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Tee hee. I ended up in a huge fight with a cab driver last night. He was pointing out where Lloyd Doggett, my congressman, lives (coincidentally, less than a block from my house -- how cool is that? I LOVE Doggett. He's a great rep. Anyway, we ended up talking about politics, which was a big mistake. The driver was a Ron Paul supporter. Now, I'm not saying all Ron Paul supporters are evil, soulless people, but some of them.... ha ha (Some of my best friends are Ron Paul supporters -- not really. I just made that up). This jackass proceeds to tell me that we should be ruled by a "Constitutional dictatorship" where the Constitution is king. Now, in theory, this sounds fine -- I am a big fan of my Constitutional rights, and yes, the Republicans have pretty much shit all over the Constitution.
But, this nut doesn't believe that the Constitution should EVER be changed, altered or amended. Yes, he really said that. I replied, "Well, speaking as someone that couldn't vote 100 years ago, and wouldn't have been able to vote last week without a constitutional amendment, I think you are absolutely full of shit." ha ha ha!
He also tried to tell me that Japan was superior to the US because "they only have one race and one culture, and that makes them stronger." My head almost exploded. I asked him what he was doing in Austin if he felt that way, since I "moved to Austin specifically because I didn't want to live in some cracker-ass cracker town where everyone is exactly the same." ha ha ha Then he told me that "Latins" and "Africans" don't have the same values as white people. I told him that he was obviously quite right, because speaking as a Chicana woman, I quite obviously did NOT share his narrow-minded, bigoted values. ha ha ha
By the time he dropped me off, the conversation had gotten progressively more heated. By the end, I was almost yelling at him. My inborn politeness was sorely tried. It was ugly.
Even so, I tipped the bastard. I could bring myself to call him full of shit, but not to stiff him. ha ha ha
Ugh. Saints preserve me from Libertarians and other nuts.
But, this nut doesn't believe that the Constitution should EVER be changed, altered or amended. Yes, he really said that. I replied, "Well, speaking as someone that couldn't vote 100 years ago, and wouldn't have been able to vote last week without a constitutional amendment, I think you are absolutely full of shit." ha ha ha!
He also tried to tell me that Japan was superior to the US because "they only have one race and one culture, and that makes them stronger." My head almost exploded. I asked him what he was doing in Austin if he felt that way, since I "moved to Austin specifically because I didn't want to live in some cracker-ass cracker town where everyone is exactly the same." ha ha ha Then he told me that "Latins" and "Africans" don't have the same values as white people. I told him that he was obviously quite right, because speaking as a Chicana woman, I quite obviously did NOT share his narrow-minded, bigoted values. ha ha ha
By the time he dropped me off, the conversation had gotten progressively more heated. By the end, I was almost yelling at him. My inborn politeness was sorely tried. It was ugly.
Even so, I tipped the bastard. I could bring myself to call him full of shit, but not to stiff him. ha ha ha
Ugh. Saints preserve me from Libertarians and other nuts.