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Paladin

(28,243 posts)
18. Neo-confederate bullshit propaganda.
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 08:48 PM
Mar 2020

I know what I'm talking about, I grew up with it.

Make your walk-away from that shitheel a permanent one. Life is too short to give such sub-humans any of your time.

Can't speak for everyone but I know many that Welfare saved their life. Under The Radar Mar 2020 #1
Same with my husband's family crimycarny Mar 2020 #4
it makes me look bad to wish for this; Under The Radar Mar 2020 #9
I recall Christopher Reeves talking about how moonscape Mar 2020 #74
We would have starved without food stamps when I was a kid. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #42
I have been there Under The Radar Mar 2020 #49
Bless you. I wish someone had done that for us once. nt SunSeeker Mar 2020 #51
Thanks but understand that I am not boasting. Under The Radar Mar 2020 #54
Props!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2020 #60
My father died when I was six (1956) central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #66
His talking point is 30+ years out of date Blue_Tires Mar 2020 #2
Longer than 30 years Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #15
William F Buckley Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #27
Sounds like you did a good job. elleng Mar 2020 #3
Those people have been empowered... by trump's accession to power. albacore Mar 2020 #5
There is a book Dan Mar 2020 #58
You can't argue or reason with someone who is like that. Tech Mar 2020 #6
Agree. NOthing you can say will change the mind of someone that far away from reality or reason. Amaryllis Mar 2020 #33
I know exactly what I would have said. Because I have had the exact conversation. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #7
I'll add to what you say to them Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #56
That's a good one. I will remember it. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #57
This argument has been used treestar Mar 2020 #69
This guy sounds like Ohiogal Mar 2020 #8
You can't debate people that are that far gone. Mosby Mar 2020 #10
+++ agree. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #40
Agree. Not worth it. It's over, nationally. I have no use for anyone who thinks like that. Done. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #45
it wasn't welfare in itself that was damaging Skittles Mar 2020 #11
the rules to recieve welfare are so strict that most have to cheat to survive,including having questionseverything Mar 2020 #17
"Our darkies was always so happy, until all them outside agitators come along" struggle4progress Mar 2020 #12
Thank you for the stark reminder of where we've been, and what we refuse to return to. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #47
I don't like seeing this on DU leftstreet Mar 2020 #13
Unfortunately not so rearview anymore crimycarny Mar 2020 #20
Why would you try to 'combat' someone like this? leftstreet Mar 2020 #22
I don't get your point at all. I hear shit like this at Boomerproud Mar 2020 #24
I disagree wholeheartedly with your post. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #32
okay n/t leftstreet Mar 2020 #35
Same as it ever was.... paleotn Mar 2020 #59
They could Google all that themselves leftstreet Mar 2020 #63
The racists murdered truth to further their ideology Ponietz Mar 2020 #14
You handled it. Gave him some facts. He couldn't handle them at that time, so he dug in. Karadeniz Mar 2020 #16
Neo-confederate bullshit propaganda. Paladin Mar 2020 #18
"The Peculiar Institution" by Kenneth Stampp (1956) Paladin Mar 2020 #67
You must have a very slow workplace to be having these sort of in depth discussions. cwydro Mar 2020 #19
Didn't start out as in-depth crimycarny Mar 2020 #21
In all my working years, after work conversations never involved abortion. cwydro Mar 2020 #23
Yep, lucky you crimycarny Mar 2020 #25
Yes indeed. cwydro Mar 2020 #26
You bet there is.... paleotn Mar 2020 #62
not everyone works at McDonalds Nature Man Mar 2020 #71
It's an ugly, racist lie dlk Mar 2020 #28
I feel your pain. Ugh. Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #29
Thank you. warmfeet Mar 2020 #30
My response: Number One, you're an idiot and I never argue with idiots. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #31
So true Lithos Mar 2020 #46
That's pure indoctrinated Limbaugh Foxbot there... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #34
By the way... llmart Mar 2020 #37
Agree. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #50
Teaching A Pig How To Sing JGug1 Mar 2020 #36
That's a favorite line of conservatives dflprincess Mar 2020 #38
Do not argue Traildogbob Mar 2020 #39
If it's such a good life, he should try it IronLionZion Mar 2020 #41
As a white person, whose grandparents came here PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #43
it's a mobius loop of outrage Demonaut Mar 2020 #44
First - this is an impression not based in reality Lithos Mar 2020 #48
White wing ideology equates welfare with keeping people in slavery. They are such sickos. Hoyt Mar 2020 #52
You did good. I guess your coworker never read nor saw sinkingfeeling Mar 2020 #53
One question for your colleague: SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #55
Those people have no idea how welfare, WIC, Medicaid or subsidized housing actually works.... paleotn Mar 2020 #61
ugh. i hate your co-worker Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #64
Isn't it telling that he lies about black people and all women in the same breath: neither can be... Hekate Mar 2020 #65
Slavery denied us the notion of family malaise Mar 2020 #68
The slaveowner viewed his slaves like livestock Nature Man Mar 2020 #70
Precisely malaise Mar 2020 #72
Sadly, this belief is very common among Fox viewers... RealityChik Mar 2020 #73
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