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In reply to the discussion: A large majority of the Republicans I've known personally have been racist. [View all]CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)17. Bet they don't feel that way when they have a bad experience with a white person.
Which when you think of it, is way more likely, since there are more white people than black people. But hey, if the person is white, it's an isolated incident of one asshole, but if the person is black, it's indicative of all black people.
Years ago before Denis Miller went right wing, he said, "It's stupid to hate someone for the color of their skin, when if you spend just five minutes talking to them, you'll find plenty of valid reasons to hate them." It's sort of a misanthropic take on racism.
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A large majority of the Republicans I've known personally have been racist. [View all]
DanTex
Jul 2019
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I've pretty much found the same to be true. Often not overtly apparent, but it is there ...
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#1
A little off topic, I just heard Rush Limbaugh use the expression, "Conservative intelligentsia."
spike jones
Jul 2019
#33
Yeah, same here. I find him so outrageous I sometimes listen to him, but pissed off the whole time!
RKP5637
Jul 2019
#53
I think that's why I listen, because I find it so outrageous that people actually believe it
dewsgirl
Jul 2019
#60
I used to do that when someone would make me mad enough, I would clean like crazy.
dewsgirl
Jul 2019
#61
"It's not FAIR! Rich white people have to BRIBE AND PAY to get their kids into good colleges!"
dawg day
Jul 2019
#54
Agree. They may not be lynch mob racists, but they are fine with gerrymandering, oppose affirmative
Hoyt
Jul 2019
#6
The one girl I knew from catholic school who was a repuke was a racist been then
kimbutgar
Jul 2019
#13
I see no reason to cut people like that any slack, regardless of how many years have passed.
Paladin
Jul 2019
#45
Bet they don't feel that way when they have a bad experience with a white person.
CrispyQ
Jul 2019
#17
Problem is, much of the apathetic voting base are made up of avid white supremacists.
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2019
#27
*** DIET RACIST *** are the ones who are the most cowardly. They can't be full out racist because of
uponit7771
Jul 2019
#28
It may be true that not all republicans are racist, yet it seems all racists & bigots are republican
RestoreAmerica2020
Jul 2019
#40
A large majority of the white people I've known personally, including me, have been racist.
TygrBright
Jul 2019
#42
A number of the republicans I know or represent are republicans for economic reasons
Gothmog
Jul 2019
#55