(07-25-2013 02:34 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:27 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:22 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:18 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  The South is just a little bit behind the rest of the nation in cultural relations between the minorities but it's understandable because racism was more rampant in that area for centuries.

If the institution of slavery existed in that area for two hundred years then I expect it to take another two hundred for everyone to get over it and move on.

So, another sixty five years, and we're good? I'll mark my calendar.

Sounds about right.

So, I owe someone an apology for something someone else did to someone else.

Jesse Jackson accepts your apology.

(07-25-2013 02:51 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  And you should be applauded for doing that. Only by doing exactly what you are doing are we ever going to get to a point where people will treat everyone with respect.

But it has to be for several generations before that happens.

I'm sad to admit that even my own mother still has a bit of racism in her blood.

She doesn't even realize it.

Crock of crap. Tell that load to the Palestinians. Let the Muslim Brotherhood know.

Sorry to tell you, but we are all inherently racist. If you're waiting on "several generations", it will NEVER happen. Blacks took the helm of the racist ship about 40 years ago... it will swing back and forth.

Never say never? I'm saying NEVER. You may as well pull out your tampon and get used to it.

I agree that racism can't be turned on and off like a light switch. It has to be smothered over time. Each generation makes it a point to raise the next with fewer hangups than they were raised with.

My father was a country boy from Mount Olive, AL in the 1950s. He was approached by that renowned civic organization, the Ku Klux Klan for membership. His answer has become legend in my family. "No thanks. I'll just hate everybody freelance."

He later was one of the Screamin' Eagles that Ike sent to walk the Little Rock Nine to school.

I'm proud to be his son for a lot of reasons, but those are two of them.

(07-25-2013 03:03 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I agree that racism can't be turned on and off like a light switch. It has to be smothered over time. Each generation makes it a point to raise the next with fewer hangups than they were raised with.

My father was a country boy from Mount Olive, AL in the 1950s. He was approached by that renowned civic organization, the Ku Klux Klan for membership. His answer has become legend in my family. "No thanks. I'll just hate everybody freelance."

He later was one of the Screamin' Eagles that Ike sent to walk the Little Rock Nine to school.

I'm proud to be his son for a lot of reasons, but those are two of them.

Yeah, the hate dies hard down there Smaug. Hopefully someday your great-great grandchildren will be more enlightened and learn to love everyone equal while appreciating the joys of Obamacare, cap & trade, and illegal immigration.

(07-25-2013 03:03 PM)Jerry Falwell Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:51 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  And you should be applauded for doing that. Only by doing exactly what you are doing are we ever going to get to a point where people will treat everyone with respect.

But it has to be for several generations before that happens.

I'm sad to admit that even my own mother still has a bit of racism in her blood.

She doesn't even realize it.

Crock of crap. Tell that load to the Palestinians. Let the Muslim Brotherhood know.

Sorry to tell you, but we are all inherently racist. If you're waiting on "several generations", it will NEVER happen. Blacks took the helm of the racist ship about 40 years ago... it will swing back and forth.

Never say never? I'm saying NEVER. You may as well pull out your tampon and get used to it.

Fitbud likes the self-congratulatory position he has by telling everyone else how to behave. It's what happens when you're worthless at everything else.

(07-25-2013 03:07 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:03 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I agree that racism can't be turned on and off like a light switch. It has to be smothered over time. Each generation makes it a point to raise the next with fewer hangups than they were raised with.

My father was a country boy from Mount Olive, AL in the 1950s. He was approached by that renowned civic organization, the Ku Klux Klan for membership. His answer has become legend in my family. "No thanks. I'll just hate everybody freelance."

He later was one of the Screamin' Eagles that Ike sent to walk the Little Rock Nine to school.

I'm proud to be his son for a lot of reasons, but those are two of them.

Yeah, the hate dies hard down there Smaug. Hopefully someday your great-great grandchildren will be more enlightened and learn to love everyone equal while appreciating the joys of Obamacare, cap & trade, and illegal immigration.

I'm hoping I can teach them that the gub'ment works for them, not the other way around.

(07-25-2013 02:39 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:34 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:27 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:22 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:18 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  The South is just a little bit behind the rest of the nation in cultural relations between the minorities but it's understandable because racism was more rampant in that area for centuries.

If the institution of slavery existed in that area for two hundred years then I expect it to take another two hundred for everyone to get over it and move on.

So, another sixty five years, and we're good? I'll mark my calendar.

Sounds about right.

So, I owe someone an apology for something someone else did to someone else.

Of course not. You just need to keep treating people decent and eventually everyone will get over it.

Pointing the finger however and saying they are still racists only makes things worse.

This is exactly what the black community does. That is what the media does. And that is why whites still get called racist. Please tell me you weren't directing that statement at white people.

(07-25-2013 02:59 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:34 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:27 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:22 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 02:18 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  The South is just a little bit behind the rest of the nation in cultural relations between the minorities but it's understandable because racism was more rampant in that area for centuries.

If the institution of slavery existed in that area for two hundred years then I expect it to take another two hundred for everyone to get over it and move on.

So, another sixty five years, and we're good? I'll mark my calendar.

Sounds about right.

So, I owe someone an apology for something someone else did to someone else.

Jesse Jackson accepts your apology.

Can't tell if Jesse Jackson or catfish.

(07-25-2013 03:07 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:03 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I agree that racism can't be turned on and off like a light switch. It has to be smothered over time. Each generation makes it a point to raise the next with fewer hangups than they were raised with.

My father was a country boy from Mount Olive, AL in the 1950s. He was approached by that renowned civic organization, the Ku Klux Klan for membership. His answer has become legend in my family. "No thanks. I'll just hate everybody freelance."

He later was one of the Screamin' Eagles that Ike sent to walk the Little Rock Nine to school.

I'm proud to be his son for a lot of reasons, but those are two of them.

Yeah, the hate dies hard down there Smaug. Hopefully someday your great-great grandchildren will be more enlightened and learn to love everyone equal while appreciating the joys of Obamacare, cap & trade, and illegal immigration.

Wooooooow.... I know more northern racists than I do southern racists... And they're twice as bad about it. For you to make that statement tells me that you've never been down south. Do you think Obama was down in the south when people were locking their doors when he supposedly walked by, or clenching their purses tighter?

Quote:Is the South Dragging the Rest of the Nation Down?

With Flint to my north and Detroit to my south, I shall not cast stones.

(07-25-2013 03:20 PM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  

Quote:Is the South Dragging the Rest of the Nation Down?

With Flint to my north and Detroit to my south, I shall not cast stones.

No mention of Mt. Pleasant? You're slipping.

(07-25-2013 03:09 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:07 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:03 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I agree that racism can't be turned on and off like a light switch. It has to be smothered over time. Each generation makes it a point to raise the next with fewer hangups than they were raised with.

My father was a country boy from Mount Olive, AL in the 1950s. He was approached by that renowned civic organization, the Ku Klux Klan for membership. His answer has become legend in my family. "No thanks. I'll just hate everybody freelance."

He later was one of the Screamin' Eagles that Ike sent to walk the Little Rock Nine to school.

I'm proud to be his son for a lot of reasons, but those are two of them.

Yeah, the hate dies hard down there Smaug. Hopefully someday your great-great grandchildren will be more enlightened and learn to love everyone equal while appreciating the joys of Obamacare, cap & trade, and illegal immigration.

I'm hoping I can teach them that the gub'ment works for them, not the other way around.

The gov't works when I collect my check and stamps.

(07-25-2013 03:31 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:09 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:07 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:03 PM)Smaug Wrote:  I agree that racism can't be turned on and off like a light switch. It has to be smothered over time. Each generation makes it a point to raise the next with fewer hangups than they were raised with.

My father was a country boy from Mount Olive, AL in the 1950s. He was approached by that renowned civic organization, the Ku Klux Klan for membership. His answer has become legend in my family. "No thanks. I'll just hate everybody freelance."

He later was one of the Screamin' Eagles that Ike sent to walk the Little Rock Nine to school.

I'm proud to be his son for a lot of reasons, but those are two of them.

Yeah, the hate dies hard down there Smaug. Hopefully someday your great-great grandchildren will be more enlightened and learn to love everyone equal while appreciating the joys of Obamacare, cap & trade, and illegal immigration.

I'm hoping I can teach them that the gub'ment works for them, not the other way around.

The gov't works when I collect my check and stamps.

You used to be more clever than this. Quit hanging around with Robs.

(07-25-2013 03:17 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Wooooooow.... I know more northern racists than I do southern racists... And they're twice as bad about it. For you to make that statement tells me that you've never been down south. Do you think Obama was down in the south when people were locking their doors when he supposedly walked by, or clenching their purses tighter?

If he's scared of locking doors, locking actions would certainly keep him in Illinois.

(07-25-2013 03:58 PM)Jerry Falwell Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 03:17 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Wooooooow.... I know more northern racists than I do southern racists... And they're twice as bad about it. For you to make that statement tells me that you've never been down south. Do you think Obama was down in the south when people were locking their doors when he supposedly walked by, or clenching their purses tighter?

If he's scared of locking doors, locking actions would certainly keep him in Illinois.

It's funny how the board tards just go with it... They don't stop to think that he was in the north when all of this took place. The ever so NONRACIST north.

If we secede, the USA would become Canada South. We are the real USA.” I might agree if I saw Southerners expressing their patriotism on any subject other than war. In any event, it’s of no concern to me who gets to be the real USA—maybe the competition would do us both good. And right now, to be frank, Canada South sounds pretty good.

Have been up North. They are more racist than the South ever has been.

Ignorant article and book. The only point that has merit is that both new nations would be better off.

they call it "right to work" but what it really should be called is "right to work.....for less"

when you have states gaining economically only because they are paying lower wages to unskilled workers, or weaker safety/environmental standards rather than being innovative its not hard to see that they are not only holding us back but weakening us.

(07-25-2013 07:23 PM)john01992 Wrote:  they call it "right to work" but what it really should be called is "right to work.....for less"

when you have states gaining economically only because they are paying lower wages to unskilled workers, or weaker safety/environmental standards rather than being innovative its not hard to see that they are not only holding us back but weakening us.

So is Mexico since GM just said they were building four plants there a couple of weeks ago, because unions would harass them even if they built them in right to work states.
So is it War with Mexico.
Cannot cut them loose, since we decided to not take them over after the Mexican War.

(07-25-2013 07:31 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(07-25-2013 07:23 PM)john01992 Wrote:  they call it "right to work" but what it really should be called is "right to work.....for less"

when you have states gaining economically only because they are paying lower wages to unskilled workers, or weaker safety/environmental standards rather than being innovative its not hard to see that they are not only holding us back but weakening us.

So is Mexico since GM just said they were building four plants there a couple of weeks ago, because unions would harass them even if they built them in right to work states.
So is it War with Mexico.
Cannot cut them loose, since we decided to not take them over after the Mexican War.

its bad enough that other countries do it to us, its just insult to injury when we do it to each other. its not just the car industry but every industry where ROW states can pay their workers lower amounts