What a disgusting crowd! Update!!

[loyalsister]

Last edited Thu Dec 4, 2014, 02:15 PM - Edit history (1)

NAACP members marching from Ferguson to Jefferson City encountered this crowd. Warning: listening to the taunts may lead to It seems like there is something so terribly wrong with people who behave that way. But, sadly they're probably just a bunch of ordinary, ignorant fools.

[kcdoug1]

1. Yep!

That's Missouri... this is what years and years and years of inbreeding do....Scientist take note.

[loyalsister]

4. I give the marchers a lot of credit for staying classy and not responding

That would have been very hard for me to do.

[nc4bo]

12. Same here loyalsister.

But there is power in numbers and that power is strength and the glue holding us all together through a hateful fire.

[loyalsister]

14. The NAACP is full of people who were trailblazers

They saw some very hard times and a lot of death. Their mantra and priority through this has been to keep people safe. I will catch up with some of them on Fri.

[arcane1]

29. They've had generations of practice, sadly :(

[loyalsister]

32. True

A preacher I heard speak at a rally mentioned that the trailblazers must be in terrible pain. After all that work, some progress, and even the election of a black president, they are still burying black youth.

[Odin2005]

50. MO used to be a slave state. It shows.

[babylonsister]

2. Tried to watch-no volume, and there is here. nt

[loyalsister]

11. Sometimes there's a mute button on the video

It would look like an X where you would usually see the megaphone icon. Maybe that would help.

[Laurian]

3. Sorry, couldn't watch. I've maxed out on disgust today.

I'm sick about these police brutality cases and to think there are those who vocally support these outrageous acts makes me ashamed and feeling hopeless.

[loyalsister]

5. I understand that!

The up side is that the NAACP stayed classy. They are doing a really good job here.

[Strelnikov_]

6. Rosebud, MO

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rosebud,+MO+63091/@38.4998789,-91.395687,10z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87dbe8d5cd27d3e9:0x52e4f448282fd77c

[nc4bo]

7. Times like these make me want to weep for souls.....

and hurt these pieces of shit the same way they try to hurt us.

You know DU, we're really tired............so tired of being treated like this.

We've done nothing wrong but be born and all we want is to live a good life and take care of ourselves and our families.

IS THAT TOO MUCH TO FUCKING ASK???!!!!!!

omg..........

[hopemountain]

31. no, it is not too much to fucking ask!

[loyalsister]

37. Hearing from friends about how all of this effects them is very sobering

One hasn't wanted to leave her home and is very adamant in discouraging her kids and grandkids from being a part of any of the actions because she wants to keep them safe. The idea that it takes effort to be safe in America is completely foreign to me. I learned as an adult that it is not entirely possible for people of color. But, knowing it intellectually is one thing, the full extent of it can only register if it is the life a person lives.

I am baffled that it is still not getting through. I can't begin to estimate what it will take for more white people to make an effort to understand.

[WillyT]

8. K & R !!!

[951-Riverside]

9. I found the whole thing hilarious

It was like going back in time to 1950's America.

It was bizarre and hilarious.

[loyalsister]

10. Since I personally know people who I would not be surprised to find in that crowd

It makes me sad and angry.

[logosoco]

15. It is sad.

I, too, live among some who would think that way.

These are the ones who have been convinced that they have to be fighting against the people who they really are on the same side with. They believe that the black people are living some great life on welfare, and that is why they themselves are having it so hard.
The 1% wants to keep it that way.
I have seen some changes where I live (just southwest of St. Louis), and I think it will keep changing, but there are some deep pockets in this country that may never change.

(Thanks for posting this. I was trying to find info. about that march!)

[loyalsister]

16. I have noticed those attitudes even among occupy protesters in my area

One even told me he's a member of the KKK, and I have every reason to believe him. For some, the 1% just reminds them that there are at least some people to whom they are superior.

[cwydro]

18. I'm glad to say

that I know no one who would be in that crowd.

[Cali_Democrat]

23. For some reason I find that hard to believe

Unless I'm confusing you with another poster, but I don't think I am.

[cwydro]

35. I don't care who you think I am.

I don't know anyone who would be in that crowd.

And yes, I get your (not so subtle) implication.

But I'll ignore it.

[loyalsister]

24. I'm glad that my experience is not universal

No one should have to listen to the hate and drivel that I come across. Keeping my mouth shut at family events can be exhausting.

[hopemountain]

34. the rural valley i live in has many, many very

poor white families and the majority of them would have joined the hecklers. but, the ugliest hateful persons are the handful of working class and wealthy retired. and my own family - & we are working class people of color! i don't understand the hate and the intensity of this hate.

you are so right, loyalsister. it is exhausting. i watched rev. al during the press conference with the garner family and we was very somber and subdued. later, on another program he was strong and focused. his leadership is a true light and it was encouraging to hear his righteous word of truth. (can't remember whether it was lawrence or rachel's program).

[loyalsister]

39. The Rev is awesome

I got rid of cable and he is one I miss. Still catch him in clips occasionally, though.

[nc4bo]

13. I don't see one damn thing funny. Bizarre that this is happening in 2014, yes.

Quite frankly I'm surprised that anyone posting on DU would find it hilarious.

[loyalsister]

21. Bizarre and very depressing

I grew up in the 70s and 80s when there were still a lot of growing pains after the Civil Rights act was passed. My school was still voluntarily segregated and I was discouraged from having black friends. Even as a child it bothered me. As I have gotten older and seen some positive movement forward in that interracial friendship were natural and common. I remember in the mid 2000s, I met someone who told me that she disapproved of interracial dating. I had not heard that from anyone fore so many years that I was stunned. After I mentioned it to a couple of people, I started to think she would be a pariah for thinking that way.
When Obama was elected I was elated. And then he took office and the backlash started. I really was dumbfounded to see how racists so many people in this country are. As evidence and incidents continue to acquire, I feel like we haven't even begun to see just how robust and widespread it is.

[Odin2005]

51. I remember reading that over 90% of people under 35 are OK with interracial marriage...

...but given people's actual racist behavior I wonder if a lot of those people were telling the pollster what they they thought was socially appropriate, not what they actually believed.

[Cali_Democrat]

17. It's not hilarious to black people

It's actually quite scary.

A lot of these folks would like nothing more than blacks to be killed.

Not hilarious at all.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. And yet I find myself with tears of anger in my eyes.

No, there is nothing bizarre and hilarious.

Sick and twisted? Yes.

There are no words... I can't even frigging imagine how that must have felt.

[hopemountain]

38. the only explanation for your insensitive & rude

post is some kind of mind altering episode or, what? why would you post this here, now?

[951-Riverside]

40. Sorry, I'm not going to pretend like I'm all upset over some inbred southern hillbillies...

screaming about Al Sharpton and Welfare.

They look and sound stupid and for me to pretend like I'm all scared and offended gives them power. I'm not going to give these morans power.

[hopemountain]

41. hmmm. are you sure your are not here to incite?

just asking.

[951-Riverside]

42. What is that supposed to mean?

incite who over what?

[KingCharlemagne]

45. Yeah, a regular laugh riot. :sarcasm: - nt

[Jamastiene]

48. There is nothing funny about that. n/t

[LeftInTX]

19. Kick - Sad and disgusting

[ChisolmTrailDem]

22. I am ashamed of this sick sick nation...

[Cali_Democrat]

26. I suggest moving to certain parts of the country where these folks are few and far between

Blue states...coastal areas...etc...

You'll still come across some of the same, but not nearly as many.

America is actually becoming two nations.

[arcane1]

33. Indeed, I've seen a Confederate flag in the window of a San Francisco apartment.

At first I was confused because I hadn't seen one in so long

[loyalsister]

27. I agree ChisholmTrailDem

I love your handle. I am a big fan and was very annoyed when people talked about how the first woman and first African American were running in 2008.

[jillan]

25. Well at least they left their white robes inside.

[loyalsister]

28. There's that

But, I bet a wider lens would have revealed a confederate flag or two.

[Kalidurga]

30. FTP

HTTP^*)(*%*9 NTP **(*%(%((%&$%

[geek tragedy]

36. Why don't Democrats do better with this demographic? There's your answer nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

43. their taunts will remain on the internet forever..with their faces

[brettdale]

44. The first thing I thought was that scene in south park

"They Take our Jobs"

[BootinUp]

46. lol. nt

[JI7]

47. probably the same ones that terrorized the border kids

[Odin2005]

49. God Damn America.

I feel like we are going backwards.

[loyalsister]

52. There is absolutely nothing NOTHING funnyI

Just heard that shots were fired at their bus. I'll post details when I'm back at my laptop.