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ladym55

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60. Umm, I am white

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 10:22 PM

Jul 2012

And in late middle age. Where I live, Republican tea partiers are not very subtle in their racism. I had to tell more than one acquaintance that I didn't enjoy all of their "funny" Obama jokes involving pimps and 'ho's.

I live in the rust belt. We need jobs. We need ACA. And I am frustrated because with attempt at conversation with a tea party Republican, I hear, "Well, I don't want MY tax dollars being used to benefit someone not deserving." (It's isn't too hard to figure out who that someone not deserving might be.)

It's a common thread where I am. The powerful use racism to convince the poorer whites to vote against their own best interests.

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I'm so tired of stupid, angry white people [View all] ladym55 Jul 2012 OP

Hear Hear, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2012 #1

Hear hear kardonb Jul 2012 #25

Let's hope they have many more years of stroke-inducing anger. RagAss Jul 2012 #2

Yes, tired of the whitemare myself BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #3

white Americans of the sort so well identified in the OP, are the main thing standing between us and lunasun Jul 2012 #19

I'm tired of ignorance in general XemaSab Jul 2012 #4

... TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #11

.... emilyg Jul 2012 #24

. . . Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #33

No kidding. 99Forever Jul 2012 #39

what is "ignorance in general"? hfojvt Jul 2012 #67

I feel ya. amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #5

I'm not as hopeful for the young people ladym55 Jul 2012 #8

Too amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #6

"Where ignorance is bliss, Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #7

We need to find these Tea Partiers and meet them WITH OUR ANGER!!! Zalatix Jul 2012 #9

I'm tired of them also ! nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #10

Stupid,angry people tire me too,no matter what their race. virgogal Jul 2012 #12

But white people have most of the power. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #32

Exactly. The NUMBER of this demographic is very damaging to forward progress CakeGrrl Jul 2012 #63

The sociopathic corporate-owned media have won hearts and minds Tsiyu Jul 2012 #13

+1 freshwest Jul 2012 #56

K&R D23MIURG23 Jul 2012 #14

I wish I knew what LTTE stood for. AJTheMan Jul 2012 #15

Letter To The Editor. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #16

What gets overlooked in all of this is the thing that Solomon Jul 2012 #17

We bash Romney - are we all emilyg Jul 2012 #26

wtf? my post must have went straight over your head. Solomon Jul 2012 #42

What gets me is the ones who are convinced white people have always been the Masters. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #18

Yeah, those white ones especially! Skip Intro Jul 2012 #20

Yeah. I don't like Clarence Thomas, but at least he's not white. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #21

Chuckle. emilyg Jul 2012 #27

At least someone said it. Imagine if "white" was replaced with "black"? just1voice Jul 2012 #28

The OP is a racist rant and should be edited or removed. Major Nikon Jul 2012 #34

nah amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #36

Welcome to DU lunatica Jul 2012 #44

Even if it is not racist it is not accurate, in that the important commonality is not whiteness but Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #46

That... Major Nikon Jul 2012 #50

I agree. TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #52

^^That^^ pecwae Jul 2012 #35

The Tea Party seems to be an almost lily-white phenomenon. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2012 #53

Not racist, IMHO. There is certainly strong element of white racialism stoking right-wing anger and entanglement Jul 2012 #57

Umm, I am white ladym55 Jul 2012 #60

No. You know what... Skip Intro Jul 2012 #61

I hear you, I was just telling someone earlier today the same, I'm fed up with RKP5637 Jul 2012 #22

I'm partial to intelligent, serene, black people myself. Kablooie Jul 2012 #23

I'm White, and I'm Angry - but NashvilleLefty Jul 2012 #29

THANK YOU! I've seen white resentment on the rise ever since the election of Obama. alp227 Jul 2012 #30

Thank you for the links lunasun Jul 2012 #59

Furthermore, what you narrate can be explained by the social dominance theory. alp227 Jul 2012 #31

yeah amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #37

I know a poor Republican who had to get govt help to get life-saving surgery Patiod Jul 2012 #38

Republicans are our opponents Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #40

Point very well taken Patiod Jul 2012 #41

Yes, but you were the first to use the word 'Republican'. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #45

I have an unemployed relative on Medicaid, posting everything against ACA and Obama she can find! treestar Jul 2012 #54

Just plain tired of the stupid and the willfully ignorant. underseasurveyor Jul 2012 #43

Now let me tell you the problems *I* have with the African American community (especially females!) Romulox Jul 2012 #47

me too- wish Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #48

What is furthermore distressing about this is that it seems stereotyping, scapegoating, and racial Romulox Jul 2012 #49

Only melanin-challenged people qualify as stoopid and/or busy being free Jul 2012 #51

Says a lot that this racist rant is highly rec'd just1voice Jul 2012 #55

I kept looking for the emilyg Jul 2012 #58

Racism on DU. Go figure. flvegan Jul 2012 #62

french film made me think amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #64

Stupidity and Anger cbrer Jul 2012 #65

I count at last 24 posts using standard racist rhetoric. ieoeja Jul 2012 #66

Question: Skip Intro Jul 2012 #68

Power n/t ieoeja Jul 2012 #69