Racist fear mongering begins

[mtowngman]

Really sad too. My brother-in-law told a story the other night about a neighbor who was in a convenience store and was supposedly approached by a young, black gangsta type who demanded 50 cents. When the neighbor refused, the kid supposedly told him, "That's ok. When Obama's president we'll be taking all y'all motherfuckers money.

I asked and, yes, sadly my brother-in-law sincerely buys into this.

[Orrex]

1. Well, this motherfucker ain't got much money for him to take

Thanks in large measure to the current motherfucker in the Whitehouse.


I'm sorry to tell you that your brother-in-law is an asshole.

[mtowngman]

2. me too, on both counts. n/t

[aquart]

4. And you say that on the theory you could never get his vote anyway?

So we've abandoned that reaching across the aisle and working with our opponents thingie?

And Obama has such a clear lead in the polls that he doesn't have to worry about tossing any potential vote?

So you keep insulting your fellow Americans instead of acknowledging their anxieties and dealing with them. It's so much simpler and less complex for you that way. Like eating pablum instead of steak and salad.

You dismissed that man's fears by calling him a "racist." You labeled him without knowing a thing about him or his life. That, my dear, is called prejudice.

[Orrex]

7. Who the hell are you talking to?

I didn't call him a racist; I called him an asshole. Based on the information at hand (i.e., in the OP) that assessment was well-justified.

If I had concluded that anyone who wouldn't vote for Obama is a racist, then that would be prejudice.


I don't usually respond to non sequitur posts, but it's a quiet night and I had the time, so I figured, why not?

[mtowngman]

12. I do beleive the story was an exaple of racism, I think I said that

it was really sad too. I'm not getting what part of that equates to my thinking that we have such a clear lead that we can throw away any votes:shrug:

[gordianot]

3. My hope is people will just get tired of this crap and ignore it.

[aquart]

5. Not if they get called "racist" everytime they try to mention their anxieties.

They'll just get more afraid.

[blondeatlast]

6. Edit: nevermind. nt

[mtowngman]

8. I didn't think the story itself was true when I heard it, the truth is

however, that I was told the story.

[blondeatlast]

9. Sorry, I realize that, that's why I pulled the post. nt

[mtowngman]

10. sorry, replied before you pulled it. nt

[blondeatlast]

11. I've done that many times myself. No worries. nt

[Orrex]

19. If you two don't stop being so goddamned polite, I'm totally going to fuck this place up

That's so me...

[mtowngman]

20. Oh,please feel free, anything I can do to help? nt

[blondeatlast]

22. Fuck you!

Feel better now? :hug: ;) :evilgrin: :hi:

[Orrex]

24. Whew! Now that's more like it!

Thanks for bringing me back to reality!

[ck4829]

13. I've heard this several times

And on the Internet, it's just plain pathetic with white conservative keyboard commandos trying to pose as black people (And you'd have to be an idiot to not tell it's a bunch of keyboard freepers) saying the story you just told.

[mtowngman]

15. the sad part is that too many people hear this stuff and truly

believe it. Look what fear mongering did in the '04 election.

[texastoast]

16. It's one of the tricks the repuke think tanks train their lackeys to do

And a lot of repuke emailers pass it on, and far be it from checking snopes before they do. The groupthink kicks in and they do not WANT to know the facts. This will prove to be one of our biggest challenges again during this election. And the real bottom line question is how to effectively deal with racism, rationally address legitimate anxieties, and have a win-win result.

[mtowngman]

18. add voter fraud to the mix and the challenge becomes huge

It makes me think of the part in the movie re-count where they find a black pastor with a similar name to a convicted felon and don't allow him to vote. Then they discover that there could have been 20,000 such cases.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Some of our African American kids at school have said similar things

One of them told me his grandma said that when Obama is president they can kill all the white people.

[texastoast]

17. Racism comes in all colors

At least that is what my experience has been. Like abuse. It's just another form of abuse--emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical--that knows no race nor class distinctions.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

28. Yeah, right.

[Skittles]

21. that story rings completely and utterly FALSE n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

25. Gosh, but I believed it! And the "whitey" video!

and... he's a manchurian Muslim!

[Bigmack]

23. After the royal fucking the US....

has taken over the last 8 years, I'll gladly give the guy the 50 cents.... in fact, I'll make it a buck. If I have it.

I'm not voting for any white person this year!

[uppityperson]

26. Is this the latest in "someone someone knows" microwave stories?

The cousin of my haircutter told me a friend of his.....?

[Mz Pip]

27. I doubt this really happened.

Sounds like that "My friend's brother-in-law's best friend was in the ER when Richard Gere was came in with a gerbil up his butt."

Someone knows someone who talked to someone who was around when someone said something, is not a verification of anything.

[LeftinOH]

29. ..and as it turned out: There was nest of deadly spiders in her beehive hairdo!!!!