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It's been a difficult election.
today I was told that it's going to be "over for white people". i've also had to listen to old black jokes resurrected with Obama's name inserted, including ones about hanging and lynching. the old white men that sometimes gather where i work acted like these were the funniest things ever said aloud.
they keep saying "spread the wealth" in mocking tones, and talk about how the working man is going to suffer because of higher taxes.
my friend told me about how this old guy, during a church breakfast, said that they should line up all the black people and "brbrbrbrbrbrbrrr" (machine gun noises). at least, i do know that several memebers of the church were extremely embarrassed by this, but not all of them.
a lot of propaganda has been left around, including some that calls liberal philosophy a policy of death, and compares it to naziism. ism.
one guy told me, "if Obama is elected .. well, remember 911, that's all". this was because fox news aired a special about Obama being a terrorist.
someone else said, "i know one thing, i ain't voting for no damn muslim".
it hurts. it's embarrassing. I know that all of North Carolina is like this, but it still makes me want to be somewhere else.
It makes me angry that it's ASSUMED i'll vote for macain. just the way it's always assumed that i'm a christian. no one asks, they just assume.
someone nearby had the guts to put up an Obama campaign sign; after hearing several people talk about stealing it or burning it, it disappeared. these are people who would tell you that the 2nd amendment is sacred, but think nothing the right to free speech.
i know this is messy, but i'm just really discouraged.
the other day, someone asked me if i like guns.
today I was told that it's going to be "over for white people". i've also had to listen to old black jokes resurrected with Obama's name inserted, including ones about hanging and lynching. the old white men that sometimes gather where i work acted like these were the funniest things ever said aloud.
they keep saying "spread the wealth" in mocking tones, and talk about how the working man is going to suffer because of higher taxes.
my friend told me about how this old guy, during a church breakfast, said that they should line up all the black people and "brbrbrbrbrbrbrrr" (machine gun noises). at least, i do know that several memebers of the church were extremely embarrassed by this, but not all of them.
a lot of propaganda has been left around, including some that calls liberal philosophy a policy of death, and compares it to naziism. ism.
one guy told me, "if Obama is elected .. well, remember 911, that's all". this was because fox news aired a special about Obama being a terrorist.
someone else said, "i know one thing, i ain't voting for no damn muslim".
it hurts. it's embarrassing. I know that all of North Carolina is like this, but it still makes me want to be somewhere else.
It makes me angry that it's ASSUMED i'll vote for macain. just the way it's always assumed that i'm a christian. no one asks, they just assume.
someone nearby had the guts to put up an Obama campaign sign; after hearing several people talk about stealing it or burning it, it disappeared. these are people who would tell you that the 2nd amendment is sacred, but think nothing the right to free speech.
i know this is messy, but i'm just really discouraged.
the other day, someone asked me if i like guns.