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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:18 PM Original message |
I grew up in rural Pennsylvania - someone please help me clear this up? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Its easy.More money for minoruties |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. But Ma'am: They Were White. Compared To the Depravity Of Blacks, They Were Solid Citizens.... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. "How could they carry on without someone to look down on?" |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-10 02:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. "How could they carry on without someone to look down on?" |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tribalism. They were on the same team. Didn't... |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Yep. Exception for one of "us." |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think there are any rational arguments to explain it. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Racist |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have noticed that the things people accuse others of and assume they do |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. I can't explain it, but you are correct about rural PA. nt |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I suspect that is the norm with many rural parts of this country |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. I grew up in rural Indiana. And to use a Will Rogers' quote: |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's a very valid statement - I know I never met one until High School. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Barbara Jordan was a beautiful person. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Wasn't she :D Hearing her speak made me realize what those kids at school said.... |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. What a phenomenal Supreme Court Justice she would have been! |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. They're authoritarians. They don't have to make any sense |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. You're right about rural PA |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Deep down, they know they are not any better than ... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Rural Illinois is no different |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I think we could say Rural (Fill in the blank) for any part of the United States |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. These places are so white, that they don't even know any minorities. |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. There are areas of rural whites in Connecticut too. |
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t0dd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Grew up near Latrobe.. and yes, you've hit the nail on the head. nt |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-10 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. Republicans have always been this way. |
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