people come here for different reasons. Yet, we're mostly all seeking the same goals.

Mojorabbit

(16,020 posts)
34. I had a friend send me something equally toxic
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 01:57 AM
Sep 2012

which included taking away the right to vote from people on welfare. It bothered me for over a week. I could not believe the hate in that email. It made me so sad.
I am sorry you received this horrible dissertation.

Hugabear

(10,340 posts)
37. Why isn't there White Entertainment Channel?
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 03:36 AM
Sep 2012

Because almost EVERY channel is "White Entertainment Channel"

Why isn't there a White History Month?
Because EVERY month is "white history month"

smh, how stupid can these people be

rppper

(2,952 posts)
38. But....but....but....
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 03:55 AM
Sep 2012

....I have friends who are black/Latino/Indian/middle eastern/insert race here.....

If someone has to use a pronoun such as Mexican/black/Pakistani/etc/etc...to describe a "friend", chances are they will never do more for that friend than drop them off at their house and speed out of their neighborhood....

Someone above me on this post hit the nail
On the head with the "most television is geared toward white viewers" comparison...we have MLK day and st. Pats day and all the other diverse holidays because we are a diverse nation, and the term "American way" does not exclusively mean the WASP way....I'm saying this ad an American who can trace his roots to the 2nd Jamestown boats, my father was a 2nd generation Irish American....we are all immigrants here unless you are 100% native American....jeesh, do we even have a holiday honoring them? Ask your closet racist friend that one....

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
39. bwahahahahahahahahaha. "It is estimated that ONLY 5%" are morans and racist enough to pass this on?
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:27 AM
Sep 2012

It reads like The Onion and reminds me of my childhood whine "there is Mothers Day and Fathers Day, why isn't there Kids Day?3 to which the response was of course "EVERY day is Kids Day". "no other race is racist"? HAhahahahahahahahahaha. Good person to block.

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