Can't believe this....

Cal_rcr · 11-13-2008, 01:38 PM

We still have bucketheads (for the lack of far more severe terminology) that are allowed to breath the same air as you and I. People that feel as if they're entitled to something they're not; complete dominance and superiority at the expense of everyone else. These people stand for absolutely nothing, everything but absolute scum.

f*%k) d&u%$# bags...

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Racists React to Obama Victory
By David Knowles
Nov 13th 2008 9:40AM

Filed Under:eRepublicans, Barack Obama, Featured Stories, Crime, Race

It should come as absolutely no surprise that, despite the historic election of the first African American president of the United States, the scourge of racism has not been magically wiped away from every nook and cranny of the country. Just dip your toes into the comment section of this, or any other blog that deals with politics and you'll encounter plenty of it. Despite that regrettable fact, for those who lived through or have studied the milestones marking the advancement of blacks throughout our nation's history, the seeming lack of racially-motivated clashes has been a noteworthy marker of how far we have come.

That said, just as many of us can feel proud of a country so enlightened that its majority can elect a minority to the highest office of the land, we must not shy away from the uncomfortable fact that a significant number of Americans dislike Obama based, first and foremost, on the color of his skin. By the way, that's not the same as claiming that if you criticize Obama you are, by definition, a racist. I'm talking about that proud band of citizenry who'll tell you openly of their disdain and fear of darker skin tones.

Now that the rush of excitement is starting to wane, a spate of media stories is shedding light on those people who wish history had not been made, would never be made, when it comes to black equality. So then, via Editor & Publisher, here's a rogues round-up. An up-to-the-minute cataloging of that which we all know is out there, alive and well.

1. Yesterday, Tommy Christopher detailed the story of a bus load of Idaho elementary school tots chanting "Assassinate Obama! Assassinate Obama!"

2. In a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a high school teacher's aide berated a bi-racial 16-year-old Obama supporter, with the following predictions:

"...[the aide] said that Obama was going to be shot and killed," Mara Gilligan told KDKA News. " And that our flag is going to be the KFC [Kentucky Fried Chicken] flag and that the new national anthem will be 'Moving On Up'--and that all my daughter's beliefs were wrong and her children's lives were going to be ruined because Obama was elected."

3. The Associated Press reports several cars in Long Island, New York, vandalized with anti-Obama messages, including promises to kill the president-elect.

4. At North Carolina State University, four students face expulsion for spay painting the phrases, "Let's shoot that (N-word) in the head" and "Hang Obama by a noose."

5. In Texas, Baylor University students awoke the morning after Obama's victory to find a noose hanging from a tree in front of Morrison Hall.

6. In Maine, several black figures were found hanging from nooses on Mount Desert Island the day after Obama won.

7. California vandals went on a spray painting binge in Torrance, targeting cars with Obama bumper stickers. On one house the words "Go Back to Africa" were inscribed.

8. Of course, we all know of the Tennessee skinhead plot to kill random African Americans, and, with a wing and a prayer, Obama himself.

9. In Pennsylvania's Apolacon Township, situated in an area known for KKK activity, an interracial couple looked out their front window to find the remnants of a burned cross.

10. Two men in the ironically named Friendsville, Pennsylvania were arrested for "racial intimidation and trespassing."

These are but ten incidents. Thankfully, none resulted in physical violence. If you have your own incidents to report, we'd like to hear about them in the comment section.

I'm sorry if anyone takes offense, this stuff just pisses me the hell off.

**FlesHBoX** · 11-13-2008, 02:19 PM

tldr... need vicki's notes... lol sorry

Cal_rcr · 11-13-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FlesHBoX

tldr... need vicki's notes... lol sorry

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k H young · 11-13-2008, 03:02 PM

sadly this is the real world....

lunarc · 11-13-2008, 04:00 PM

Yep, I think everyone knew this could happen...just sad that it did.

miashottangel · 11-13-2008, 06:33 PM

i think it's sad that even after all the time that has passed that people still think that way. We are all equal. Get over it already!

200turbo · 11-13-2008, 06:48 PM

Racists are **** and more than anything, cowards. The fact that Obama was elected is a good sign that out country is turning around, and hopefully these people will become increasingly isolated.

**FlesHBoX** · 11-13-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal_rcr

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Sorry, force of habit.. Vicki is a member over on PO that the term was "coined" for.. pretty much equal to cliffs notes. lol

Unfortunately racism will always exist, even if we do manage to get past skin color. There is always something else to hate people for. We humans are pretty adept at this.

Galbi · 11-13-2008, 07:55 PM

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On one house the words "Go Back to Africa" were inscribed.

Ha! Funny that we, homo sapiens, can trace our ancestry back to the south eastern part of africa, where human civilization began. So people who state these remarks must also "go back to africa". Why cant people realize we are all the same.

KGenesis · 11-14-2008, 08:29 PM

I find it a bit odd that people somehow believe the actions of the President will destroy their lives. People to some extent should understand that they are solely resposible for their own success and well-being. But I guess its always easier for Americans to blame their failures on someone else. I live in Oklahoma, believe me, some people act like its the end of the world, its really not that serious. Such as life I guess, I hope Obama does well.

k H young · 11-15-2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by KGenesis

I find it a bit odd that people somehow believe the actions of the President will destroy their lives. People to some extent should understand that they are solely resposible for their own success and well-being. But I guess its always easier for Americans to blame their failures on someone else. I live in Oklahoma, believe me, some people act like its the end of the world, its really not that serious. Such as life I guess, I hope Obama does well.

this is why I stay out of politics lol

rich_hobo94 · 11-15-2008, 01:36 PM

this is just so sad. i hope obama doesnt get hurt or any black people just because of this... good luck obama

Flipipino · 11-15-2008, 10:17 PM

My livelihood depends on what the President does or doesn't do for another 9 years. Just so everyone knows, I definitely not a Democrat. I have served in the military for almost 15 years in the US and made it through the Clinton years. As far as the whole "racism" thing. It never really went away. It goes both ways too. Anyone who has ever lived in the South (by south I mean really south. South Padre doesn't count) knows that if a white guy walks into a bar frequented by mostly the polar opposite race in the middle of South Louisiana he's going to get looked at the same way as the Black man that walks into any Irish pub in South Boston. I hope he does some good stuff for our country. Right now any good change would be nice. One of the largest things that bothers me is Obama's opinions of my 2nd amendment rights. My .02

SUB-GEN · 11-16-2008, 07:55 AM

Racism is a disease.

Cal_rcr · 11-16-2008, 05:23 PM

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On one house the words "Go Back to Africa" were inscribed.

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Originally Posted by Galbi

Ha! Funny that we, homo sapiens, can trace our ancestry back to the south eastern part of africa, where human civilization began. So people who state these remarks must also "go back to africa". Why cant people realize we are all the same.

Well, not everyone believes that, but I will say this, and it's a pretty big statistic good ol' America likes to sweep under the rug: 70 to 80% of people we call "Black", or "African American" have mixed racial heritage consisting of European and Ameridian roots. Labeling them as "Black" was just a racist's convince (and in reality, and inconvenient truth): frontline: jefferson's blood: mixed race america: who is black? one nation's definition | PBS. So, to the point, it would be hard, looking at the facts, to send a people "back to Africa" who only really have partially African roots. Aside from that watch an "African American" tell a Black African he's "black", he'll become the laughing stock and scapegoat of the community.

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or any black people just because of this

I know the posters intentions are good, and I know they weren't saying this, but just to make a point: Reading the above statement speaks for a bigger problem. To say "or any (insert race) people" makes it sound as if they're an entire separate group of people from society, and among human beings. I've never understood this idea of referring to groups of people as if they're biologically different from everyone else? There's more genetic variation within a racial group than between them, and this is science. Culture is a blessing and a curse in that it gives us our identity but separates us mentally and physically from the world with which we share more in common with than we'll likely ever think.

*steps down from philosophical podium*

SUB-GEN · 11-16-2008, 05:57 PM

If i ever have a racist encounter with someone because im black i promise you guys i will make bloodshed happen and i dont care if i die in the process.

Cal_rcr · 11-16-2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SUB-GEN

If i ever have a racist encounter with someone because im black i promise you guys i will make bloodshed happen and i dont care if i die in the process.

I can relate to the anger you feel. I'm a young black man myself living in an all white neighborhood where someone has already hung a noose outside of my home, and to say I was pissed is an understatement. I have to know and you have to know that there's a certain expectation/stereotype leveled at black men, and that's that we snap in an instant and all hell breaks loose when we experience anger. Let's remember too many of our ancestors turned the cheek when they were mistreated and abused because they knew they had to to survive. I believe this applies to you and I still today.

SUB-GEN · 11-16-2008, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal_rcr

I can relate to the anger you feel. I'm a young black man myself living in an all white neighborhood where someone has already hung a noose outside of my home, and to say I was pissed is an understatement. I have to know and you have to know that there's a certain expectation/stereotype leveled at black men, and that's that we snap in an instant and all hell breaks loose when we experience anger. Let's remember too many of our ancestors turned the cheek when they were mistreated and abused because they knew they had to to survive. I believe this applies to you and I still today.

I totally agree. Most of the times i cant control my anger.

**FlesHBoX** · 11-16-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SUB-GEN

If i ever have a racist encounter with someone because im black i promise you guys i will make bloodshed happen and i dont care if i die in the process.

unfortunately that would do way more damage than good...

Cal_rcr · 11-16-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FlesHBoX

unfortunately that would do way more damage than good...

+1. You're only hurting yourself and others around you. Its best just to walk away (which applies to all negative circumstances where you may be faced with the possibility of some sort of physical altercation).

11-13-2008, 02:19 PM	#2
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11-13-2008, 06:33 PM	#6
miashottangel Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 186	i think it's sad that even after all the time that has passed that people still think that way. We are all equal. Get over it already! __________________ Current Car: 2001 Kia Sephia LS Future Car: 2009-2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe

11-14-2008, 08:29 PM	#10
KGenesis Genesis I Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 160	I find it a bit odd that people somehow believe the actions of the President will destroy their lives. People to some extent should understand that they are solely resposible for their own success and well-being. But I guess its always easier for Americans to blame their failures on someone else. I live in Oklahoma, believe me, some people act like its the end of the world, its really not that serious. Such as life I guess, I hope Obama does well. __________________ Drive it... Live it... Love it...

11-15-2008, 10:17 PM	#13
Flipipino Ninja as usual Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Louisiana....the state that time forgot Posts: 37	My livelihood depends on what the President does or doesn't do for another 9 years. Just so everyone knows, I definitely not a Democrat. I have served in the military for almost 15 years in the US and made it through the Clinton years. As far as the whole "racism" thing. It never really went away. It goes both ways too. Anyone who has ever lived in the South (by south I mean really south. South Padre doesn't count) knows that if a white guy walks into a bar frequented by mostly the polar opposite race in the middle of South Louisiana he's going to get looked at the same way as the Black man that walks into any Irish pub in South Boston. I hope he does some good stuff for our country. Right now any good change would be nice. One of the largest things that bothers me is Obama's opinions of my 2nd amendment rights. My .02 __________________ Just because something says "Tactical" on it doesn't make you invisible to bullets flying at you when you are wearing it.

11-13-2008, 04:00 PM	#5
lunarc Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 301	Yep, I think everyone knew this could happen...just sad that it did.

11-13-2008, 06:48 PM	#7
200turbo yeah baby! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: north america Posts: 102	Racists are **** and more than anything, cowards. The fact that Obama was elected is a good sign that out country is turning around, and hopefully these people will become increasingly isolated.

11-16-2008, 07:55 AM	#14
SUB-GEN Genesis Sub Join Date: May 2008 Location: ATL,GA Posts: 492	Racism is a disease.

11-16-2008, 05:57 PM	#16
SUB-GEN Genesis Sub Join Date: May 2008 Location: ATL,GA Posts: 492	If i ever have a racist encounter with someone because im black i promise you guys i will make bloodshed happen and i dont care if i die in the process.