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zentrum

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85. Was in the South only once.

Sat Apr 8, 2017, 12:24 PM

Apr 2017

Drove through a main street in Myrtle Beach and was horrified to see the number of places with the word "Plantation" in the name. Plantation Restaurant, Plantation Hotel.

They may as well have hung the Confederate Flag and claimed it was "just heritage".

What struck me most was how "normalized" the word was---this constant message to both white and black citizens that this word was not freighted with a horrific and unexamined meaning.

And on top of this is that Myrtle Beach has a national and maybe international visitor base because of the golf course. So the town had no shame at all and expected any visitor to be of the same mindset.

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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+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

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

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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