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Botany

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28. As an ecologist and a lover of nature the area is awesome but Good God in Butter the people ....
Thu Jul 15, 2021, 07:08 PM
Jul 2021

... are weapons grade stupid. I heard more than one time, "You are a Yankee aren't you?"
I wanted to scream "What part of slavery and the violent destruction of America are you good with?"*

I hope Joe Biden's infrastructure and broad band programs gets to them but some of them are stupid
so much that only death alone will cure 'em.


* BTW these same people are good with blacks playing in the SEC or the NFL too.

My Experience in SW Missouri [View all] rustysgurl Jul 2021 OP
I have an ex-DIL living and working in Lebanon. She keeps telling me the vaccine doesn't sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #1
Good for you for speaking up so clearly to her! MLAA Jul 2021 #2
I know the drill gay texan Jul 2021 #3
It would have been even worse griffi94 Jul 2021 #15
Not sure about that. momta Jul 2021 #56
Ha. You're probly right griffi94 Jul 2021 #70
That's a bold strategy, Cotton gratuitous Jul 2021 #4
Got me...one of my favorite cameos of all-time! Moostache Jul 2021 #6
I wonder if that 99% statistic is confusing to these people. raging moderate Jul 2021 #5
sta-tis-tic. 3 syllables. Too many. Does not compute. It's all about what bubba thinks.... erronis Jul 2021 #14
Does this theory of yours regarding syllables apply to the many AA folks who have chosen not to vax? Treefrog Jul 2021 #71
I suspect part of the reason that some AA folks don't take the vaccine Dan Jul 2021 #74
Probably not, but it is just as dumb treestar Jul 2021 #85
I would just ask them, "Would six figures in hospital debt change your life for the better?" CrispyQ Jul 2021 #62
Sorry about your bad experience SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #7
Good Luck rustysgurl Jul 2021 #9
We've been here for 15 years SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #10
Good for you. griffi94 Jul 2021 #16
I Wasn't Speaking of YOUR Friends and Neighbors rustysgurl Jul 2021 #20
That poster didn't call you any names at all. Treefrog Jul 2021 #73
hmmm? WhiteTara Jul 2021 #76
Our neighbors moved and I'm storing some Bill O'Reilley crap that arrived for them after they left renate Jul 2021 #36
I'm actually related to rednecks Random Boomer Jul 2021 #50
"Red neck" is a phrase turned completely around from it's original meaning ... marble falls Jul 2021 #53
Way back in the early 1980's, slightlv Jul 2021 #67
Silence gives consent .... marble falls Jul 2021 #52
Seems to me the poster simply considers it 'BS" when referring to neighbors. I don't engage Treefrog Jul 2021 #57
I think your experience is more the norm. People are helpful except when pushed. erronis Jul 2021 #17
Wow. Question: why do you feel the need to be here? Duppers Jul 2021 #29
If an argument costs you SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #30
I was close to being in your camp until the 2nd to the last sentence herding cats Jul 2021 #33
This is a newbie. Here one month only. secondwind Jul 2021 #48
A person can be political and still understand that politicians generally don't care about them WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #51
Thanks SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #61
Hard to be friends with someone thinks you're going to Hell... Girard442 Jul 2021 #82
This. Thank you. Treefrog Jul 2021 #72
Plenty of people interact on du in non--political ways. This poster simply stated that they didn't Treefrog Jul 2021 #59
Why are you on this Page? You're here for only one month, secondwind Jul 2021 #49
So you don't believe in We the People? treestar Jul 2021 #84
Kind of what I thought, but frankly couldn't think of the words to say n/t rustysgurl Jul 2021 #32
Oh! I just said similar below to them. herding cats Jul 2021 #34
Thanks. Thought I couldn't be the only one. Duppers Jul 2021 #38
I said that political arguments with friends and neighbors SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #65
Are you sure you're on the right website? Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #55
How kind. Treefrog Jul 2021 #60
I thought that I was SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #64
Don't pay any mind to that kind of thing. Treefrog Jul 2021 #69
most of us have been friends for 15 years or so WhiteTara Jul 2021 #80
Please ignore the people flaming you, DU is better than that lanlady Jul 2021 #83
I think it is tough to believe they've never mentioned their political views treestar Jul 2021 #86
Since you replied to my post twice SWMO_8541 Jul 2021 #87
OK I did assume you were not into politics at all treestar Jul 2021 #88
I grew up in 99 44/100 Ivory Soap pure white Ronald Reagan country. hunter Jul 2021 #8
thanks for the post, rustysgurl NJCher Jul 2021 #11
No cure for Stupid moose966 Jul 2021 #12
If that's how they feel, then why don't they all commit suicide? raccoon Jul 2021 #13
Sorry to say, I believe the majority of this thinking comes from their church/pastors. No Vested Interest Jul 2021 #18
CBR - Cash Based Religion. keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #26
How did that old song in church go? Was it "washed in the blood of the scam"? KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2021 #19
One the great canoe or float trips is the Buffalo River.. Botany Jul 2021 #21
I've floated the Buffalo--it IS awesome! lastlib Jul 2021 #25
As an ecologist and a lover of nature the area is awesome but Good God in Butter the people .... Botany Jul 2021 #28
We moved to a very conservative area of GA from CA. Our neighbors Hortensis Jul 2021 #22
Was invited to a neighbor's birthday party Duppers Jul 2021 #39
There's more to it. Conservatives by personality tend to have Hortensis Jul 2021 #45
Yes, astute observations. Duppers Jul 2021 #47
Yes. For me these political attitudes are impossible to tolerate Hortensis Jul 2021 #66
Is the blood of Jesus going to pay their medical bills? littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #23
You mean you just can't fix religion, not without a lot of expensive deprogramming Warpy Jul 2021 #24
'Hallelujah! More children are dying to be with the lord!' keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #27
I hear you rustysgurl Skittles Jul 2021 #31
this is blind faith Shellback Squid Jul 2021 #35
Tell to stop wearing her seat belt when she drives and "Pead the blood of Jesus" Maraya1969 Jul 2021 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #40
I lived in Ozark and Nixa Thtwudbeme Jul 2021 #41
Maybe they deserve our praise bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #42
God helps those that help themselves?!?! Probatim Jul 2021 #43
Honestly, at this point I just hope they all get to meet their Lawd soon. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #44
... catbyte Jul 2021 #46
Which illustrates that in the "show me" state, not everyone Harker Jul 2021 #54
Gee, I wonder why that same attitude about vaccines doesn't apply to guns? Silent3 Jul 2021 #58
Well, if you didn't like it in the 70's . . . Strelnikov_ Jul 2021 #63
Tattoos? Elessar Zappa Jul 2021 #68
My guess is, the type of art may be quite different DemocraticPatriot Jul 2021 #89
An Apology ... of sorts rustysgurl Jul 2021 #75
Thank you Bucky Jul 2021 #78
"an ignorant, thoughtless fool" Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #77
The vaccination rates homegirl Jul 2021 #79
It's what god wants wsbradshaw Jul 2021 #81
"We had someone spit in a nurse's eye because she told him he had COVID and he didn't believe her" dalton99a Jul 2021 #90
Yet they still worship Trump, who DID get vaccinated. raging moderate Aug 2021 #91
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