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ag_dude

(562 posts)
Thu May 10, 2012, 12:43 PM May 2012

At what point does political name calling become bigotry? [View all]

If you haven’t seen it, you haven’t been paying attention.

Any time something happens in the south, regardless of what it is, the comments come out mocking the entire region.

Christians? They must be mocked.

Have a Texan accent? You must be a George Bush supporting climate change denier.

Do people not see how they are falling into the same bigoted and intolerant ways that they pretend they’re better than when they mock entire regions and religions?

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