the HBO special "Right America Feeling Wronged"(that might not be the correct name but it was something like that)?

I was hoping it would have some actual incite from people on the right rationally voicing there views and displeasure with the country. Instead all I saw was paranoid white people who had irrational fears about Obama.

The most real scene in the special was when they showed this trucker from Mississippi who said "I ain't voting for a ******!" Then they showed this old black man who spoke the truth. He said something to fact that people like to act like there aren't any racist in New York and California and that is stupid. Then he said something about how you felt you had to come to Mississippi to find a white man using the word ****** like they don't say it in New York or else where. Then he called the woman who was shooting the film a liberal and said that she was wrong. I was laughing, but that was the most true part of the whole documentary IMO. I missed the first few minutes and maybe somewhere in there they can say what they wanted to show in the documentary.

Nope, didn't see it but I can just imagine it, since from your description it sounds like of every Left and Right Coasters ideal of flyover country -

1. Location: Hollywood conference room.
2. Attendees: under 30 crowd of pro-Obama, hipster filmakers.
3. Discussion: How to capture on film the most back-water, anti-black racist hillbillies possible and paint them as representative of every Southern Republican.
4. PROFIT!

This is no documentary. This type "expose" is the purest form of preaching to the choir.

(02-23-2009 10:35 AM)uhmump95 Wrote:  the HBO special "Right America Feeling Wronged"(that might not be the correct name but it was something like that)?

I was hoping it would have some actual incite from people on the right rationally voicing there views and displeasure with the country. Instead all I saw was paranoid white people who had irrational fears about Obama.

The most real scene in the special was when they showed this trucker from Mississippi who said "I ain't voting for a ******!" Then they showed this old black man who spoke the truth. He said something to fact that people like to act like there aren't any racist in New York and California and that is stupid. Then he said something about how you felt you had to come to Mississippi to find a white man using the word ****** like they don't say it in New York or else where. Then he called the woman who was shooting the film a liberal and said that she was wrong. I was laughing, but that was the most true part of the whole documentary IMO. I missed the first few minutes and maybe somewhere in there they can say what they wanted to show in the documentary.

besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

Wasn't that directed by Nancy Pelosi's daughter? Do you expect her to put the rational republicans on video or just the sensational ones?

I watched a few minutes of it, and realized it was just another hack job. I'm glad the rank and file liberals really beleive all the crap their liberal cronies spout.

(02-23-2009 12:50 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

The most damaging racism comes from quilt-ridden white liberals who pass and impose legislation the continues black people on the downward spiral away from independence and towards dependency and, yes, institutionalized slavery. A white truck driver expressing his biased, yet ignorant, opinion does not a damn thing to hold down anyone, maybe other than himself. There's a reason black people have the highest illegitimacy rate, highest drop-out rate, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate. ......and it isn't Jim Bob or Billy Joe.

(02-23-2009 01:05 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Wasn't that directed by Nancy Pelosi's daughter? Do you expect her to put the rational republicans on video or just the sensational ones?

I watched a few minutes of it, and realized it was just another hack job. I'm glad the rank and file liberals really beleive all the crap their liberal cronies spout.

Yes, Alexandra Pelosi. She produced Journey's with George which was a very favorable documentary about Bush's 2000 presidential bid. She got a lot of flack for being a Pelosi.

(02-23-2009 01:26 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 12:50 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

The most damaging racism comes from quilt-ridden white liberals who pass and impose legislation the continues black people on the downward spiral away from independence and towards dependency and, yes, institutionalized slavery. A white truck driver expressing his biased, yet ignorant, opinion does not a damn thing to hold down anyone, maybe other than himself. There's a reason black people have the highest illegitimacy rate, highest drop-out rate, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate. ......and it isn't Jim Bob or Billy Joe.

(02-23-2009 01:26 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 12:50 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

The most damaging racism comes from quilt-ridden white liberals who pass and impose legislation the continues black people on the downward spiral away from independence and towards dependency and, yes, institutionalized slavery. A white truck driver expressing his biased, yet ignorant, opinion does not a damn thing to hold down anyone, maybe other than himself. There's a reason black people have the highest illegitimacy rate, highest drop-out rate, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate. ......and it isn't Jim Bob or Billy Joe.

Right. THis coming from a guy who thinks "Barrack the Magic Negro" is funny and not at all racist.

(02-23-2009 01:52 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 01:26 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 12:50 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

The most damaging racism comes from quilt-ridden white liberals who pass and impose legislation the continues black people on the downward spiral away from independence and towards dependency and, yes, institutionalized slavery. A white truck driver expressing his biased, yet ignorant, opinion does not a damn thing to hold down anyone, maybe other than himself. There's a reason black people have the highest illegitimacy rate, highest drop-out rate, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate. ......and it isn't Jim Bob or Billy Joe.

Why are you bowing to Billy Joe, Jim Bob? Did he make you squeal like a pig?

(02-23-2009 01:26 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 12:50 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

The most damaging racism comes from quilt-ridden white liberals who pass and impose legislation the continues black people on the downward spiral away from independence and towards dependency and, yes, institutionalized slavery. A white truck driver expressing his biased, yet ignorant, opinion does not a damn thing to hold down anyone, maybe other than himself. There's a reason black people have the highest illegitimacy rate, highest drop-out rate, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate. ......and it isn't Jim Bob or Billy Joe.

Maybe, but I know Billy Bob has something to do with it.

(02-23-2009 02:04 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Right. THis coming from a guy who thinks "Barrack the Magic Negro" is funny and not at all racist.

When have I offered any opinion on that tune?

(02-23-2009 01:05 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Wasn't that directed by Nancy Pelosi's daughter? Do you expect her to put the rational republicans on video or just the sensational ones?

I watched a few minutes of it, and realized it was just another hack job. I'm glad the rank and file liberals really beleive all the crap their liberal cronies spout.

I did see the Pelosi name mentioned in the credits, but I did not make the connection as I did not think Pelosi was a breeder ... lol

I will say I was disappointed. I took HBO's marketing to mean it would be a fair view of the "right's complaints about the media and their portrayal in it during the election. Obviously it wasn't .....

(02-23-2009 02:04 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 01:26 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 12:50 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

The most damaging racism comes from quilt-ridden white liberals who pass and impose legislation the continues black people on the downward spiral away from independence and towards dependency and, yes, institutionalized slavery. A white truck driver expressing his biased, yet ignorant, opinion does not a damn thing to hold down anyone, maybe other than himself. There's a reason black people have the highest illegitimacy rate, highest drop-out rate, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate. ......and it isn't Jim Bob or Billy Joe.

Right. THis coming from a guy who thinks "Barrack the Magic Negro" is funny and not at all racist.

parting shots and previous "bad acts" (if true) don't make the basic premise invalid. I am certain that some well intended people CAUSE many of the very problems they seek to solve... The welfare state DOES hinder many disadvantaged from getting off of welfare by simple things such as cliffing policies... at 16k/yr, you get $4,000 in benefits... at 16,001, you get nothing. Until the offer you a job worth 20,000... you're not going to make a dime over $16k.... and the employer, knowing this... isn't going to offer you a dime over $15,999.... and yes, an ignorant white trucker expressing his ignorance doesn't really suppress anyone but himself.

(02-23-2009 02:29 PM)uhmump95 Wrote:  I did see the Pelosi name mentioned in the credits, but I did not make the connection as I did not think Pelosi was a breeder ... lol

Homophobe

lol

(02-23-2009 10:35 AM)uhmump95 Wrote:  the HBO special "Right America Feeling Wronged"(that might not be the correct name but it was something like that)?

I was hoping it would have some actual incite from people on the right rationally voicing there views and displeasure with the country. Instead all I saw was paranoid white people who had irrational fears about Obama.

The most real scene in the special was when they showed this trucker from Mississippi who said "I ain't voting for a ******!" Then they showed this old black man who spoke the truth. He said something to fact that people like to act like there aren't any racist in New York and California and that is stupid. Then he said something about how you felt you had to come to Mississippi to find a white man using the word ****** like they don't say it in New York or else where. Then he called the woman who was shooting the film a liberal and said that she was wrong. I was laughing, but that was the most true part of the whole documentary IMO. I missed the first few minutes and maybe somewhere in there they can say what they wanted to show in the documentary.

I too watched most of it. To further your comment on the scene with the older black man calling the reporter out for race baiting, I found it interesting that the gentleman sitting with him, a young black man wearing ER scrubs was silent. I felt for sure he totally disagreed with the older gentleman but would not say so.

The rest of the show was just as described - for the most part they found the worst of humankind and video'd their myopic, paranoid, and bigoted views of Obama. The show at least showed a few normal people that used rational and logical reasons for why they were not voting democrat.

In all it was a hack piece - regardless - I was somewhat embarrassed to be associated with the Republican party because of some of those people's comments and actions. The picture that was painted was not pretty - whether it was done on purpose or not.

(02-23-2009 02:04 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 01:26 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-23-2009 12:50 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  besides Mump... I'd suspect that the most damaging racism against black people doesn't come from a hillbilly truck driver in Mississippi who is at least open about his feelings... but makes every southern white man look like a moron... but from the guy in NY (or wherever else) who knows better than to use certain words, but won't give someone a job or promotion they are otherwise qualified for because of their color... or the cop or judge or teacher or whatever... I suspect the man you mention probably cared more about THAT guy than the one who called him names but held no power over him.

The most damaging racism comes from quilt-ridden white liberals who pass and impose legislation the continues black people on the downward spiral away from independence and towards dependency and, yes, institutionalized slavery. A white truck driver expressing his biased, yet ignorant, opinion does not a damn thing to hold down anyone, maybe other than himself. There's a reason black people have the highest illegitimacy rate, highest drop-out rate, highest incarceration rate, and highest teen pregnancy rate. ......and it isn't Jim Bob or Billy Joe.

Right. THis coming from a guy who thinks "Barrack the Magic Negro" is funny and not at all racist.

It seems the only people who can have fun with race and not be called racists are the minorities. This country has far too many people who are overly sensitive.