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In reply to the discussion: DU ... Just So You Know, It's NOT Our Imagination ... [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)Almost. Just part of the world if you want to work and live in south Texas. However, I never until Obama was a serious contender for office noticed even close friends and relatives starting to lose it rationally - cultivating into some telling me the would 'not vote for a n*!".
It really brought my reality into question, people I never thought of as hardcore racists - coming out of the woodworks to tell me that! Holy shit...was I ever wrong, these are people that voted for Clinton! Family and friends.
I felt really stupid for not noticing before or was it really the fact that a black man could actually win the Presidency? That shook them to their core...a real eye opener for me at 43. People that traditionally vote Dem, nope wouldn't do it. Would they vote for a women? Hmm, not sure anymore. I thought so back then.
Rocked my world in 2008. I didn't post here during all that time cause I didn't want to be pissed off all day at what I would see in GD. I had to deal with it personally at home and work.
You are so right, hate radio is a horribly damaging weapon for bigots to use on the nation. If only more people would realize they are being used like robots to parrot whatever Rush has to say that day.
The BFEE made it X10 times worse.