Xander ,'First Date'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I was standing at my polling place -- we are in the richyrich district, but our house is in the not-rich but average hood-- and every damn person there was white. A black man walked in finally and I wanted to kiss him.
Damn, I love my neighborhood. I was one of only 2 or 3 white voters at my polling place.
So he's intimidating them by being black I see. I notice he's not following them inside, or asking to see their ID or reminding them of the dangers of being jailed for in-person voter fraud. WTF is happening to our country?
sometimes I wonder if I am seriously misreading conservatives
hard to misread when they make racist statements and have fun theories about rape and procreation.
I don't necessarily ascribe personality characteristics like selfishness to conservatives, but the racist, sexist statements (and the ones about the 47%) are shit they own.
When did politeness become intimidation?
when a Black person is polite.
Dude. I thought you were joking about the door-holding. Lordy.
I appear to be choosing my City Treasurer based on the candidates' favorite books. Masters of Rome vs the Bible.
I have no idea what Masters of Rome is, but the title makes it sound kinda scary. Why the hell do people have to list their favorite book?! I mean, I can't pick just one, and also it starts to get weird, when you're picking a book to pander vs an actual favorite. Like, Miss America style. (I think in general I might have to go with "A Brother's Price" by Wen Spencer. It's a romance, fantasy, adventure, and feminism, all rolled into one! Hits all my faves!)
Dude. I thought you were joking about the door-holding. Lordy.
I'm sorry I wasn't.
Anyway, when white people complain about the Black Panthers being at polling places, I assume this is where that came from.
I high-fived the black guy who held the door for me this morning. He told me "Yeah District 5! Go vote for Obama!" (And then the woman next to him said "Don't tell her who to vote for!" So I didn't feel pressured.)
I do love my neighborhood.
Those, by themselves, are not sufficient differences to cause this huge divide.
They are if you belong to any of the marginalized groups being marginalized by their politics.
Damn, I love my neighborhood. I was one of only 2 or 3 white voters at my polling place.
I was the only white person voting when I went (which was a week ago Sunday). And I wasn't intimidated at all.
Dude. I thought you were joking about the door-holding. Lordy.
I thought he was too. That's sad.