An old white told me to go to hell today

[RB TexLa]

I laughed and pointed at her Romney sticker. She got a mean look on her face and said "go to hell!" I laughed a little more and walked on to the grocery store.

[Honeycombe8]

1. Why would you do that? Life going so well for you...

that you feel like you have to go lookin' for trouble?

Next time, do that to a 6'4" tall burly redneck, instead of someone you're fairly sure you can take down in a fist fight, like women and children.

[RB TexLa]

3. If you want to make the assumption I couldn't take down the 6' 4" piece of trash

go ahead and make that assumption.

[Honeycombe8]

21. Maybe you can, maybe you can't. But it would be more amusing than you going after

an "old white," as you so delicately put it, and children.

[Lightbulb_on]

99. Hey now... She is just one of "the Anglos"...

According to Tex here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021881328

Assimiliation? Yes, of course it's better to speak English and behave like the anglos

At least he is consistent...

[Bad_Ronald]

24. I think Honeycombe8 made that assumption because people who harass the elderly

aren't generally known for their courage. In fact, most people who lash out against defenseless old people this way are known to be dickless, gutless, spineless little swine turds. But you don't fit that description, do you?

[RB TexLa]

28. I wasn't harrassing her. I was laughing at the sticker she walked up looked at me and I pointed

at what I was laughing at

[blueknight]

42. AND YOU SIR

are a fucking asshole plain and simple! what the hell did she do to you? not a fucking thing

[Sherman A1]

101. Precisely

[Kaleva]

63. You may want to self delete your OP. You certainly don't make yourself look good by what you wrote.

[Vanje]

80. Good advice.

Mean people suck. Even democratic ones.

[Kaleva]

84. Yes, I don't care for mean people regardless of their politics

And the vast majority of time, I have no idea what their politics are (I'm refering to people I actually meet) but their meaness comes thru loaud and clear.

[Lizzie Poppet]

67. GTFU

Grow the fuck up...

[leftstreet]

2. 'An old white' what? n/t

[SomethingFishy]

4. You're my hero....

[liberal_at_heart]

5. wish I could unrec this thread

[x2 vancouverite]

35. Me too!

[Bad_Ronald]

6. So, in other words, you went out of your way to provoke the "old white"?

And we think repubs act like arrogant assholes in public? Harassing an elderly woman, no matter what their political affiliations, is not funny, cool or laudable. Would you feel the same sense of revelry if a Republican did the same thing to an elderly African-American women outside a grocery store?

EDIT:

And BTW: You CAN go to hell

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. FAIL Thread

FAIL OP

[Cal Carpenter]

65. And FAIL jury

Sigh.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240170039

[Taverner]

129. I know, let's just ban anything we disagree with!

I don't like that pepper as your avatar. I want to ban it!

[Cal Carpenter]

130. Whoa

If you look at the thread I linked to, one of the jurors posted that they meant to hide it and messed up.

I never said anything about banning anyone.

[Texasgal]

8. wow.

I'll bet that was the best thing to happen to you in fifteen years.

[MineralMan]

9. I wouldn't do that. Truly.

They lost. They know they lost. It serves no purpose to rub their faces in it, as far as I can see. Not my style at all.

[struggle4progress]

56. +

[RKP5637]

61. +++ 1,000 +++ n/t

[Fumesucker]

10. Joe Btfsplk? Is that you?

[lovemydog]

94. That band is pretty cool.

I'd never heard them before. They've got the whole Free / Bad Company thing going on. That singer's awesome. Reminds me a bit of Paul Rogers or Chris Robinson. By the way, if you don't mind my asking, how does it reference the original post in the thread? I feel like I was rick rolled, but in a good way where I heard a cool band.

Edited to add: Ah, I get it now. The song is called Black Cloud. And I googled that Joe guy and he was a black cloud. Funny post. I'm now checking out more Trapeze.

[Chef Eric]

11. "White" is not a noun. nt

[cali]

12. what a truly despicable thing to do. I would expect nothing more from you.

disgusting.

[Tree-Hugger]

13. Good! We need a hero!

Can't have those old whites driving around with their Romney stickers now, can we?

[Skidmore]

15. I'd say it's time to grow up a bit.

[RebelOne]

20. I agree. I am an older white woman. n/t

[leftyohiolib]

16. that was very rude. these people are misguided and they need our help

[RKP5637]

64. That's what I think too. A lot of nice people get sucked into thinking R's are the way ...

motherhood, apple pie, fighting them over there, waving the flag, stopping the gay agenda, stopping the anti-Christian, all of that, and they get sucked in by RW propaganda, domineering religions, etc. the whole bag. They do need our help and laughing at them will never win them over, it will probably make them more RW and hate us even more.

[ciking724]

118. After this election cycle, can't support your contention that a lot of them are "nice people."

They are mindless, racist, ignorant, hateful jerks, who would rather vote against their own best interests than to vote for a black man who is committed to helping them.

[RKP5637]

121. Yep! In retrospect I wrote that up too quickly without thinking it through ...

and especially, as you say, after this election cycle! Here's the weird part that always gets me ... I live in a very R state which I am planning to move out of ... the people here are pleasant ... you meet them in stores, etc., do business with them, etc., very pleasant for the most part. Then they vote, they vote in a teabagger governor, they vote in a super-teabagger state legislature, and same for congress. They won't even vote for republican moderates. I don't like it, because it tells me that what's operating under the surface is not something I want to be around, so I'm getting out.

I think it must be the 7x24 pounding of republican ideals. It's hard to escape it IMO and sucks in people that do not pay a lot of attention to what is really going on. ... they almost subconsciously get sucked in ... it's a form of brain washing going on ... And then they become hardcore teabaggers with those qualities you mentioned.

[n2doc]

17. I always feel like this when I see a Rmoney sticker:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

31. I sooo want to make a yard sign out of that GIF and place it next to leftover RomneyRyan signs.

[bluestate10]

18. What was the point of your action if she didn't start the encounter?

If you started this, please use more discretion next time. We are better than right wing haters, always show why.

on edit:

If you see that woman again, please apologize to her. Not for agreeing with her because her views are probably shit. You should apologize for being an asshole.

[Honeycombe8]

26. +1.

[Marrah_G]

123. agree

[WinkyDink]

19. This. Never. Happened.

[MineralMan]

22. You are very likely correct.

And if it did, it shouldn't have. Ugly crap, for sure.

They lost. They know they lost. That's fine.

[marmar]

23. You stole my thought.

nt

[Raine]

45. That was my first thought too. IF it did then it was

it's real assholery.

[morningfog]

27. I call bullshit, I also call flamebait, and troll.

[Care Acutely]

40. I second the motion. All in favor?

[cordelia]

85. Aye!

[ret5hd]

108. Aye.

[Warren Stupidity]

105. I continue to wonder why this poster is here.

[brewens]

29. I might yank the chain a little if I see one of those stickers. There weren't too many

of them even in my part of Idaho.

[Botany]

30. If this is true then you should find that woman and apologize

I worked for the POTUS and stopped a person for bugging a Romney supporter
in a local grocery store and I apologized to the Romney supporter too.

That woman was an American and she has the right to support who she wants to ....
end of story.

[Illinoischick]

32. Pretty Pathetic

Glad you could intimidate an old white lady.

[KG]

33. dumbass

[Scootaloo]

34. ...

[Warpy]

36. For all you know, her idiot husband put that sticker on the car

and she voted for Obama.

There was a lot of that going around this time, you know.

[hrmjustin]

38. +1

[AverageJoe90]

53. Sounds strange but it might not actually be that far-fetched. n/t

[hrmjustin]

37. Why did she tell you to go to hell?

[Union Scribe]

87. She read his posts on DU. nt

[Chan790]

90. ...burn.

[quinnox]

96. LOL

[patrice]

39. I don't think that sort of thing helps PO very much. Probably HARMS. Priorities??? nt

[Dash87]

43. Sounds legit

[IowaGuy]

44. This old white busted their ass....

knocking on doors, workin' for Obama and contributing to his campaigns for the last 5 + years. I'm getting a little sick of people that look at me like I'm the enemy because of my age and the color of my skin. You are no better than the people I was working against. Take a long honest look in the mirror, tough guy and tell me you see anything better than what you are condemning.

[patrice]

55. Yeah, and this old white worked her butt off for 2 local progressive candidates AND has participated

in lots of anti-Racist local demonstrations for several years and also actively supports one of the most progressive female African American ministers in the region.

[RKP5637]

71. That's what pisses me off too. All older white people are not RW. They all don't hate everyone.

They all don't vote republican. And many are quite ultra liberal. In fact, many of us were the activists in the sixties. I know many older people that are way far left. IMO it's a MSM thing, pick on older white people for the headlines and controversies to feed the MSM $$$$$ machine.

[zabet]

46. A bouncey

tale that goes over like a lead balloon. Sadistic ass-hattery to fuck with the elderly.

[pecwae]

104. Not even a creative one.

But it does reveal his racism and bigotry.




Gee, hats off to ya RB TexLa! What bravery!

[hrmjustin]

51. Welcome to DU my fiend!

[hrmjustin]

57. You are most welcome here my friend!!!

[hrmjustin]

60. You will get used to it. I hope you have fun!

[Skittles]

72. THAT IS SO TRUE

HOWDY EUGENE!

[RKP5637]

74. That happens quite often! I don't have the link now, but a couple of years ago someone

sent to me a brief documentary that covered some of the very unpleasant things going on in people's lives ... and how so often we judge people by their reaction not knowing what's going on in their lives.

You made a really good point! And welcome to DU!!!

[bluestate10]

126. You gained more empathy from a trying life experience. Unfortunately, many people aren't

as wise as you. Let others before me, I welcome you to the DU.

[Neutrino_603]

48. Twelve?

Are you twelve?

[Skip Intro]

49. What does her race have to do with it?

And are you always a rude jerk, or did that old lady get lucky?

[gollygee]

50. An old white?

Is that a typo? No one talks like that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

54. Old white what? Cat? Horse?

Seriously, your behavior was tacky, as is your reference to "old white." Fail.

[gollygee]

58. The more I think about this, the more I have to call bullshit on it.

I don't think this actually happened. If it did, you deserved to be told to go to hell. But no one talks like that. And what, you stopped by her car and got her attention and pointed at her sticker? This just seems like an improbable kind of conversation. People don't do this, or use the word "white" as a noun for that matter.

How old are you? Is there some age group using "white" as a noun? Is this common where you are? I've never heard this. I guess I'm curious about that just as a language issue, not as flame bait. I have never heard that word used like that. I think I have heard "black" used like that, but only in a very racist context.

[JEFF9K]

62. romney sticker?

The poor lady had Alzheimer's! And what the heck is a Romney sticker?

[richmwill]

66. So you laugh at mocking "old whites". Aren't you cool... (sarcasm) (n/t)

[Le Taz Hot]

68. Well, aren't you just the badass.

Welcome to my ignore list.

Signed,

"An old white."

[MrMickeysMom]

70. Hey, ya'll .... crickets!

Looks like RB embarrassed themselves out of this thread!

[cherokeeprogressive]

73. I'm wondering WHY you neglected to mention it was an "old white" WOMAN? Cool story though!

[jberryhill]

76. It's the young plaids that tell me things

[840high]

77. Are you proud of that?

[AlexSatan]

78. Why was her skin color worth noting?

I was hoping there would be less racism here than on other sites.

[Chan790]

91. There should be...

and usually there is. (less racism) Sometimes juries get confused about the fact that anti-white rhetoric is still racist rhetoric when they're asked to hide it...it's uncommon, but it happens.

Trust me when I say that nobody condones this behavior from this poster, nor are we surprised by it; he's got a colorful history and a lot of residence on ignore lists.

[B Calm]

79. They should be made fun of! Displaying

their ignorance for the whole country to see, should be embarrassing!

[B Calm]

83. Hell, I'm an old man. You should

gain knowledge the older you get!

[sigmasix]

86. white what?

An "old white" huh? I hope that you made it clear that age and color doesn't matter and the election showed it. Re-electing President Barack Obama showed that Americans are moving beyond ignorant bigotry directed at people because of the color of their skin or their age.
You made that clear, right?
I hope so- otherwise that old white won't be able to understand the evils of bigotry.
Whew!
I'm glad there's open minded people out there like you to set old whites straight.

[butterfly77]

106. Do you really believe that shit...

Americans are moving beyond bigotry! Although,I don't agree with specifying the color necessarily. I say what is the problem with this post and everyone with this "we are better than them" I still say fuck em!

These people are the reason we are having the problems we are having now and if they would have won they would not be so gracious to us they would dig the knife in deeper. This is why Democrats keep getting their asses kicked!

[Catherine Vincent]

88. You wouldn't have done that if it were Madea. :)

[Systematic Chaos]

89. There is not enough popcorn in the whole universe for this thread.

Damn those annoying old white...something or others!

[JI7]

92. what the fuck is "an old white" ?

[Systematic Chaos]

93. Maybe a more pale version of an Old Yeller?

But what do I know; I'm just a middle-aged white.

[cecilfirefox]

95. lol?? lame?? nt

[quinnox]

97. next time you see her, thank her for me

She performed a community service.

[name not needed]

98. I take it you don't drink with her either.

[Lightbulb_on]

103. I'm sure there's a past joke here...

... That I am missing.

Context?

[pintobean]

114. Check this meta thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240170039

[Lightbulb_on]

124. Wow....

[Electric Monk]

100. How are you still here? You need more windshield fish. You've totally earned them. nt

[aaaaaa5a]

102. Nice story. But instead of antagonizing people, shouldn't we be trying to get them to join our

cause? I understand most are set in their ways. But you never know.

[Paladin]

107. I'm On The Side Of The "Old White".

You're on the victorious side, you could afford to be classy, but you decided to act like a churlish kid, instead. Thanks for nothing......

[Mr Dixon]

109. IMO

You should have told her "You 1st" seems to me like all the Rommey Stickers were removed pretty quicly

[BeyondGeography]

110. Well, at least you didn't key her car

[CBGLuthier]

111. So you were rude to an old lady. Bully for you!

[Starry Messenger]

112. Yeah, that happened.

[SidDithers]

113. It's the RB TexLa show!...

He may have changed his name, but his posts are still

Sid

[Capt. Obvious]

115. Cool story bro

[rosesaylavee]

116. Would just like to say that to my mind

this thread is what is wrong with the 'new' DU 3 jury system. Apparently this thread was deemed 'ok' to stand despite it's inherent assholery and bigotry.

Makes me miss DU2 more than ever.

[slackmaster]

117. Cool racist, ageist story

[RepublicansRZombies]

119. The comments on this thread are what being liberal is all about

Even though we disagree with this lady, everyone thinks you were an asshole.

This is what separates us from the 'other side'.

Humanity first.

[Adsos Letter]

132. +1

[Romulox]

120. Odd how DU has found a way to PPR most Lefty posters, but this one just seems to skate...

Odd, huh?

[x2 vancouverite]

128. Someone (more senior than I obviously) should send this to a "jury"

I'm just fucking floored that 37 DUrec'd it!

[Nye Bevan]

122. What a heartwarming story. You are a wonderful, wonderful person.

You should feel very proud of yourself.

[Art_from_Ark]

134. I think he's just yanking people's chains

He seems to be making fun of two kinds of posts-- one kind where the poster claims to have met a Romney supporter and told them a thing of two, and one kind that makes fun of "old white men" (and there are lots of posts like that here). I wonder what the reaction on this thread would have been if he had said "old white man" instead of "old white woman".

[Flying Squirrel]

125. I can hardly wait

Till your profile (and that of other posters) shows how many posts have been alerted upon.

[LanternWaste]

131. Make that two old whites

I laughed and pointed out his absurdity (as did dozens of others). He got a preening look on his face, and I said, "go to hell!" I chuckled a little more and moved on to the next thread.

[flvegan]

133. LOL! I DON'T GO TO HELL WITH YOU!