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Bettie

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46. I'm related

Reply to Orrex (Reply #44)

Mon Aug 7, 2017, 01:24 PM

Aug 2017

to a lot of idiot racist fuckheads...by marriage and birth.

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As a person that lives in Ohio in a formally blue area this is why [View all] doc03 Aug 2017 OP

ok, then let's play this DonCoquixote Aug 2017 #1

Were #fakepresident voters racists before BLM? Cary Aug 2017 #2

BLM didn't make them racists. Fox News and Russian propaganda is stirring up the racist pot. pnwmom Aug 2017 #8

I agree 100% with that. I am just saying talk to doc03 Aug 2017 #14

This is the same way Nixon won SCantiGOP Aug 2017 #41

So they're racists??? atreides1 Aug 2017 #53

Ding ding ding!!!! We have a winner!! Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #28

you are right. They don't like black people asking for human rights. demigoddess Aug 2017 #54

Like I said not arguing about the merits of either side. The last doc03 Aug 2017 #10

I've talked with people like this, the focus is on the group not the color Amishman Aug 2017 #59

Badge-sniffing is part of the cultural conservatism that Republicans rely upon geek tragedy Aug 2017 #3

We viote Cary Aug 2017 #15

It's a Sad Commentary on America-but I Think You are 100% Correct Stallion Aug 2017 #4

Um... tonedevil Aug 2017 #34

I agree but they were already racist JI7 Aug 2017 #5

Nixon did this in 1968 LeftInTX Aug 2017 #6

I see it differently Bettie Aug 2017 #7

That's exactly what I was getting at in my post nt doc03 Aug 2017 #16

OK. Guess we were Bettie Aug 2017 #21

I am surprised you did notice their true selves earlier. Blue_true Aug 2017 #23

I knew my brothers and in-laws Bettie Aug 2017 #36

Your brothers and I laws are hard to avoid. Blue_true Aug 2017 #40

I miss living within striking distance of a large city Bettie Aug 2017 #42

Yeah, they gave Obama a chance, like 2 weeks. Blue_true Aug 2017 #63

Common decency is really what they mean when they speak of "political correctness." Garrett78 Aug 2017 #22

Yep. Blue_true Aug 2017 #24

Correct. Dawson Leery Aug 2017 #30

This is why I refer to them as "idiot racist fuckheads" Orrex Aug 2017 #44

I'm related Bettie Aug 2017 #46

In that regard (and many others) I married well, but... Orrex Aug 2017 #47

So no protests for anyone ever again and then democrats will win. BLM is still very active not gone lunasun Aug 2017 #9

I Don't Think That's What The OP Was Saying ProfessorGAC Aug 2017 #37

I've seen 'blue lives matter' outnumbering BLM by a long shot crazycatlady Aug 2017 #11

Normally if you look they have some other rightwing sticker on their vehicle. Blue_true Aug 2017 #25

I've actually seen more as flags than stickers crazycatlady Aug 2017 #38

I feel that those flags are disrespectful Trekologer Aug 2017 #45

I think you've got a point. Shrike47 Aug 2017 #12

Ladders of the Mind. Submit to those above, kick those below delisen Aug 2017 #13

Just run this experiment. Find you a guy with a "Make America Great Again" doc03 Aug 2017 #17

Racism is the single most important factor in Republican success. Garrett78 Aug 2017 #18

True demosincebirth Aug 2017 #32

It's no secret that no Democratic Presidential candidate has won the white vote since 1964. HughBeaumont Aug 2017 #49

Totally agree workinclasszero Aug 2017 #52

I also live in Ohio, my county and surrounding counties were 75% Trumpsters and every letter to the blueinredohio Aug 2017 #19

Exactly, I've read about this so many times from every source in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylv MiddleClass Aug 2017 #20

"Banished"? How? CakeGrrl Aug 2017 #27

Yes they still live in the US, they live in their homes and neighborhoods. And now those states vote MiddleClass Aug 2017 #48

While I agree that we have paid less attention to.. mvd Aug 2017 #55

Yes it is very, Bernie tapped into that, but that started the wedge, the whole fiasco that summer MiddleClass Aug 2017 #61

They weren't banished bdjhawk Aug 2017 #35

That's your opinion, which is fine, but it's their opinion that matters MiddleClass Aug 2017 #50

Please explain to me how "Hillary's Party" didn't make them feel welcome? Coventina Aug 2017 #43

Certainly, during election, Hillary's campaign paints Don the Con as unacceptable MiddleClass Aug 2017 #56

Doesn't sound like Hillary made them unwelcome. Coventina Aug 2017 #58

Exactly, unfortunately the vitriol which was understandably over the top drove a wedge MiddleClass Aug 2017 #62

A lot of these people have cops in the family MiddleClass Aug 2017 #26

Do you perhaps mean "formerly" blue area, not "formally" blue area? PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #29

I think you are right and many of us seem unable to admit it to ourselves that what you posted is demosincebirth Aug 2017 #31

Another Ohioan here.... Colin Kaepernick's protests during the National Anthem.. farmbo Aug 2017 #33

When times are relatively good, people allow racism and other crap steer their vote Johonny Aug 2017 #39

Hence another example of this country's problem with white monoculture MrScorpio Aug 2017 #51

I do think BLM is an under-mentioned factor underpants Aug 2017 #57

No. Ohio and the other "Rustbelt" states voted for Trump becuase of manufacturing and immigration. JoeStuckInOH Aug 2017 #60