Having diabetes makes you racist

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

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[Diamond_Dog]

1. Pitiful.

[marble falls]

2. "But I'm telling you there isn't a diabetic bone in my body! I love all you sweet people!"

[mzmolly]

3. What a crock.

I know that high/low blood sugar can impact moods, but it doesn't make one a racist.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. What was it that Roseanne Barr blamed?

Ambien?

[mzmolly]

10. LOL

Yes, I believe so.

[Caliman73]

4. I have had sugar spikes and crashes. I don't remember ever going on any racist rants.

AND I will be the first to say, I grew up hearing ALL the racial slurs, against Black people, Asian people, other Latinos like myself, etc... I was not sheltered, and while my parents never used slurs and actively discouraged me from doing so, I was around enough family and peers who encouraged it, that it was normalized.

I grew up around Black people, some White people, Mexicans, and Filipinos and it wasn't always all roses and harmony. What it was however, was an experience in cultural differences, appreciation for other people's experiences, and a lesson to treat people with respect, like how you want to be treated.

[rsdsharp]

5. Well, that's the difference, I guess.

I’m Type II.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Sounds like the spike in his blood sugar worked like truth serum

I believe it's actually because of something he admitted: he thought the microphone was off.

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

8. Lol truth serum

I like that

[unblock]

9. the return of the twinkie defense!

"i regret saying something racist. but in my defense, it's really hard to contain my bigotry"

"i hope you people appreciate how hard i work here, constantly, to carefully pick my words. it's really hard!"

[enough]

20. ✔️ NT

[Ms. Toad]

11. Hmm . . .

While diabetes does alter mental acuity (for me it is when I hit 140), it does not create thoughts that are there.

I used to have students who would think they heard me slip and use a swear word, since the language they suspected I used is not in my vocabulary it would have been impossible for me to "slip" and use it.

Same thing here - if your mental acuity is altered because of diabetes, the most it does is make it harder for you to filter the language and thoughts you already possess

[Treefrog]

12. Who remembers Dan White and the Twinkie defense? I do.

I wonder whatever happened to him.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

14. Suicide, ran his car with the garage door down.

[Treefrog]

16. Oh really? I guess I could have googled. I haven't thought about him in years.

I guess the Twinkies finally did him in. Oh wait, that seems so wrong somehow. Er. Now I feel ashamed of myself for that.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

17. NP, he's not worth thinknig abut, given what he did.

Also, and I was not previously aware of this, he was a Democrat. Would not have believed that from his actions.

[Treefrog]

19. I just went and googled him. He actually reported a fellow cop for beating a prisoner at one time.

And he did something else good I read also that showed people can be of two spirits I guess. Very sad to read it, but thanks for giving me the update. Maybe I did read about his death, but just never thought about it much. Seems like he really hated gay people, so damn sad.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

13. "Sudden onset racism due to blood sugar", that's a good one

[Dagstead Bumwood]

15. Damn, now I'm seeing Wilford Brimley in a whole new light.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. trump supporters are all Nazis and right wing nut cases

Diabetes does not make you a racist

[LibfromtheNorth]

21. Hmmm...

I'm pretty sure I didn't see "racist piece of shit" as one of the side effects in the commercial.

[Layzeebeaver]

22. Guess I'll avoid plunging my face into a triple chocolate cake

For fear of spontaneously grabbing a banjo and singing ‘Lady of Spain’

Absolute bullshit.

Or perhaps a proper glycemic balance helps keep latent racism in check? Check with your doctor...