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BaronChocula

(4,006 posts)
11. My first compliment of 2026
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 04:45 PM
3 hrs ago

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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Being a true Class-Lady........The media has turned into a Shithouse ditch. chouchou 4 hrs ago #1
Oh, I just saw that the media IS freaking out senseandsensibility 4 hrs ago #2
The corpo media LOVES Trump. USS_Dauntless 4 hrs ago #4
I'm seeing a trend BaronChocula 4 hrs ago #7
I would rather call you 'observant', to be honest. OldBaldy1701E 3 hrs ago #10
My first compliment of 2026 BaronChocula 3 hrs ago #11
True. OldBaldy1701E 3 hrs ago #14
Socialists like silk pillow cases too Captain Zero 47 min ago #31
The money Greg_In_SF 4 hrs ago #3
Lol senseandsensibility 4 hrs ago #5
Last time I checked Greg_In_SF 4 hrs ago #6
You really, truly, honestly believe Demobrat 3 hrs ago #9
Do you have Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #20
Maybe try grasping reality. MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #24
The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior. Demobrat 58 min ago #27
Do we know if the money made it out of MaraLoco? Captain Zero 45 min ago #33
Hmmmmmmm......My Momma Raised A Skeptic..... ColoringFool 3 hrs ago #12
And you really believe that, Gregg? I wonder what else you believe. paleotn 2 hrs ago #18
What evidence Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #21
What evidence do you have that it is, Gregg? paleotn 1 hr ago #22
You mean Greg_In_SF 1 hr ago #23
Link? MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #25
Don't have a Greg_In_SF 1 hr ago #26
You're sooooo believable. paleotn 53 min ago #29
The auction participants. Not Trump directly. paleotn 54 min ago #28
Yes Greg_In_SF 49 min ago #30
Reading comprehension. Re-read what I typed. paleotn 45 min ago #32
No thanks Greg_In_SF 43 min ago #34
Poor baby! paleotn 43 min ago #35
And Obama liked Grey Poupon. MSM sux. C-Span and full confession, we like Velshi, Rachel, Lawrence, Nichole and most of Evolve Dammit 4 hrs ago #8
Can't wait for Lawrence to return senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #13
Only surpassed by the tan suit! Evolve Dammit 3 hrs ago #15
Plus hibbing 3 hrs ago #16
Forgetting so quickly that Reagan wore tan suits quite often. paleotn 2 hrs ago #19
It was just an ID10T error. Hoosier_Progressiv 2 hrs ago #17
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