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67. Gotcha.

Reply to Cary (Reply #66)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 07:29 PM

Apr 2017

I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

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Getting ready for the spillover of right-wing rage. [View all] Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 OP

Is this a microaggression? HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #1

See, this is why I love DU. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #2

I practice micropassiveaggression to my superiors at work lunatica Apr 2017 #49

I'm sorry you have to experience this Cary Apr 2017 #53

Gosh, Cary. Thanks. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #54

A slice of my own life... Cary Apr 2017 #60

I have had cultural misunderstandings too. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #61

Your story just brought that to my mind for some reason Cary Apr 2017 #63

I know it's hard. Just another example of the different experiences we all have that Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #64

Not exactly. Cary Apr 2017 #66

Gotcha. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #67

In parts of the south... yallerdawg Apr 2017 #3

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Thanks for visiting! yallerdawg Apr 2017 #14

You are the racist buffoon. nt LexVegas Apr 2017 #16

It's been real. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2017 #19

Ooh, ooh, ooh, what liberalhistorian Apr 2017 #21

I hate when I miss the stupidity, too wryter2000 Apr 2017 #83

Was in the South only once. zentrum Apr 2017 #85

I would have walked up to him and asked vlyons Apr 2017 #4

Me, too. lol Solly Mack Apr 2017 #5

That is what I would have done also. nt Blue_true Apr 2017 #11

I would have volstork Apr 2017 #26

careful...I've done the hose bit oldcynic Apr 2017 #48

Asking if he had lost one of his balls would be kind. Thor_MN Apr 2017 #28

I would have framed it with sarcasm.... sdfernando Apr 2017 #44

That was my immediate thought when I read that... yagotme Apr 2017 #52

lol... Blue_Roses Apr 2017 #56

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The incident would not have happened. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #8

Let me put it to you this way, Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #9

Asking the jackass if he needed help is not escalating. nt Blue_true Apr 2017 #12

Yeah it is. retrowire Apr 2017 #20

Exactly. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #32

It's the same reason I was afraid to put an Obama sticker on my car. I live in japple Apr 2017 #37

I bought Obama shirts that I carefully folded and put away for souvenirs. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #42

I wish we are all able to "fly our freak flag!!" This coming from an old japple Apr 2017 #51

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Yes it is. You just don't tempt fate. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #31

You were the reasonable mature adult. TNNurse Apr 2017 #27

Agreed BigOleDummy Apr 2017 #30

Thank you. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #33

You gotta admit it would have been very satisfying to ask him if he had lost his balls. LOL Lib Apr 2017 #45

Bye... LexVegas Apr 2017 #17

Good friends in NYC has their car severely damaged last night randr Apr 2017 #7

I expect these kind of events are going to escalate. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #10

That's something I've never done, put rage invoking sticker(s) on my car. There are just way too RKP5637 Apr 2017 #76

I woulda turned the hose on him. Ligyron Apr 2017 #15

PEACE to YOU & Yours furtheradu Apr 2017 #18

I feel your pain. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #34

This is so wrong on so many levels. ananda Apr 2017 #22

So true that these communities require adjustment in thinking. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #35

A short but entertaining anecdote! rock Apr 2017 #23

As a large white male raised by a white male monster from Texas -- byronius Apr 2017 #24

When I think about personal confrontations in this county, I always remember Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #36

Wise words. byronius Apr 2017 #41

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Oh, many years of therapy later, I'm much better. byronius Apr 2017 #46

+1 narnian60 Apr 2017 #79

Their incompetence is blowing up in their stupid faces, and they're not happy. Initech Apr 2017 #25

Don't know where you are radical noodle Apr 2017 #29

Agreed. Sure wish there were more people around here Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #39

When the impeachment process begins or the NoMoreRepugs Apr 2017 #38

Yup. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #40

I hv to agree with you. I just hope others here and NoMoreRepugs Apr 2017 #71

Sounds as if you had A Close Encounter With White Male Privilege. spooky3 Apr 2017 #47

That old guy white male autocrat is very common around here. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #57

Created by right wing media: goal to lie to and scare old white men sharedvalues Apr 2017 #74

Great article. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #75

Exactly! Sadly, there's big money to be made in fear and hatred. Alex Jones is one example, and of RKP5637 Apr 2017 #78

Doesn't if feel like your're living in a minefield? oldcynic Apr 2017 #50

That is how I felt for many, many years. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #58

How well I know this... Blue_Roses Apr 2017 #59

And "bless your heart" :-). spooky3 Apr 2017 #62

Yes. Blue_Roses Apr 2017 #68

For the most part, I try to remember that we're living in parallel universes. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #65

Yes indeed Blue_Roses Apr 2017 #69

it's not just you...it's everywhere oldcynic Apr 2017 #70

Yep. When they go low, DON'T BACK DOWN. These bullies will bully until you stand up LaydeeBug Apr 2017 #72

Here's an idea: "Complicit." At anyone wearing pro-president gear. It will make you feel better :) sharedvalues Apr 2017 #73

I appreciate your characterization, "on a normal day civilities just means ignoring each other" still_one Apr 2017 #77

What we must do - A Rant DownriverDem Apr 2017 #80

+1 Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #81

the problem is one wing of the party wants us to let them lead without question yurbud Apr 2017 #88

People didn't know Hillary because Fox and Limbaugh lied about her sharedvalues Apr 2017 #89

I've lost friends over this election IronLionZion Apr 2017 #82

I have no business telling you what to do or how to feel metalbot Apr 2017 #84

I don't mean to be offensive, but I don't know how else to explain it. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #86

that could be disarming. Not everyone has the acting ability to make that work. yurbud Apr 2017 #87

You did well and I applaud you benld74 Apr 2017 #90

those people believe in alternative facts oldcynic Apr 2017 #91