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In reply to the discussion: So the media freaked out when Nancy Pelosi had fancy ice cream in her freezer [View all]BaronChocula
(4,709 posts)11. My first compliment of 2026
Maybe my last.
I didn't dig into the details of the hierarchy, but wealthy white men are certainly on top. But being white and not so wealthy also has its privileges as data from police stops and criminal justice outcomes will suggest. I think the Southern "good old boy" is descended from the poor Southern whites who were granted status over newly freed blacks following the Civil War. That power didn't make them wealthy, but it gave them license to act as Jim Crow enforcers while the white folks of means still disparaged them as poor white trash.
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So the media freaked out when Nancy Pelosi had fancy ice cream in her freezer [View all]
senseandsensibility
Jan 2026
OP
And Obama liked Grey Poupon. MSM sux. C-Span and full confession, we like Velshi, Rachel, Lawrence, Nichole and most of
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2026
#8
Of course if a Dem did a tiny fraction of what trump did it would be non stop outrage
Jbraybarten
Jan 2026
#46