What's interesting is that you seem willing to discuss absolutely everything else except the most popular topic in the whole country for the last week, racism among politicians and particularly republicans Lott, Strom, and Helms. Out of 1000 topics, you're perfectly willing to discuss 999 of them, including Angelou and Packer, etc., but your true feelings as a far right wing conservative on Lott, Strom, or Helms is verboten, because why, you're embarassed? Hilarious. So you refuse for some hidden reason to talk about the most popular current event topic in America now, and an extremely important topic no matter when it is brought up, and you claim it's because an anonymous message board poster feels no need to prove to anyone that what he said about himself is true, when you yourself don't talk about yourself at all on this same board? Actually I did say I was a Duke alum fan, whether anyone believes that or not is entirely up to them. On the other hand, you revealed or claimed absolutely nothing about yourself, not even that you ever went to Wake, and even implied that you might be black while trying to prove you're not racist. I never said anything about having to be a white conservative bigot if you don't like Angelou, or that blacks have to think alike, in fact you're the one who suggested that. Carroll O'Connor played a racist bigot on TV, and did it exremely well, do you think maybe he saw some of that in his life, perhaps at Wake? Wake students sure think so based on their own statements in the 21st century, how bad was it in the 60s, or 40s when helms was there?
Interesting stuff about Wake alum Jesse Helms, angry white male racist who embraced apartheid, Confederate flag, segregation, and a fundamentalist Christian society where certain types weren't welcome, gee, wonder where he learned that?:
""Jesse Helms understood before anyone else that the proverbial angry white male feels the most aggrieved, and is therefore the most likely to vote," says Larry Sabato, a professor of government at the University of Virginia. "Jesse Helms was an angry white male before most of his compatriots were. He should have been lucky enough to be on the ballot in '94. He would have won easily."
Unlike many of his Republican counterparts, Helms has changed little over the past 50 years. Long before Rush Limbaugh, Helms pioneered the use of television to rally public sentiment. While Ronald Reagan was losing primaries to Gerald Ford, Helms mobilized the religious right and built one of the most profitable political fundraising machines ever. And long after die-hard segregationists like George Wallace and Strom Thurmond began courting black voters, Helms fueled white fears by opposing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whistling "Dixie" while standing next to Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, and supporting apartheid in South Africa.
"His racial politics are deeply held convictions, not simply politics of convenience," says Christopher Scott. "He has a view of a fundamentalist Christian society in which everyone is not welcome. If you could pick up the South Africa of 20 years ago and transplant it to America, that's what he would do." "
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Speaking of angry white males, you sure are angry repeatedly calling people you never met scumbag and mother******, because of sports discussions, board demographics and your extremely insecure posting style indicates a pathetic excuse for a male, and since 99% of Wake fans are students or alums, 90% of which are white, and since 90% of blacks are Democrats or liberals which you clearly aren't, there's probably more than a 99% chance you're exactly the constituency Helms dreamed about!
You say about Angelou: "She doesn't do anything but sit at home and cash a fat check... She is worthless", yeah I'm sure that's exactly the way it is instead of her being Wake's most distinguished prof by far, and all reasonable people who aren't racists would agree with you, ha ha ha.
By the way, it's funny how you think Packer is an idiotic jerk who even sucks as an announcer despite calling the Final Four every year, yet the ONE thing you clumsily defend about him is his racist "tough monkey" comment:
"Billy Packer is an idiot, plain and simple. He is a horrible announcer and an overall jerk. I obviously don't agree with what he said about Iverson, but I think it was a slip of the tongue. If he had said "tough little tiger, lion, bear, etc.", nobody would have cared."
Interesting how you just assume that such a slip of the tongue doesn't indicate any hidden racism, when it is clearly objectionable and that's why everyone slammed him and Packer apologized for it. Of course Lott would have been strung up long ago if he had said anything like that, so your views on his situation are obvious, as if it wasn't already given your extreme conservatism, dislike of Angelou, and sudden silence on that and only that issue given the current criticism from right and left of Lott. Wow, you may be more conservative and bigoted than Rush Limbaugh, ha ha ha. By the way, I was happy about the results of the last 2 elections, for financial and anti terror reasons and not some of the other garbage the republicans support, I know to some knee jerk idiots who support every stupid thing about the republicans or democrats, such objectivity and independent thought is unfathomable. I just want to thank you BPD for one of the most entertaining and satisfying discussions ever on a message board, revealing racist tendencies in a complete jerk who has attacked me for no reason has been an extremely rewarding and educational experience, I feel like I've helped to contribute to the national debate on race. So, any suggestions for field hockey and other coaches, nate, anyone??
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