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nolabear

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43. I swear to God, I find this hard to believe.

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 07:33 PM

Mar 2012

I am NOT being an apologist for the South. I am from the South and return there regularly to visit. My family had, and has, some attitudes I find seriously racist. But I don't know anyone who thinks interracial marriage should be illegal. Heck, I knew many Air Force men who married Asian women, and many Anglo-Mexican families even when I was a kid. Marriages between black and white people was, and often is, really looked down on but it's been a very long time since I have heard anyone but the most hard core white supremacists say it should be illegal, and even they don't tend to think that way--they're more likely to shun or intimidate personally than want the government involved.

So this one floors me. And just a point I don't understand, the article seems to use GOP and Tea Party interchangeably. I'd like to know who they're talking to.

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Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled said interracial marriage should be illegal [View all] NNN0LHI Mar 2012 OP

yikes /nt think Mar 2012 #1

Dude. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #2

Just as bad, nary a Rethug leader will criticize the rampant racism in their party LonePirate Mar 2012 #4

It's also old news. The only thing that's beyond fucked is.. TrollBuster9090 Mar 2012 #22

You don't know why? It'll tell you but it'll make you sick when you think about it. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #28

oh man bigtree Mar 2012 #3

I missed that....where was it? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #39

Public Policy Polling - Read it and weep Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #48

In my best Don Corleone voice. What are you weeping about? Stand up and fight. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #57

Oh, sir... Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #60

Rubbish Rod Mollise Mar 2012 #78

I've been fighting for years Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #83

aint just mississippi qazplm Mar 2012 #5

I have such a hard time wrapping my brain around such ignorance Marrah_G Mar 2012 #11

you would definitely shanti Mar 2012 #44

If they want out of the Union... Kalidurga Mar 2012 #6

I would love the south to seceed gopiscrap Mar 2012 #14

Kansas is in the south now? RZM Mar 2012 #18

In terms of evolution vs. creationism, racism, sexism, yes. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #79

What about WV, VA, and NC? cordelia Mar 2012 #23

First, learn to spell 'secede'. And KY wasn't part of the CSA. trof Mar 2012 #50

Thanks for condemning all of us Southern Democrats. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #68

Or, if you are there (in the South), leave and come north. I did just that. CTyankee Mar 2012 #73

See No. 1 of my post. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #95

Why on earth would I do that? My moving north doesn't make anyone an idiot for wanting to CTyankee Mar 2012 #96

If it weren't for my family I'd move. ingac70 Mar 2012 #97

bigotry is still entrenched in parts of the south fascisthunter Mar 2012 #7

I used to believe this, but no more. I have seen, if anything, racism re-emphasized! CTyankee Mar 2012 #45

Yep, racism has not been reduced in the south... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #54

the GOP should be shamed by this Marrah_G Mar 2012 #8

I agree. nt cyberswede Mar 2012 #16

slavery didn't cause the civil war, it was about state's rights - i hear that all the time arely staircase Mar 2012 #9

just tell them they are right, it was about state's rights qazplm Mar 2012 #13

They should read those states' Declarations of Secession Mariana Mar 2012 #81

Honestly? That says more about Mississippi than it says about the Republican party. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #10

You are so right. NOLALady Mar 2012 #20

Very good summary and you for got the Scots. jwirr Mar 2012 #34

germans got over it. iemitsu Mar 2012 #52

germany got the sh*t kicked out of it. CTyankee Mar 2012 #74

Germany didn't become East France or West Russia, either. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #93

Scalia likes telling people to get over things NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #86

It's not shocking to me. frogmarch Mar 2012 #12

Same here. Rozlee Mar 2012 #36

They live in fucking MISSISSIPPI - half of them are ALREADY products of mixed relationships... saras Mar 2012 #15

Incest don't count Generic Other Mar 2012 #67

SMH Mr Dixon Mar 2012 #17

As Nina would say NOLALady Mar 2012 #19

*Ahem* Maybe some reporters should be asking the GOP candidates for their stance on these issues? TrollBuster9090 Mar 2012 #21

If they did, their silence would be deafening NICO9000 Mar 2012 #58

Wow! This is what republicans mean when they say they want their country back! workinclasszero Mar 2012 #24

I can't say I'm surprised by this. drm604 Mar 2012 #25

omg, I laughed slightly.....sigh, this is sad...I thought it wasn't real uponit7771 Mar 2012 #26

I sometimes wonder what might have happened if there had never been a civil war, and Cal33 Mar 2012 #27

Or they might have gotten rid of it formally, but entrench an apartheid state JHB Mar 2012 #30

True, and in which case, I suppose many more blacks would have left such a country. Cal33 Mar 2012 #32

That still happened. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #69

Yes, but the implication of the post I was responding to... JHB Mar 2012 #75

Greed. NOLALady Mar 2012 #38

I think they would have cared about world opinion Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #55

I tend to think they got off too damn easy. More hangings for treason and dispossesions TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #51

Agreed. hifiguy Mar 2012 #84

Nasty Rita Rabbit Mar 2012 #91

Enjoy your stay at DU hifiguy Mar 2012 #92

And it was. hifiguy Mar 2012 #94

It might have taken a long, long time Mariana Mar 2012 #82

And this is surprising, how, exactly? (But then again, something else should be said as well) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #29

If you don't mind, Ms Harper Lee gets the present tense. Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #41

My apologies. nt =) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #87

Wonder if there was any attempt in the survey to distinguish between black/white marriages and jwirr Mar 2012 #31

Tripple whamy Iliyah Mar 2012 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Mar 2012 #35

Those same people also want to refight the Civil War. DCBob Mar 2012 #37

Imagine that, lifelong idiot pukes with a screwed-up belief system just1voice Mar 2012 #40

How these Tea Party types can read the Constitution WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2012 #42

They have an interesting perspective on Jesus too NICO9000 Mar 2012 #59

I swear to God, I find this hard to believe. nolabear Mar 2012 #43

morons. Sarah Palin is IN an interracial marriage. provis99 Mar 2012 #46

and THIS is why our government has Reps and Senators. elehhhhna Mar 2012 #47

Someone should ProSense Mar 2012 #49

And this was from before the culture war... Gore1FL Mar 2012 #53

The good news is that 60% of southerners don't long for the Confederacy. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #56

Is this... what... year is this? Initech Mar 2012 #61

I'm speechless. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #62

Mississippi Gop bigots: GROW UP! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2012 #63

In a way, other states should be thanking Mississippi. gulliver Mar 2012 #64

surely you've heard the expression "Thank God for Mississippi" provis99 Mar 2012 #98

Ok, then Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #65

They like marring into family julian09 Mar 2012 #66

I won't be vacationing there. limpyhobbler Mar 2012 #70

the GOP voters of NJ are pretty bad too tabbycat31 Mar 2012 #90

no excuse for their ignorance spanone Mar 2012 #71

"Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled" are racist motherfuckers. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #72

They need to go back under those rocks they crawled out from Raine Mar 2012 #76

Almost half Blue_Roses Mar 2012 #77

How can someone go to Walmart week after week, and still believe white people are "superior"? Bosso 63 Mar 2012 #80

Well, that's Mississippi Republicans for ya! agentS Mar 2012 #85

My training in psychology and statistics makes me question how many understood the question slackmaster Mar 2012 #88

Racism serves a purpose. potone Mar 2012 #89