Someone told me to go back where I came from today. But I got the last laugh.

[KentuckyWoman]

Some woman took issue with my mask in Kroger. Behind me making all kinds of snide comments. I was just going to ignore it, get my stuff paid for and leave. She moved on to "I don't know why they can't just come in senior hour so we don't have to see them." WHAT THE WHAT????

Well that lit me. I turned around and said "Ma'am, I'm not doing anything that affects you in the least." Which of course set her off like Mt. St. Helens and ending with. "This is America and you people aren't going to stop us. If you don't like it here just go back to whatever shithole country you came from." I couldn't help it... I involuntarily bust out laughing.

Paid for my stuff. Started to go.. still giggling like a maniac under the mask. Should have just left. But no... I turned back to her and said. "Ma'am. You ought to know... I'm 5th generation Kentucky farm girl. I'm about as American as you'll ever see. But you are right, the current president is indeed turning us into a shithole country. All these flaming racist just need to crawl back under whatever rock they came out of and stay there." Well, I'm sure that's word for word, but it's close.

It isn't like me to create a scene. I'll about tie myself into knots to avoid a fight usually. But I've had it. My hackles were up pretty good. I guess I was louder than I thought. People in other lanes clapped... and some lady caught up with me to shake my hand.

2 hours later and I'm still pretty wound up. These idiots are just beyond awful. I mean this one was hateful on immigrants (why she thought I was is a mystery), masks, old people all in one. I was just standing there waiting my turn. Not bothering a soul and she starts up.

And still, I'm not sure if it's more annoying or hysterically funny.

[MontanaMama]

1. Get 'em KW.

They must be called out.

[Iliyah]

2. Thumbs up!

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Good job KentuckyWoman!!

Thank you for your service to our country!

[TreasonousBastard]

4. It's sad. Very sad that people like that have the microphone and have...

no qualms about using it.

Trump is their hero that way.

Good that some people supported you, but it was after the fact. One wonders why they didn't help you shut down the abominable Karen. I suppose decent people "don't want to cause a scene" even when the scene is already started.

[Lonestarblue]

47. And that is a big reason they support him.

They feel free to say and do anything they please, no matter how hateful, and Trump has freed them to do that. They need to be sent home (back to the country of THEIR ancestors) for bad civic behavior. I just hope there are enough rocks big enough for them all to crawl under once their bully-in-chief is gone.

[DVRacer]

5. Would have been a confusing question for me.

Shall I go back to Germany,France,Ireland or Georgia because I’m part Cherokee? With a hearty FU at the end

[lunatica]

25. Here's the perfect response for you

Tell them, “Ma’am, or Sir, when your ancestors came to America mine were here to meet them.”

I got that lesson when a Native American friend of mine said that to me. I was talking about an ancestor coming over on the Mayflower. That was his response to me. It was one of the fastest awakenings I’ve ever experienced.

[calimary]

51. There is that.

There DEFINITELY is that.

Gotta say, though, having had a fruitful adoptee search, I'm grateful to know about any ancestors at all.

[wnylib]

64. I've used a variation on that line.

My great grandparents on one side were German immigrants to the US. But my father's father was Swiss and Algonquian. His mother was English (from the MA Bay Puritans), Mohawk, and Seneca.

I have a degree in Spanish and sometimes practice speaking it when I'm with naturalized friends from Latin America.

When people told me to go back where I came from, I said, "Part of my ancestors established the first colonies here and fought in the Revolution. The other part were already here when the colonists arrived. How long has your family been here?"

[lunatica]

73. Great reply!

I bet they just shut up!

[wnylib]

74. My Mexican American friend

had a better answer one time. She is a naturalized citizen and we were speaking Spanish in a checkout line at Walmart when a customer behind us yelled out, "Speak English!" in a very couteous, sweet voice, my friend said, in perfect English, "What would you like me to say?"

I added, "She speaks two languages. How many do you speak?"

[lunatica]

76. I'm bilingual in Spanish and English too

I’m a white, blond, blue eyed woman who grew up in Mexico. Your friend and I have that in common. As a gringa in Mexico I shocked a lot of people who tried to stereotype me. I also instantly made friends, especially with those people who were not too impresses with the Ugly American types.

[wnylib]

78. I taught English to newcomers

from Puerto Rico and Latin American countries. Made a lot of friends from that experience. We formed a large, informal social group that got together for parties, picnics, birthdays, etc.

They were from several countries, e.g. Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecudaor, Spain, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and one couple in which the guy was Dutch snd his wife was Brazilian. It was like a "family" support group for people far from their homelands.

I used to introduce myself to newcomers in the group as "Soy la gringa," which always got a laugh. We shared holiday customs from the various nations, including a modified enactment of la posada for Christmas. They also spoke freely about their impressions of Americans and the US, which was educational for me.

We're all much older now. A few have passed away. I miss the old days when we were all younger and present for party reservations that took up half of a restaurant with 2 or 3 banquet tables to acommodate us.

[lunatica]

81. I lived in Mexico for 25 years. I grew up there.

In one way or another I’ve always been somewhat out of place wherever I’ve lived. I miss México. It was my first home. After I retired I moved to New Mexico because it’s like Mexico in so many ways. Spanish is quite commonly spoken here.

I love the community feeling of Mexicans and other Latinos. There’s nothing like it!

[wnylib]

85. So true. Some of the warmest, most caring

people I have ever known. I love the Mexican sense of humor. Four of us (3 Mexicans and me) were the closest in the group and hung out together a lot. We ended up in side-splitting laughs sometimes over our mishaps. A couple of them revolved around language when I lacked the Spanish word for something and tried to act it out.

Example: the time I was driving my friend's car down an icy back street because she was not used to winter driving. It started raining and I could not find the lever or button for the windshield wipers. Did not know the Spanish for it and she did not know the English. I tried to mime it while straining to see. She did not get my meaning, but suddenly said, "Caramba, no podemos ver nada" and reached over to turn them on. (Actually, I think she said hijole, not caramba.) I explained that's what I had been trying to ask about and we burst out laughing.

[wnylib]

87. How did you come to grow up in Mexico?

Born there?

I have relatives in AZ who want me to move out there and don't know why I stay in the wintry northeast. But AZ is too conservative for me. If I did go to the southwest, it would be NM, not AZ.

[lunatica]

96. If you get a chance you should

come to N.M. for a while and see if you like it. I came here from California. The Bay Area. I love it here. It snows sometimes in the Winter but it always melts in a day or two. It’s a solid blue state, with red pockets.

My family went to Mexico when I was 2 years old. My parents decided to get divorced and my mother got a job with the only English language newspaper in Mexico City. Then she remarried and we stayed there.

[wnylib]

97. What a great experience for you.

Except for the divorce part.

One of my friends is from Guadalajara. Another is from Oaxaca. One from Juarez. And one is Mayan from Chiapas.

[whistler162]

88. Lousy passport control back then!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

100. Yep, that's a Will Rogers line.

[IronLionZion]

75. Chopped up and spread far and wide

so everyone gets a piece.

[pandr32]

6. Excellent!

[writes3000]

7. Bravo, KentuckyWoman! They're bullies and they need to be bullied right back.

She’ll think twice before doing that again.

[Chainfire]

8. The only thing that they understand

It to give it back to them in kind. Congrats!

She will probably think before she picks another fight.

[47of74]

65. Sure she's capable of thinking?

Based on the performance of Branch Trumpvidians to date I doubt they’re capable.

[dalton99a]

9. Thank you.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Good for you. If I were there, I would have lit into her too. Nothing like a free country eh,

to bring out those nut cases that seem to think that 'freedom' seems to apply to them and that so little seems to tick them off.

You made my day, thank you so much (not for just defending yourself, but all of us w/ similar beliefs, e.g., if you want to wear a mask, so be it and I support you totally in what you wish to do).

[northoftheborder]

11. Great comeback! And I bet laughing at her stung more than your words!

[MagickMuffin]

12. Another good one would be

I see you're wearing clothes, that too is mandated by the government!

[Wednesdays]

86. Unfortunately, the fallback argument is always the same

"That's different..."

[PA Democrat]

13. Good for you! Your response was great.

[TNNurse]

14. Thank you. They need to hear it more.

[demigoddess]

15. they just like to bully. that is why they like trumpf.

you did good.

[marble falls]

16. Use that energy to bake some bread.Nothing like kneading dough to work out a mad!

[niyad]

20. Actually. No. While it definitely speeds the kneading, think about the energy going into the bread.

A friend and I were talking about this very thing the other day.

Bowling, on the other hand. . . All those lovely little pins. . .

[KentuckyWoman]

98. I'm more the dig in the yard type, myself.

That's exactly what I did after posting. Dug up a new planting bed turned the compost into it good. will be ready for new bulbs and some transplants in the fall.

Came in, had a shower, ate dinner. Took a chair nap.

Can't believe how this thread grew. Maybe I should get my hackles up more often. haha

[WinstonSmith4740]

17. Good for you!

I'm so sick and tired of being expected by the deplorables to just smile meekly, tell them to have a nice day, and slink off with my tail between my legs because I just got "owned".

Screw them. Give it back to them...everytime. No more just walking away. Call the bastards out on their racism and stupidity. They seriously can't handle it. Bullies never can. They're not used to being called out, and their own tactics used against them.

[jaxexpat]

18. So, in the hearts of all good people and from the mouths.......

of valiant souls yet unborn shall ring the immortal cry, " Remember the Kroger Aisle!"

[Rebl2]

72. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[lkinwi]

19. I loved your laughing response. That had to have really pissed off the racist troll.

[Martin Eden]

21. When someone's mind is constantly filled with toxic sludge from Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, et al ...

... it's bound to come out of their mouth in a tirade of hateful bigotry and ignorance.

[MLAA]

22. I just clapped out loud for you!!!! Way to go, girl!

[ooky]

23. Sounds like you put her in her rightful place.

I've never been able to hold my tongue when someone is popping off. Guess its good I don't go inside stores anymore.

[cate94]

24. Your laughter was perfect!

Capped off with people in other lanes clapping, even better! Wish I could have seen that, and the expression on her face!!

[AlexSFCA]

26. thank you for the courage to speak up

[Hekate]

27. Until Trump came along I had no idea how many of my fellow Americans were this ugly...

He gave permission for knuckle-dragging troglodytes to emerge from their caves and declare that they are the majority, the only true Murkins, and a superior race whose job it is to whack the rest of us with a big club.

You laughed out loud at her, and that was intolerable to her. You said the right things.

I’m applauding from this lane, too.

[lunatica]

28. You did great! Tell them that in this country they're also free to

say all the stupid things they want.

[niyad]

29. Bra a, KW! These covidiot racist thugs need to be shut down every time they open their ignorant

mouths.

Fortunately, there are not quite so many of them in this saner part of a very red county. My Kroger does not seem to have a lot of them, for which I am grateful. The staff there would not blink an eye if I went after an idiot.

[Joinfortmill]

30. Bravo!

[tavernier]

31. Darn, don't you wish someone had filmed it on their phone

I bet that would go viral in two seconds flat. Good on you!!!

[NurseJackie]

32. She might have had a gun.

I avoid antagonizing and provoking people like that.

[Warpy]

33. I realize both hands were likely pushing the grocery cart

but the only thing I'd add to your exit is twirling an index finger next to a temple as you laughed your way out to the parking lot.

I think a lot of us are reaching our limits with these delusional, spiteful, and unoriginal Official Chumps. We've withstood 30 years of water cooler ranters quoting the last Limbag shows verbatim and at top volume, we've put up with drunken RWNJ uncles who ruin every family gathering, and we've coped with blowhards in bars.

I'm afraid a lot of us have simply had it and they can no longer count on our politeness and unwillingness to cause scenes.

[The Jungle 1]

35. Responsibility

There are responsibilities connected to freedom. One of them is to mind your own business.
The right just does not understand this.

[NNadir]

36. In answer to your last sentence, I'd go with hysterically funny.

The fact is however, funny or not, you struck a great blow for your country.

Thank you on behalf of all real Americans.

[Victor_c3]

37. I don't get the issue these people have with other people wearing masks

So they think of mask wearers as scared of a pandemic and germs, but aren’t these the same people that need to brandish their assault rifles in public all the time because they’re scared of imaginary terrorists, criminals, and tyrannical governments everywhere?

Since these are the same people that are scared of everything, I don’t know why they’re so reluctant to wear masks in public.

[sprinkleeninow]

38. Way! Kentucky Woman...

I got on a lady for leaving a cart in the parking near me and it started to roll back. Would've rammed a nice sedan I was parked nose to nose with. She started to say people appreciate leaving a cart handy, then I go-look look!! She grabbed it and took it away, then left it on the friggin' sidewalk several feet from the entrance door!! Couldn't bring it in dammit. I gave her the stink eye as she walked toward my car and passed behind. I could've taken her! 😄 When I got home, it kinda weighed on my mind all evening. I felt like 'I' did something wrong. The dirtbags running our country into the toilet are responsible for the climate they have created.

[Scarsdale]

39. Why does it bothers these ignorant

people when we wear masks? Should just say "Well, I CARE about my health, and other people's, but since you don't then you are free to go maskless" What difference does it make to them, if we are careful enough to wear masks? This epidemic is sounding like it will be long term, so I will be wearing a mask for a long time. Live and let live, plus mind your own business. These tRump people are stupid and as vile as he is. So glad to hear that other shoppers backed you up, made her look like the fool that she is.

[smirkymonkey]

103. Because to them, mask democrat/liberal.

In their minds, we aren't doing it to protect their health or ours, we are doing it to proclaim our self-righteousness and advertise our political affiliation.

Kind of like the liberal version of the red MAGA hat. Maybe it makes them nervous that they see so MANY people with masks on.

[MoonchildCA]

108. I saw a meme somewhere (here?) that said...

Wearing a mask is not a political statement.
Not wearing a mask is.

Simple and true.

[smirkymonkey]

109. Right! I agree completely.

But in their eyes, when we wear a mask, they THINK we are making a political statement because they are projecting their own pettiness and ignorance on to us. It would never occur to them that we are trying to protect the health of the general public for the good of everyone because they simply cannot fathom that kind of social responsibility.

[Ferrets are Cool]

40. Bravo!! Sorry it happend though.

It stresses us out terribly.

[not_the_one]

41. "We Love You KW, Oh Yes We DO" (from Bye Bye Birdie, to Conrad)

[MomInTheCrowd]

42. I'm thinkin' we ramp up the ridicule!

[Iggo]

43. It bothers you two hours later. That means you're not jaded.

[SunSeeker]

44. We're all in this catastrophe because idiots like her voted for an incompetent grifter for President

Trump let this virus spread, killing 130,000 Americans and causing all the inconveniences she is mad about. She should be apologizing to you for subjecting you and everyone else to the hell his incompetence has wrought.

[hamsterjill]

45. Good for you!

How dare these idiots start this shit! And aren’t they SO surprised when the person they are harassing comes back at them?

I’m glad this didn’t escalate further, but there are times when a line gets drawn in the sand, and this was one of those times! Bravo!!!

[calimary]

46. BRAVA, KW!

And I know that conflicting set of feelings! You laugh at it. Or you ignore it so as not to give them the satisfaction of stirring your shit up., thereby proving that you are untouchable by their slings and arrows and whatever else they try to throw at you. Or instead of suppressing your anger, you decide maybe it's time to let these assholes know how they're going over with people. Probably with A LOT of people. Judging from your story, there were more within earshot at the store to approve of your reaction than there were who'd huff and puff about how supposedly unAmerican you are.

Even most of them, I suspect, have either read, seen, or uttered the phrase "melting pot." In elementary school, maybe. Probably even heard it used in a sentence. But their behavior now strongly indicates that they don't know what the term "melting pot" is talking about, at all.

[Ilsa]

48. WAY TO GO!

I'm glad you told her off. I suspect more bystanders would have joined you, but they saw how well you took her on.

[SpaceNeedle]

49. K&R

[gademocrat7]

50. Excellent!

Glad you responded to the fool with the truth.

[Vinca]

52. Good for you. I haven't encountered that where I live and I spend most of my time over

in Vermont which seems to be leading the states in decreasing cases right now. There's an ordinance in the town where I shop and everyone must wear a mask to go into a business, period. And everyone does. The town attracts tourists, too, and now you can immediately spot them if they turn up on Main St. without a mask and a puzzled look on their faces.

[SallyHemmings]

53. Way to go KentuckyWoman!

[yuiyoshida]

54. May I ask a question?

WTF is wrong with these people? I guess we just expect them to become deathly ill and some will die. You can’t cure stupid.

[tiredtoo]

55. Have a younger lady relative

She is a republican and in the last 24 hours she has been on a rant/rage. Attacking my posts on facebook and sharing many posts from rightwing blogs. I asked her why the sudden outburst? You seem to be wound up for the last day or so. She replied "I am not wound up, I am fed up." and carried on with a rant about something she is upset about. Personally I am wondering if trump's racist speech at Mt. Rushmore got her all riled up. And maybe the lady telling you to go back to the shithole country has the same problem.

[lunasun]

56. Idiots will they next start mocking people wearing glasses ? How is it affecting them ? If anything

they may be causing problems to increase by not wearing a mask . You’d think they’d stay low and quiet if they didn’t want to bother to wear a mask but quite the opposite in bizarro land USA plenty are loud and in your face at the store

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

57. I kind of think that the best response might be to lower your mask, cough,

then put it back up. Don't move in any closer, just cough.

Luckily I live in New Mexico, which closed down early, has been cautious about re-opening, and most people are wearing masks. Stores here are getting firm about making people wear masks inside. And if anyone were to confront me about my mask wearing, I hope I'd have the presence of mind to cough.

After which I'd want to say, "Now I hope you get the virus and die" but I probably wouldn't.

[Demobrat]

58. I was thinking the same thing

Just comment “maybe you’re right”, lower the mask, and cough.

That’s my plan if I ever encounter one of these covidiots.

[Leith]

59. Don't ever be afraid to make a scene

What's going to happen if you do? People look at you? They're already looking at you - it's why people aren't bumping into each other all the time.

I agree with telling people off when they don't mind their own damn business - especially when they are that wrong.

Thanks for continuing to fight the good fight.

[wryter2000]

60. Good for you.

And good for the people who applauded. I bet that woman keeps her racist mouth shut from now on.

[RVN VET71]

61. Nah. If she did that, how would she breathe?

[wryter2000]

63. LOL

[Demovictory9]

62. k&r

[47of74]

66. Well done! Thank you!

Of course if it was me since I’m a person of few words mine probably would’ve probably just been fuck off.

[brush]

67. Excellent. You did good.

[Stuart G]

68. Outstanding...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! K and R

[yellowdogintexas]

69. Well done, KentuckyWoman!

Another 5th Generation KY farm girl, and before that Virginia. Relatives on my other side came to the Carolinas prior to the Revolution. Somewhere in my family tree there was a Native American and we all have the cheekbones to prove it.

I wish I had been there

[Dem2theMax]

70. I am really sorry you had to experience that,

But you sure took her to church!

I can clap from here

But I don't want to just shake your hand, I want to give you a big old hug for that. Well done!

[Cha]

71. Excellent KentuckyWoman! you tried to avoid her stupid rudeness..

but she wouldn't let it go.

Thank you for laying it out for the aggressor about the Racist Asshole in the WH!

[bluboid]

77. absolutely beautiful!

Thank you, Kentucky woman - you made my day!!!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

79. Great story!

[Kaiserguy]

80. Good Job

That is how they need to be treated. If they are to stupid to keep their mouth shut then they need to be put in their place.

[Hortensis]

82. She's in a Repub-prolonged anger stage of grief for Ozzie and Harriet's

America. Waste of energy trying to make any of these understand, much less be glad, that it never existed. Bargaining and depression should be increasingly quiet stages. Some day we'll belatedly notice these losers have gone silent. No doubt with help from their families in a lot of cases.

[mwooldri]

83. Sometimes it's OK to blow off some steam.

In my call center days I took calls from our reps in India for customers who said they wanted to speak to someone in America. Fine they get me, with an English accent. My manager at the time - also an English accent. Some people did decide to escalate, feign understanding of English - to the point that when we got them we got one of our colleagues with a thick southern US accent to take their call.

[JudyM]

84. Way to call her on it, KW!

Ya done good.

[Kitchari]

89. Righteousness

Good for you, KW!

[Dreampuff]

90. You go, girl!

I'm so sorry you had to go through that, but you handled it in the most excellent way! You were awesome!

[noneof_theabove]

91. easy way to put them in their place

very nicely say I have a question
[wait for acknowledgement]

Did your mother raise you to be a moron or do just wake up feeling that way?

Feel free to change moron or add adjectives as you need.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

101. Or the classic:Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? (If they cussed)

[The Wizard]

92. I respond with these words:

I'm sorry, I don't speak English.

[Evolve Dammit]

93. Well done. And what heartens me is the reaction from those who were there. Thanks for sharing.

Stay safe out there.

[seta1950]

94. Actually it's scary

It’s very scary the number of people who think like that,

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

95. Good for you!

And thank you for your service to the cause of letting TrumpSuckers know they're not the only ones who have a right to speak up.

[roamer65]

99. I think these masks play on their insecurities.

It makes them realize they can be disease carriers, physically as well as mentally, of course.

Their attitude is “How dare you question my perfection”.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

102. I live in a little town full of MAGAs. East TX

Some guy asked me how I liked living in Texas. I guess he thought because I am not a Donnie suckbutt that I must be a damnyankee or something. I don't know where he thought I was from. Born and raised in Houston.

I think when they say "Go back to where you came from" they mean "You are not exactly like me, therefore you must be from a foreign country". Their brains have not gotten to the concept of "People in the United States come from lots of different places, as well as being born here."

[scarytomcat]

104. Fox must be stopped

this is on them

[llashram]

105. ignorance and wilful

stupidity is never funny to me. It's downright dangerous and I applaud your effort to stick your finger in her eye. It enrages me.

[Laelth]

106. You did a public service. Thank you. n/t

-Laelth

[Susan Calvin]

107. Hot damn!

Did anybody record it?

[AC_Mem]

110. The real question is

WHY is Kroger allowing people in WITHOUT masks?

Good lord, what is it going to take?

[Dios Mio]

111. I live in Europe

and when asked where I’m from I simply answer..... earth. I then ask: Where are you from?

[BootinUp]

112. K&R