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Post by flats on Dec 20, 2013 9:15:48 GMT -5
I have the same reaction to this as I did the Dog the Bounty Hunter and Paula Dean stories. "You mean this white trash hillbilly is a BIGOT too?!?! What a fucking shock."
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Post by Voodoochile on Dec 20, 2013 9:53:55 GMT -5
People don't understand southerners who came up through the 60's & earlier. I'm not defending them but that was the culture they were raised in. You would have rednecks use the N word but still love a black person as a brother or sister.
Racism exists everywhere whether it's against blacks, whites, Asians, Hispanics or whoever. It's as bad in the north, south, east and west. I've seen it everywhere.
Down here deeply rooted religious people feel very strongly that homosexuality is a sin. I could care less about what someone does in their life as long as they keep it "their" life. People are free in this country to have their religious beliefs as well.
What GQ did was bait Robertson. What answer did they expect when asking a deeply religious man who was raised in the south during the sixties?
A headline and they got it.
This country is turned so far fucking upside down these days it's not even recognizable anymore.
As far as A&E booting him it's their right just as it is Robertson's right to believe what he believes.
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Post by TommyDee on Dec 20, 2013 9:56:38 GMT -5
This country is turned so far fucking upside down these days it's not even recognizable anymore. Amen. We're fucked.
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Post by G&T on Dec 20, 2013 10:28:38 GMT -5
People don't understand southerners who came up through the 60's & earlier. I'm not defending them but that was the culture they were raised in. You would have rednecks use the N word but still love a black person as a brother or sister. Racism exists everywhere whether it's against blacks, whites, Asians, Hispanics or whoever. It's as bad in the north, south, east and west. I've seen it everywhere. Down here deeply rooted religious people feel very strongly that homosexuality is a sin. I could care less about what someone does in their life as long as they keep it "their" life. People are free in this country to have their religious beliefs as well. What GQ did was bait Robertson. What answer did they expect when asking a deeply religious man who was raised in the south during the sixties? A headline and they got it. This country is turned so far fucking upside down these days it's not even recognizable anymore. As far as A&E booting him it's their right just as it is Robertson's right to believe what he believes. How is him saying blacks were better off during slavery now GQ's fault?
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Post by Diz on Dec 20, 2013 10:43:06 GMT -5
Ha ha, read the story man.
Here is his quote about blacks.
Sometime you have to put in the time before you start running your mouth about a "clip" of a quote that you hear on msnbc.
Phil On Growing Up in Pre-Civil-Rights-Era Louisiana
“I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks, because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field.... They’re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, ‘I tell you what: These doggone white people’—not a word!... Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.”
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Post by Diz on Dec 20, 2013 10:43:49 GMT -5
People like to leave out the full story for the sake of making their point more concrete.
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Post by brownsphenom on Dec 20, 2013 10:47:05 GMT -5
Real story about this thread--WTF is going on between GT and tommy / Diz
Otherwise who really cares, didn't watch the dumb fucking show anyway
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Post by Voodoochile on Dec 20, 2013 10:54:50 GMT -5
People are obviously confusing pre-civil rights era and pre-civil war era lol.
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Post by G&T on Dec 20, 2013 11:01:29 GMT -5
Real story about this thread--WTF is going on between GT and tommy / Diz Otherwise who really cares, didn't watch the dumb fucking show anyway You'll have to ask them, I'm just watching them melt.
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Post by G&T on Dec 20, 2013 11:02:49 GMT -5
And yeah I have not read the interview was just going off the quote that's been floating around.
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Post by Diz on Dec 20, 2013 11:03:38 GMT -5
How about reading it before you run your mouth about shit you don't know about. K, thanks.
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Post by TommyDee on Dec 20, 2013 11:05:07 GMT -5
How about reading it before you run your mouth about shit you don't know about. K, thanks. STOP MELTING LOL
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Post by brownsphenom on Dec 20, 2013 11:05:48 GMT -5
And yeah I have not read the interview was just going off the quote that's been floating around. This right here is what's fucked up. But people only follow the quotes the "unbiased media" wants out there instead of reading what was actually said, in context. Fucking media causing a stir to drum up ratings, truth be damned.
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Post by TommyDee on Dec 20, 2013 11:08:34 GMT -5
And yeah I have not read the interview was just going off the quote that's been floating around. This right here is what's fucked up. But people only follow the quotes the "unbiased media" wants out there instead of reading what was actually said, in context. Fucking media causing a stir to drum up ratings, truth be damned. The media sucks anymore no doubt, but you can't blame them for doing it. I mean this country is filled with idiots who eat it up & spit it out. Example being what you quoted.
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Post by G&T on Dec 20, 2013 11:13:31 GMT -5
Real story about this thread--WTF is going on between GT and tommy / Diz Otherwise who really cares, didn't watch the dumb fucking show anyway You'll have to ask them, I'm just watching them melt.
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Post by brownsphenom on Dec 20, 2013 11:15:40 GMT -5
Oh I know it. The reporters with integrity get shoved out the door while the assholes who run with BS stories under the protection of "un-named sources". Which is just them making shit up
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Post by G&T on Dec 20, 2013 11:35:02 GMT -5
Claiming that blacks were happier before MLK isn't much better.
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Post by G&T on Dec 20, 2013 12:20:33 GMT -5
Ha ha, read the story man. Here is his quote about blacks. Sometime you have to put in the time before you start running your mouth about a "clip" of a quote that you hear on msnbc. Phil On Growing Up in Pre-Civil-Rights-Era Louisiana “I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks, because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field.... They’re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, ‘I tell you what: These doggone white people’—not a word!... Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws#Racism_in_the_United_States_and_defenses_of_Jim_Crow
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Post by Voodoochile on Dec 20, 2013 12:42:20 GMT -5
Claiming that blacks were happier before MLK isn't much better. He was asked about growing during the pre civil rights era. He answered with his experience of working in the fields with blacks and how they always appeared happy to him. Context my friend.
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Post by Diz on Dec 20, 2013 12:45:20 GMT -5
It's pointless voodoo, you can't fix stupid.
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Post by G&T on Dec 20, 2013 13:10:14 GMT -5
It's pointless voodoo, you can't fix stupid. You are correct, you can't.
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Post by acejack on Dec 20, 2013 13:32:22 GMT -5
I have the same reaction to this as I did the Dog the Bounty Hunter and Paula Dean stories. "You mean this white trash hillbilly is a BIGOT too?!?! What a fucking shock." Wow. Talk about tolerance.
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Post by acejack on Dec 20, 2013 13:34:50 GMT -5
I have the same reaction to this as I did the Dog the Bounty Hunter and Paula Dean stories. "You mean this white trash hillbilly is a BIGOT too?!?! What a fucking shock." Just for argument's sake, how is "white trash hillbilly" any different from say "inner city jigaboo"?
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Post by brownsphenom on Dec 20, 2013 13:36:16 GMT -5
I have the same reaction to this as I did the Dog the Bounty Hunter and Paula Dean stories. "You mean this white trash hillbilly is a BIGOT too?!?! What a fucking shock." Just for argument's sake, how is "white trash hillbilly" any different from say "inner city jigaboo"? Color?
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Post by flats on Dec 20, 2013 19:32:39 GMT -5
I have the same reaction to this as I did the Dog the Bounty Hunter and Paula Dean stories. "You mean this white trash hillbilly is a BIGOT too?!?! What a fucking shock." Just for argument's sake, how is "white trash hillbilly" any different from say "inner city jigaboo"? In this specific personal context I would say the fact that I'm white diminishes the offensiveness. Akin to Chris Rock or Jay-Z using the N word. In a more general historical/cultural context I would say that a big difference is the fact that "inner city jigaboos" didn't systematically oppress, torture, rape, and murder "white trash hillbillies" with zero legal ramifications for 400+ years.
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