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PatSeg

(46,803 posts)
39. What a horrifying story
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 09:33 AM
Sep 2017

Every day a new and outrageous story about hate and racism in America. Trump has brought out the worst in us and it is far worse than I could have imagined.

Where did he move back to?

Please tell your friend that I am so sorry he had to put up with that BS. MLAA Sep 2017 #1
Glad he made it out of Idaho hell alive . Hope his kid can get out of there soon no doubt they may lunasun Sep 2017 #2
This is not the America we loved. It has been taken over by Alice11111 Sep 2017 #3
What bothers me is that so many of these "deplorables" were just keeping quiet, maddiemom Sep 2017 #49
Yes. Millions more. I shame them. They are so out of the Alice11111 Sep 2017 #68
Idaho. That's where racist LA. cop Mark Fuhrmann took refuge after oasis Sep 2017 #4
35 years ago when I lived in Colorado, Idaho was a well-known hideout for Nazis, Nay Sep 2017 #37
I was in Idaho in 1996 for a wedding in Coeur d'alene kimbutgar Sep 2017 #43
Right winger Bruce Willis owns property in South Idaho jmowreader Sep 2017 #58
I hear Boise is a growing progressive spot, do you know? Alice11111 Sep 2017 #69
Don't know. I won't be visiting there anytime soon. nt oasis Sep 2017 #76
I've known a few people who moved to Idaho, not surprised. Sorry about how Hoyt Sep 2017 #5
My brother is MissB Sep 2017 #6
Seattle area, so ya he's good now lol TalenaGor Sep 2017 #17
I wonder how they would handle "What a cute cracker baby". roamer65 Sep 2017 #7
I've never heard the term "beaner baby". Maybe it's just as well that I'm No Vested Interest Sep 2017 #20
"Beaner" is a slur against Mexicans. Of course, Puerto Ricans aren't Mexicans, so... n/t DRoseDARs Sep 2017 #23
Oh, I get it now. No Vested Interest Sep 2017 #24
That's the point to the white supremacists CakeGrrl Sep 2017 #44
One of our closest friends is from the Dominican Republic. raven mad Sep 2017 #46
I heard someone repeat a joke about "chinks" the other day. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #75
What kills me is that these genocidal white nationalist assholes PatrickforO Sep 2017 #8
Yes. I know some of them. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #70
Haven't you heard, we should suck up to three parasites. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #9
Its Idaho. I wouldn't expect anything different. Seems to be a haven for hardcore white supremacists SweetieD Sep 2017 #10
It has been for a while now. SergeStorms Sep 2017 #18
Sounds about right... 2naSalit Sep 2017 #66
I think this is more common than people know Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #11
I'm glad your friend got out of there alive democrank Sep 2017 #12
When the UN says hate in this country is a huge problem, it's a huge fucking problem. Initech Sep 2017 #13
Sure we can. raven mad Sep 2017 #48
867 hate incidents since the election? Damn. Initech Sep 2017 #50
Sure they do, Initech, but! raven mad Sep 2017 #51
And those are just the ones that have been reported. progressoid Sep 2017 #67
We can point out the truth & fallacies in their belief systems. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #71
What I'm getting at is we can't pass laws criminilizing hate speech. Initech Sep 2017 #73
I'll touch it. Europe has touched it. It needs to be discussed. Alice11111 Sep 2017 #77
White people can lead the charge of calling out this behavior. sharedvalues Sep 2017 #14
The story of your friend's treatment and that poor 8-year-old boy they tried to lynch make me ill. Frustratedlady Sep 2017 #15
I am starting to believe that it is realistically for people to move, BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #16
Plenty of blue cities in red states as well. (nt) MarvinGardens Sep 2017 #55
He's not drugged, CanonRay Sep 2017 #19
Did you have two tabs opened in DU? It looks like you're replying to one about Trump slurring... Hekate Sep 2017 #21
Trump probably has syphilis and dementia IronLionZion Sep 2017 #40
"The sniffling? It's just allergies, honest!" Oneironaut Sep 2017 #61
Puerto Rican is not a "race". cwydro Sep 2017 #22
+1 leftstreet Sep 2017 #25
Actually, "Puerto Rican" is a particular racial blend -- Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2017 #31
I am Boricua also DonCoquixote Sep 2017 #79
Russia exploited our worst instincts as Americans. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2017 #26
Wasn't Hayden were Richard Butler's Aryan Nation was based? JHB Sep 2017 #27
Yes indeed! red dog 1 Sep 2017 #62
That child is better off away from Idaho. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #28
Insanity. K+r liberalnarb Sep 2017 #29
This is hardly new with Trump, he's a symptom, not the cause mythology Sep 2017 #30
Yup. Ruby Ridge, Randy Weaver country n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #34
Once upon a time back in the early '80's... Javaman Sep 2017 #32
I am so disgusted by what is happening in this country. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #33
The hate in this country has gotten so far out of control it's unbelievable. Initech Sep 2017 #47
Donald the gift that keeps on giving! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #35
If youy are from Puerto Rico, by definition youy are a US Citizen weissmam Sep 2017 #36
Do Idahoans know they elected a Puerto Rican to Congress? IronLionZion Sep 2017 #38
What a horrifying story PatSeg Sep 2017 #39
back home to Seattle - we dont roll like that here :) TalenaGor Sep 2017 #65
Hayden is Idaho's white supremacist hotbed. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #41
Wiki says they have a Hispanic population of just over 4%. cwydro Sep 2017 #72
there are many small towns here in Tx i avoid as well onetexan Sep 2017 #42
I have family in Idaho . . . fleur-de-lisa Sep 2017 #45
not just there...there are places in wisconsin that are scary dembotoz Sep 2017 #52
This needs to be a news story. liberalmuse Sep 2017 #53
But they should be very familiar with Puerto Ricans awesomerwb1 Sep 2017 #54
Idaho, one of the most beautiful parts of America, filled with the worst people. cemaphonic Sep 2017 #56
The true colors of much this country Glaisne Sep 2017 #57
Chris Rock: "I ain't scared of Al Queda...I'm scared of Al CRACKA!" MariaCSR Sep 2017 #59
I stayed a year in a small town once in idaho yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #60
K&R red dog 1 Sep 2017 #63
Frank Church was from Idaho DFW Sep 2017 #64
I just attended a reading by an African-American poet from Moscow, near the WA state border, Ken Burch Sep 2017 #74
N Idaho is whitey white supremicisy type. My sis..a t partier and samnsara Sep 2017 #78
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