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raven mad

(4,940 posts)
48. Sure we can.
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 11:17 AM
Sep 2017

I am SO, SO sorry about your friend. I hope the family will be okay (in Seattle, it's a good bet)!

RE: Nothing whites can do? Call them out, especially in public. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. You'd be surprised at the "tough guys" (HAH!) in Wal-Mart, toting open carry pistols, getting totally embarrassed by little ole white ladies, young kids, AND store management.

That's only happened a few times that I know of in our particular crowd, although we embarrassed the shit out of one jerk at a nice restaurant and management made him leave, and once done by my 11 year old grandson in front of the Post Office! No violence has ensued, and the local cops back the sourdoughs (long-timers) way over the military bigots. It's really sorry that there are so many who are "in service" and we teach them how to kill but not how to live with other races/cultures. Of course, the military here doesn't even bother to teach newcomers to drive in the ice and snow, and they mostly account for about 80% of the "first snow of the year" rigs in ditches, trees, telephone poles........ Almost always see the little military sticker in the front window. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE our military folks, most of them, and the problems usually only arise when there's a buildup of troops (we're part of front line for Korea, Russia, etc.).

NO TOLERANCE FOR HATE SPEECH OR HATE CRIMES. (Map below from SPLC, and the 1 incident was anti-Samoan, in Anchorage.)



https://www.splcenter.org/20161129/ten-days-after-harassment-and-intimidation-aftermath-election

Please tell your friend that I am so sorry he had to put up with that BS. MLAA Sep 2017 #1
Glad he made it out of Idaho hell alive . Hope his kid can get out of there soon no doubt they may lunasun Sep 2017 #2
This is not the America we loved. It has been taken over by Alice11111 Sep 2017 #3
What bothers me is that so many of these "deplorables" were just keeping quiet, maddiemom Sep 2017 #49
Yes. Millions more. I shame them. They are so out of the Alice11111 Sep 2017 #68
Idaho. That's where racist LA. cop Mark Fuhrmann took refuge after oasis Sep 2017 #4
35 years ago when I lived in Colorado, Idaho was a well-known hideout for Nazis, Nay Sep 2017 #37
I was in Idaho in 1996 for a wedding in Coeur d'alene kimbutgar Sep 2017 #43
Right winger Bruce Willis owns property in South Idaho jmowreader Sep 2017 #58
I hear Boise is a growing progressive spot, do you know? Alice11111 Sep 2017 #69
Don't know. I won't be visiting there anytime soon. nt oasis Sep 2017 #76
I've known a few people who moved to Idaho, not surprised. Sorry about how Hoyt Sep 2017 #5
My brother is MissB Sep 2017 #6
Seattle area, so ya he's good now lol TalenaGor Sep 2017 #17
I wonder how they would handle "What a cute cracker baby". roamer65 Sep 2017 #7
I've never heard the term "beaner baby". Maybe it's just as well that I'm No Vested Interest Sep 2017 #20
"Beaner" is a slur against Mexicans. Of course, Puerto Ricans aren't Mexicans, so... n/t DRoseDARs Sep 2017 #23
Oh, I get it now. No Vested Interest Sep 2017 #24
That's the point to the white supremacists CakeGrrl Sep 2017 #44
One of our closest friends is from the Dominican Republic. raven mad Sep 2017 #46
I heard someone repeat a joke about "chinks" the other day. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #75
What kills me is that these genocidal white nationalist assholes PatrickforO Sep 2017 #8
Yes. I know some of them. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #70
Haven't you heard, we should suck up to three parasites. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #9
Its Idaho. I wouldn't expect anything different. Seems to be a haven for hardcore white supremacists SweetieD Sep 2017 #10
It has been for a while now. SergeStorms Sep 2017 #18
Sounds about right... 2naSalit Sep 2017 #66
I think this is more common than people know Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #11
I'm glad your friend got out of there alive democrank Sep 2017 #12
When the UN says hate in this country is a huge problem, it's a huge fucking problem. Initech Sep 2017 #13
Sure we can. raven mad Sep 2017 #48
867 hate incidents since the election? Damn. Initech Sep 2017 #50
Sure they do, Initech, but! raven mad Sep 2017 #51
And those are just the ones that have been reported. progressoid Sep 2017 #67
We can point out the truth & fallacies in their belief systems. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #71
What I'm getting at is we can't pass laws criminilizing hate speech. Initech Sep 2017 #73
I'll touch it. Europe has touched it. It needs to be discussed. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #77
White people can lead the charge of calling out this behavior. sharedvalues Sep 2017 #14
The story of your friend's treatment and that poor 8-year-old boy they tried to lynch make me ill. Frustratedlady Sep 2017 #15
I am starting to believe that it is realistically for people to move, BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #16
Plenty of blue cities in red states as well. (nt) MarvinGardens Sep 2017 #55
He's not drugged, CanonRay Sep 2017 #19
Did you have two tabs opened in DU? It looks like you're replying to one about Trump slurring... Hekate Sep 2017 #21
Trump probably has syphilis and dementia IronLionZion Sep 2017 #40
"The sniffling? It's just allergies, honest!" Oneironaut Sep 2017 #61
Puerto Rican is not a "race". cwydro Sep 2017 #22
+1 leftstreet Sep 2017 #25
Actually, "Puerto Rican" is a particular racial blend -- Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2017 #31
I am Boricua also DonCoquixote Sep 2017 #79
Russia exploited our worst instincts as Americans. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2017 #26
Wasn't Hayden were Richard Butler's Aryan Nation was based? JHB Sep 2017 #27
Yes indeed! red dog 1 Sep 2017 #62
That child is better off away from Idaho. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #28
Insanity. K+r liberalnarb Sep 2017 #29
This is hardly new with Trump, he's a symptom, not the cause mythology Sep 2017 #30
Yup. Ruby Ridge, Randy Weaver country n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #34
Once upon a time back in the early '80's... Javaman Sep 2017 #32
I am so disgusted by what is happening in this country. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #33
The hate in this country has gotten so far out of control it's unbelievable. Initech Sep 2017 #47
Donald the gift that keeps on giving! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #35
If youy are from Puerto Rico, by definition youy are a US Citizen weissmam Sep 2017 #36
Do Idahoans know they elected a Puerto Rican to Congress? IronLionZion Sep 2017 #38
What a horrifying story PatSeg Sep 2017 #39
back home to Seattle - we dont roll like that here :) TalenaGor Sep 2017 #65
Hayden is Idaho's white supremacist hotbed. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #41
Wiki says they have a Hispanic population of just over 4%. cwydro Sep 2017 #72
there are many small towns here in Tx i avoid as well onetexan Sep 2017 #42
I have family in Idaho . . . fleur-de-lisa Sep 2017 #45
not just there...there are places in wisconsin that are scary dembotoz Sep 2017 #52
This needs to be a news story. liberalmuse Sep 2017 #53
But they should be very familiar with Puerto Ricans awesomerwb1 Sep 2017 #54
Idaho, one of the most beautiful parts of America, filled with the worst people. cemaphonic Sep 2017 #56
The true colors of much this country Glaisne Sep 2017 #57
Chris Rock: "I ain't scared of Al Queda...I'm scared of Al CRACKA!" MariaCSR Sep 2017 #59
I stayed a year in a small town once in idaho yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #60
K&R red dog 1 Sep 2017 #63
Frank Church was from Idaho DFW Sep 2017 #64
I just attended a reading by an African-American poet from Moscow, near the WA state border, Ken Burch Sep 2017 #74
N Idaho is whitey white supremicisy type. My sis..a t partier and samnsara Sep 2017 #78
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