Goddamit! We're all Americans!

[Bluzmann57]

Why can't the righties get this through their thick skulls?! Today at work we were talking about looters in New Orleans. I said that while I didn't think it was right to take TV'S and stereos, etc., some folks were just trying to eat and drink and maybe take a crude bath with actual soap. Another guy who is a rock ribbed righty said, "They're just a bunch of niggers. Who cares if the cops shoot 'em?" I went completely nuts on him screaming (literally) at him and told him that "We are all citizens and have the same rights to pursue the "American Dream". I was actually told to get out of the room and cool down by a boss I was so fucking upset. That was probably a good thing because I have been known to have a bad temper and may have started swinging. That would not have been good, as I would have gotten fired. But I HAVE HAD ENOUGH and I will fight back always now. Fuck these idiotic people.
Please excuse my language. It's just that the more I think about this, the angrier I get.
OK I am sorry if this post seems a little disjointed. I do not claim to be a great writer and a woman I was talking to the other night summed it up best. She said, "I'm tired of being angry all the time." She was speaking of the bushies. I agree.

[Raster]

1. times like these bring out the best in the good people and the worst

in the assholes.

[MojoXN]

2. Amen, brother!

Don't put up with that shit! People are dying, and this asshole says something like that?

I'd have done the same thing.

MojoXN

[DebJ]

3. it's okay for corporations to loot the poor....but not the other way

around. Frankly, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the WalMart get looted. I hope they stripped it completely bare....hell, take the shelving, too.

[walldude]

4. Are we?

If he represents America I want no part of it. I'm glad you were able to put him in his place without losing your job.

[stillcool]

5. my husband has always insisted...

that the division in this country is STILL due to RACE. And, I, argue with him...no more....eyes wide open.

[NorCalDem]

10. It's not about race

it's about class! Unfortunately, hundreds of years of racism have kept minorities in the lower class. For all those years however, it was still about class and about maintaining power over others.

[Jade Fox]

6. Good for you for standing up to that shit.....

I had a better experience at work even though I work with some Fox
watching clones. One of them started to go on about the people left
in NO, and I said that the poverty on the Gulf Coast was unimaginable
if you haven't seen it--like a third world country. Someone who HAD
seen it piped in and agreed. That diffused the racist/idiot comments
that I sensed were on the horizen. But maybe I was just lucky.

Bless you Bluzmann57.

[TexasLady]

7. Darlin,I SO feel what you are saying

I hear and have heard this in Texas again and again and AGAIN!

I hear the 'n' word more times than Id like to admit, and my kids know Id better hear the F" word before that word spews from their mouth.

Sadly, it is what many freepers THINK without coming right out and SAYING it....:puke:

I swear, I saw pictures of lynched blacks from the thirties surrounded by KKK, for sale at a flea market in Mexia, where I used to live. And NOT for its historical value, but like a badge of honor from these sickos.

Makes me LIVID.

The last time I cried this much was when my brother died...GOD this hurts so bad!!

[VolcanoJen]

8. You work with some real animals, Bluz.

I'm so sorry. :-( :hug:

[Prodemsouth]

9. God I thought I had it bad at work- just a bunch of typical Bush

monkey defenders. And I call them that. But the N word would never be tolerated. Co-workers are surprised to find out I am a Liberal- because I look like a typical southern redneck.

[Bluzmann57]

11. Yeah looks can be decieving I suppose

I am fat, bald and earthy. But these jokers I work with know my political beliefs very well. And in reality, most of them aren't as bad as this one guy. He's just an insecure little man. The tallest little man I have ever seen.

[wli]

12. No, the neocons aren't Americans. They're Nazis. n/t

[kerry-is-my-prez]

13. Someone who uses the "N" word isn't reprimanded???

You work at a bizarro company.... I use to be in HR and that person would have been in trouble.