<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:07 AM, DV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vindimy@gmail.com" target="_blank">vindimy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=""><div class="h5">On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dustin Laurence<br>
<<a href="mailto:dllaurence@dslextreme.com">dllaurence@dslextreme.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 11/11/2012 10:17 PM, DV wrote:<br>
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>> Go away, troll.<br>
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> Funny thing about that. Anyone who isn't liberal gets such comments<br>
> thrown at them offhandedly, every day, by people who aren't even aware of<br>
> how bigoted they are. Especially in urban California, which is one of the<br>
> most bigoted places in America outside of a major university. But no one<br>
> even notices or acknowledges it until someone dares to express a contrary<br>
> view--then, all of a sudden, oh we can't be offensive. Which is code words<br>
> for "we can't criticize the liberal establishment." The left fancies that<br>
> it gets different rules.<br>
><br>
> So, regardless of whatever personal intentions you may have behind that<br>
> comment, and in spite of the fact that I'm personally enjoying not listening<br>
> to political talk for a while, I like it when people speak disrespectfully<br>
> of and to the monolith.<br>
><br>
> Dustin<br>
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</div></div>All right, I'll bite. If any of you don't enjoy flamewars and/or<br>
politics, feel free to skip what's below.<br>
<br>
Whoa, now. Conservatives have absolutely no right to call a democratic<br>
state like California bigoted. Not after "black man doens't belong in<br>
White House" slogan they kept chanting after Obama got first elected.<br>
Not after the "rape pregnancy is gift from God" remarks made by your<br>
senators. Not after the war on immigrants and poor that you're waging.<br>
Not after the white male majority that voted for Romney.<br>
<br>
I don't know what reality you're living in, Dustin, but to call<br>
California, one of the most diverse and democratic states in the<br>
nation, bigoted, is just mind-blowing. You conservatives truly have<br>
the gift for calling white black and black white.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Lastly, have you seen the article about the distribution of racist<br>
tweets after the election? You can look up the article, but I'll post<br>
the top states here:<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div><br class="">Good old fashion flame war, First off I would not describe myself as a "Conservative" or a "Liberal", I am not a Republican or a Democrate and I do not want to speak for Dustin but I have spent many an hour talking to Dustin. </div>
<div><br></div><div>When he used the work "bigoted" he was not talking about race. Check the definition of the word. Reread what he said, he is talking about accepting that other people's opinions can be valid even if you do not agree with them. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Almost by definition anyone who claims to be a "Conservative" or a "Liberal" is bigoted. But that is the political system that has evolved in this country where is only two options and people follow one of those two "Parties" without actually thinking. Then again thinking is hard.</div>
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Alabama 8.1<br>
Mississippi 7.4<br>
Georgia 3.6<br>
North Dakota 3.5<br>
Utah 3.5<br>
Louisiana 3.3<br>
Tennessee 3.1<br>
Missouri 3.0<br>
West Virginia 2.8<br>
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Number of these states that have a conservative majority? Every single<br>
one of them.<br>
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Best regards, Dmitriy V.<br>
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