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16. Me too, here in Texas, I look like a white cop

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 06:44 PM

Feb 2022

They don't even glance at me as the look around before spouting the most hateful racist idiocy.

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Funny, to me anyway. [View all] Phoenix61 Feb 2022 OP

Can't judge a book by it's cover. n/t multigraincracker Feb 2022 #1

I am the perfect example of that Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #2

Pretty much the same here in multigraincracker Feb 2022 #3

Oh, I forgot the bald and fat part. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #12

I'm old, fat, white, bald, ugly, AND I used to be in Rotary! Poiuyt Feb 2022 #18

Isn't Rotary the one that's designed to have very few members soldierant Feb 2022 #23

Basically correct Poiuyt Feb 2022 #24

Thanks. That's very clear! soldierant Feb 2022 #25

Same here. orangecrush Feb 2022 #20

... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #14

Me too, here in Texas, I look like a white cop PurgedVoter Feb 2022 #16

That is what people get for making assumptions. niyad Feb 2022 #4

Sounds like my stompin' grounds in the NW section of the Panhandle packman Feb 2022 #5

The owner knows who makes trouble. twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #6

Yep, the bar owner is a really great guy. Phoenix61 Feb 2022 #8

Good to hear. Sounds like he diffused a bigger conflict in your case. calimary Feb 2022 #10

It's A Bar DanieRains Feb 2022 #7

Same here seta1950 Feb 2022 #11

👍 nt Atticus Feb 2022 #15

Same. If you're white they think you are one of them. onecaliberal Feb 2022 #17

I hate it when someone thinks I am a bigot like them Skittles Feb 2022 #26

There are more of us here than people think. EmeraldCoaster Feb 2022 #21

You guys all make me feel good. Solomon Feb 2022 #22