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southernyankeebelle

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119. I didn't start this conversation in the first place. If you don't like don't read my post. I

Sat Jun 22, 2013, 03:43 PM

Jun 2013

was responding to the original poster. I don't think you were it. But at any rate I am not a racist. I don't really care what you think.

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Please don't call people racist because they disagree with you [View all] usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 OP

Nice Post, George Wallace taterguy Jun 2013 #1

Really? Come on. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #76

Please open your eyes. Usually people who say their aren't racist are racist. Time southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #2

and it's not just republicans nt karmalk Jun 2013 #4

your right. But dems on the whole are openned to having a big tent. Republicans aren't. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #6

Likewise. Calling a whole group of DUers names doesn't prove anything, and says more about the name usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #10

What are you drinking? Take a chill pill will ya. Gee southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #30

Have you really been living under a rock for the past week? Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #38

No I can't say I have seen any. But that doesn't mean there isn't. For me I have lots southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #55

Here are two Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #60

I think you are projecting. You are the one throwing the rude comments like, rhett o rick Jun 2013 #118

I didn't start this conversation in the first place. If you don't like don't read my post. I southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #119

I never claimed you are a racist. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #120

thank you for that much. I don't want to fight with you anyway. Have a good southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #121

I'm with you. cheapdate Jun 2013 #65

I am We usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #93

I think that George is referring to the people who are calling fellow DUers racist when they Th1onein Jun 2013 #27

Well he is very touchy. I thought he was calling DUers racists in general. I would southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #32

I'd be touchy, too. Th1onein Jun 2013 #39

I haven't seen anyone here call DUers racist because of this NSA stuff. I wasn't saying that. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #53

Two or three pages of GD should get you a dozen threads. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #63

"It is what it is" Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #71

Just becasue Obama's parents were of different races sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #92

An OP implied that people who are upset about the NSA revelations Hissyspit Jun 2013 #35

Usually people who say they aren't Communist are Communist.--- Sen J oe McCarthy MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #68

Careful, 60 million voted Republican. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #77

Why? The truth hurt? Go ahead censure your heart out. That is the republican southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #117

Please enlighten us with examples of DU tblue Jun 2013 #83

there's nothing wrong for calling it racism, when that's what it is karmalk Jun 2013 #3

Was it racist against texans in that case...when I raised bloody hell nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #5

'Don't bother answering, I know your answer' karmalk Jun 2013 #7

Are you talking to me? southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #8

talking to you? karmalk Jun 2013 #12

LOL, thanks for the laugh. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #33

"this whole nsa 'outrage' is anti Obama racism" Lizzie Poppet Jun 2013 #11

Oh Lizzie Poppet tblue Jun 2013 #86

Right on! Enthusiast Jun 2013 #112

That is pure, shameless horse shit. arcane1 Jun 2013 #26

Wrong. progressoid Jun 2013 #28

There's also nothing wrong with calling it racism JoeyT Jun 2013 #36

Kind of like "whites will be the minority in such-and-such year" arcane1 Jun 2013 #41

Some trolling is so amateurish. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #52

I don't believe that Jenoch Jun 2013 #72

BS pure bull 840high Jun 2013 #78

The whole NSA outrage is racist? Really now. Wanna explain that to me? Skip Intro Jun 2013 #79

Here - Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #87

No. The whole NSA outrage is NSA outrage. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #80

I must be a self-loathing black man then. Apophis Jun 2013 #84

Who here called you, specifcally, a racist because he or she disagreed with you? ucrdem Jun 2013 #9

There have been many threads recently calling DUers against NSA usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #14

But no one here specifically called you a racist, thank you. nt ucrdem Jun 2013 #16

Yes, they have... I am in that group against the spying. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #18

Me too nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #20

"You, specifically" sibelian Jun 2013 #110

The race card is frequently a tactic of apologists/cheerleaders/sock puppets to distract and divide. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #13

and 'race card' is a term usually used by racists nt karmalk Jun 2013 #22

Now you are imply your fellow DUer is a racist usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #29

Between ignore and trash thread, you can disappear all those people Catherina Jun 2013 #15

A very good idea which I am implementing. nt ucrdem Jun 2013 #17

Could we out each other on mutual ignore? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #19

As I said in my OP I am against censorship usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #21

and some of us are against racism nt karmalk Jun 2013 #23

No, you are not against racism you are exploiting racism for your own agenda Bjorn Against Jun 2013 #37

+1000 n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #40

PLUS ONE! nt Enthusiast Jun 2013 #113

Quiet, troll. Adults are talking. n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #59

It ain't censorship to tell right-wing griefers to take their shit elsewhere. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #54

It is to tell DUers that. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #58

+1,000! I may have to summon more Klingons soon! backscatter712 Jun 2013 #64

Huge K&R! quinnox Jun 2013 #24

My dear friend, it's best not to ask nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #45

It is much worse than assuming President Obama is divine. bvar22 Jun 2013 #66

And for the win! Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #88

You know, there are some things that just are or aren't. Cleita Jun 2013 #25

So completely wrong Recursion Jun 2013 #82

So explain what you are saying. Cleita Jun 2013 #94

But then why is it OK to call people apologists, authoritarians or cheerleaders treestar Jun 2013 #31

Well usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #47

Ok got it treestar Jun 2013 #50

You got it all wrong usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #62

LOL, can't we all just get along? southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #34

Hmm.... onpatrol98 Jun 2013 #42

Please don't disrupt the pity party. Number23 Jun 2013 #67

Point well taken! onpatrol98 Jun 2013 #69

"Wake me when it's over..." I know that's right Number23 Jun 2013 #70

You need to take those blinders off. Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #90

Perhaps you should take your own advice. Number23 Jun 2013 #91

To the contrary, Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #95

So when people claimed that he was responsible for getting the bankers in NYC the Number23 Jun 2013 #97

What I find ironic felix_numinous Jun 2013 #43

Actually we are seeing this here nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #46

Well said usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #49

There are lots of tactics used on this board to shut down discussion CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #44

Of course usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #51

How ELSE is conversation on a topic supposed to be suppressed? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #48

Quelling discussion and even dissent, attempting to limit the conversation Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #56

If they were interested in rational discourse, they wouldn't have firebombed DU with that charge. DRoseDARs Jun 2013 #57

How true. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #73

"support each other in the common goal of making America a more progressive, democratic country" Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #61

Very good post. Thank you. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #74

I know a lot of us feel the same way usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #106

Right after... one_voice Jun 2013 #75

You misunderstand usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #85

Great post. This kind of thing has been going on for a while. Skip Intro Jun 2013 #81

Personal appeals and reason do not work on people that would smear... allin99 Jun 2013 #89

Exactly! What do you think the point of my being nasty with them is? backscatter712 Jun 2013 #96

Agreed, they're really low lifes. but question... allin99 Jun 2013 #98

It's not just about Snowden. The same lowlifes have a longer-term pattern. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #99

so it's just for obama?.... allin99 Jun 2013 #100

I don't think it's about Obama either. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #101

no i mean why... allin99 Jun 2013 #105

I think a lot of the why is psychological. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #107

hmmm. interesting. it makes sense that it's personality traits... allin99 Jun 2013 #109

OK, I'll call them bigots instead rightsideout Jun 2013 #102

Really? n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #103

Why, because DUers disagree with you, Washington usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #104

This only gets 34 recs so far? MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #108

I wont call anyone racist so long as they.... LostOne4Ever Jun 2013 #111

It seems to me that there HappyMe Jun 2013 #114

being provoked into outraged denials by outright griefers carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #115

+1 sibelian Jun 2013 #116

I hear conservatives say that all the time michigandem58 Jun 2013 #122

I don't think anyone is saying that. hughee99 Jun 2013 #123