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Orrex

(63,213 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2024, 09:49 PM Mar 26

Met a 70-something white man today [View all]

In declining health, uses a wheelchair most of the time. By his own assertion he lives on full disability and hasn't worked in 20+ years.

And he would not fucking shut up about immigrants taking all the jobs.

I had to interact with him for close to an hour, and he started on his rant about 10 seconds after I got there, and he continued uninterrupted until I shut the door as I was leaving.

Once or twice he complained about how hard it is for him to renew his benefits, but "illegals cross the border and get all kinds of government handouts."

Well, at least we can guess where he gets his material.

What continues to astound me about Reichwing racist asshats isn't that they exist, but that they invariably assume that everyone agrees with them. At least, everyone in the "correct" demographic, of course.

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Met a 70-something white man today [View all] Orrex Mar 26 OP

Someone tried that with me...I stood up to him...he shut up! Karadeniz Mar 26 #1

I was, let us say, a captive audience Orrex Mar 26 #7

I worked at a radiation cancer treatment center duhneece Mar 26 #29

Hit #71 today. Kill me if I ever become like that person. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 26 #2

HAPPY BIRTHDAY My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 26 #4

I have the same request Orrex Mar 26 #8

Older I get, the more left I am. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 26 #20

Very well put! Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 27 #37

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, and a wonderful coming year. niyad Mar 26 #16

Well, Happy Birthday. LoisB Mar 26 #17

A birthday wish from me. pandr32 Mar 26 #19

Thanks for the kind words! OAITW r.2.0 Mar 26 #22

Yes, happy birthday and many more! Nt spooky3 Mar 26 #31

I turn 74 DAY AFTER tomorrow! ShazzieB Mar 26 #24

Backatcha! OAITW r.2.0 Mar 26 #26

Happy birthday in a few minutes! Nt spooky3 Mar 26 #32

Actually it's another 24 hours! ShazzieB Mar 27 #38

Happy Birthday FHRRK Mar 28 #46

💐🫶🏽💐 blm Mar 26 #25

Happy Birthday, OAITW! calimary Mar 27 #35

I hit 72 last week. Count me in, too. DFW Mar 28 #47

I suspect a dementia epidemic Ponietz Mar 26 #3

Dementia caused by Faux Noise and Hate Radio FakeNoose Mar 26 #10

Many young farts think the same Ponietz Mar 26 #15

I think you're on to something. Seriously. harumph Mar 26 #21

I think that Republicans, in every State of the Union, are hoping they get 1 more cycle before they implode. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 26 #27

Attacking public health started with Reagan Ponietz Mar 27 #40

I wonder if his caretakers are all white native-borns viva la Mar 26 #5

I suspect that he edits his commentary to suit the perceived audience Orrex Mar 26 #9

Washington county MotownPgh Mar 26 #18

Welcome to the DU. A really good place for a kind person like you 🤗 Deuxcents Mar 26 #33

LOL, he's voting for and supporting the exact people who FSogol Mar 26 #6

IKR? Orrex Mar 26 #11

Wrong demographic. usonian Mar 26 #12

I guess from your post you had to stay and take the abuse to finish your job. The geezer must have really mitch96 Mar 26 #13

It always blows my mind that they have no idea of the power dynamic at play Orrex Mar 26 #34

Sorry you have to put up with that stuff. At least you run into fellow liberals, as well. electric_blue68 Mar 28 #44

I would have said Beachnutt Mar 26 #14

I'm 70 and I'm as white as Opie Taylor. Mr.Bill Mar 26 #23

I feel it's because odins folly Mar 26 #28

My sister-in-law . . . AverageOldGuy Mar 26 #30

I'm 73. Turbineguy Mar 27 #36

I'm 75. murielm99 Mar 27 #39

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 27 #41

Are you always so polite?? GP6971 Mar 27 #42

Take your own advice. Cha Mar 27 #43

On rare occasions as a white woman I've had racist comments said to me by men... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #45

Ugh. I'm sure that the dynamic is much worse for women Orrex Mar 28 #48