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paleotn

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65. Very well said....

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 07:34 PM

Jul 2024

Reminds me of when I was teenager. Hostage crises in Iran. The general memes going around (we didn't know what memes were back then) about Middle Easterners. You can imagine. My paternal uncle, one of the family's unofficial historians, stopped me once and said "Those people had some of the most advanced civilizations on earth when our people were running around in rags, living in squalid stone and thatch hovels, stealing each other's cattle. So show a little damn respect." That rebuke left a mark and stuck with me. The British isles were the ass end of the civilized world for quite a while.

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Has he run out of ethnic groups to insult yet? Ocelot II Jul 2024 #1

IMHO he's barely gotten started Retrograde Jul 2024 #11

Very well said.... paleotn Jul 2024 #65

Is JD still playing Cowboys and Indians? no_hypocrisy Jul 2024 #2

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LOL!! LeftInTX Jul 2024 #16

Orson could mesmerize, JD only puts 'em to sleep. oasis Jul 2024 #20

Paging Dr. Nerdlove BoRaGard Jul 2024 #27

What a great description of that twerp. llmart Jul 2024 #52

Wow...just wow... keep_left Jul 2024 #83

Vetting by his boys? LiberalFighter Jul 2024 #19

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He's thrilled to be with Vancy Pants Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #53

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Today I saw him called the Ron DeSantis of Sarah Palin's TheKentuckian Jul 2024 #84

"Discover a new continent". Aristus Jul 2024 #4

The Vikings were here hundreds of years before Columbus. Deuxcents Jul 2024 #55

Absolutely no words...none I can use here anyway! PortTack Jul 2024 #5

Ignorant and unempathic are two I would start with, but not stop there. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #51

Vile human. Trump picked a real winner with livetohike Jul 2024 #6

Self-sabotage, let him keep going. Clouds Passing Jul 2024 #8

He spouts ignorance like a professional. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #9

He IS a professional republican, so yeah, ignorant. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #17

Exactly Solly Mack Jul 2024 #82

I realize the playing field was different, but why didn't Tim Ryan expose this guy in the 2022 Senate race? Raven123 Jul 2024 #10

Good question. yardwork Jul 2024 #15

He was too busy throwing footballs at televisions Xavier Breath Jul 2024 #67

The great white dopes Blue Owl Jul 2024 #12

You win! Dem2theMax Jul 2024 #43

This should hurt him in MI, WI, and MN. yardwork Jul 2024 #14

Not to mention Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, the Dakotas, and even in lost causes like Oklahoma Botany Jul 2024 #35

Right, I forgot about AZ. I was thinking just of swing states. yardwork Jul 2024 #50

Here in MN we have a Native American lieutenant governor, Ocelot II Jul 2024 #38

That is awesome! yardwork Jul 2024 #47

It should hurt him all over, so to speak. yorkster Jul 2024 #41

To be clear, hurt him politically. yorkster Jul 2024 #42

And if you want to needle him further Vogon_Glory Jul 2024 #46

Oooh. Good point. They were the first Europeans to "discover" the continent. yardwork Jul 2024 #48

And his wife is fine with this racism? MagickMuffin Jul 2024 #18

She looks tired and old Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #25

Melanie and Usha prove mercuryblues Jul 2024 #57

Duzy! dchill Jul 2024 #77

Vance's wife is American, radius777 Jul 2024 #86

Vance told his wife Linda ladeewolf Jul 2024 #78

Pig is right Bitbit Jul 2024 #21

Of course he did malaise Jul 2024 #22

Does anyone ever bring this up in person to him ? JI7 Jul 2024 #23

He has the charisma of a turd. Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #24

But turds can be used for fertilizer. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #29

Yeah turds are at least beneficial to the Earth. Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #79

Paging Dr. Turdlove BoRaGard Jul 2024 #31

Remember Dubya's guy, Turdblossom? keithbvadu2 Jul 2024 #37

Yuk Lulu KC Jul 2024 #28

Keep digging you doughy pantload. MontanaMama Jul 2024 #30

Yuk. Lulu KC Jul 2024 #32

Low-life scum with a Yale degree dalton99a Jul 2024 #33

He's so thoroughly dislikable. Joinfortmill Jul 2024 #34

JD vance: "Of course Joe Biden is the first president to pay it any attention.".. riversedge Jul 2024 #36

Indigenous People's Day is a satisfactory replacement for Columbus Day Vogon_Glory Jul 2024 #39

JD, then you'll agree that Christmas is a fake holiday. Right? keithbvadu2 Jul 2024 #40

What an asshole MustLoveBeagles Jul 2024 #45

What Was It That Tennessee Repuke Said About Harris? GB_RN Jul 2024 #49

Vance is determined to make skin crawl all across the nation. polichick Jul 2024 #54

"Pig" was the first word that came to mind when I read this. SalviaBlue Jul 2024 #56

He really is a very special kind of fucking stupid nt Javaman Jul 2024 #58

Here's a meme for him Wednesdays Jul 2024 #80

Another reason tfg chose him duncang Jul 2024 #59

Vance is one of those people you want to see on the back of the milk carton during breakfast. roamer65 Jul 2024 #60

From my youth I remember a song but not the lyrics well. GreenWave Jul 2024 #61

Ummm....Crazy Horse was Oglala Sioux Bayard Jul 2024 #71

A group in Canada is all I can remember GreenWave Jul 2024 #85

As someone who lived and worked on an Rez for almost 7 years could I just say GusBob Jul 2024 #62

Mad Anthony Wane also put down the Whiskey Rebellion comradebillyboy Jul 2024 #63

"Columbus was accused by some of his contemporaries of significant brutality " DBoon Jul 2024 #64

you know what was a fake holiday? Skittles Jul 2024 #66

Does he know that Native Americans vote? IronLionZion Jul 2024 #68

"Hi, I'm JD Vance... BaronChocula Jul 2024 #70

Vance is a complete and total asshole, Bayard Jul 2024 #72

Columbus never set foot on North America. yellowcanine Jul 2024 #73

Keep it up vance, people need to know what utter shitstains you are... spanone Jul 2024 #74

What century is he living in? ananda Jul 2024 #76

During the war Vance was referring to, Native Americans were "the Enemy" maxsolomon Jul 2024 #81