One anecdote. I was tutoring a fellow at EKU about two decades ago. The young man was from Saudi Arabia. During our first meeting, he asked me where I was from. When I told him the place of my birth, I was taken aback when he knew of the place .Although he had just recently come to EKU from his home country, he said( in broken English, of course), "Isn't that the home of that KKK group?"

 

Jumper, may I ask what are some of the things you saw here over the past twenty-five years that made it worse? Also, I agree that it is better today than it was years ago, probably due to the deaths of some of the older people. It's still far from great. Then again, it's not great when you look at the racial problems across the country.

 

Overtly open Racist comments were the norm for a lot of people 25+ years ago in that area...it wasn't uncommon. I worked off and on in that area over the last decade and it was much much different. Where before you could hear comments out loud with no worry to who heard it, now it seemed to be more of whispers and suggestions than open conversation. You will actually hear some people admonishing others for comments now, that was hardly ever seen back in the day.

Overtly open Racist comments were the norm for a lot of people 25+ years ago in that area...it wasn't uncommon. I worked off and on in that area over the last decade and it was much much different. Where before you could hear comments out loud with no worry to who heard it, now it seemed to be more of whispers and suggestions than open conversation. You will actually hear some people admonishing others for comments now, that was hardly ever seen back in the day.

 

I see. Yeah, I think that is accurate. I grew up around it. Just a little surprised you didn't encounter it almost as bad in surrounding areas but maybe it wasn't as bad elsewhere. While I always thought the town deserved its reputation , I thought maybe it was singled out when other towns were probably just as bad. Hopefully, things will continue to improve.

You're welcome. Your mother has now entered the realm of reality over naive idealism.

 

This kind of comment really bothers me, Bert. You know me. Do you feel I am naive or that I don't know reality? And I'm registered Independent, although I readily admit Democratic social policy aligns more with my own beliefs.

 

I don't think choosing Republican over Democrat makes one less naive or accepting of reality.

This kind of comment really bothers me, Bert. You know me. Do you feel I am naive or that I don't know reality? And I'm registered Independent, although I readily admit Democratic social policy aligns more with my own beliefs.

 

I don't think choosing Republican over Democrat makes one less naive or accepting of reality.

 

Guru, can BGP get a sarcasm icon? I apparently am not communicating sarcasm versus reality very well, even when I state it in the thread I am being sarcastic.

Guru, can BGP get a sarcasm icon? I apparently am not communicating sarcasm versus reality very well, even when I state it in the thread I am being sarcastic.

 

I hadn't gotten to your post where you said that yet. Was just getting ready to edit my post. I guess I should have known, because you don't engage in such kinds of comments. I should have known. Apologies for taking it the wrong way.

While it is hard for this liberal to admit, my dear little mama, absolutely detests our black President. Much like 70% of BGP, she wouldn't lose a wink of sleep if ISIS took him out tomorrow.

This is as far as I needed to read to realize this was just another ridiculous attempt to bait people with common sense into a totally nonsensical argument rater than an honest, open debate by the usual suspect.

 

This is as far as I needed to read to realize this was just another ridiculous attempt to bait people with common sense into a totally nonsensical argument rater than an honest' date=' open debate by the usual suspect.

 

Progressive statist on the loose.

Maybe she watched this :eek:

 

[video=youtube;GEB-jl4DDhU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEB-jl4DDhU

This is as far as I needed to read to realize this was just another ridiculous attempt to bait people with common sense into a totally nonsensical argument rater than an honest, open debate by the usual suspect.

 

 

 

Granted, who knows the percentage? Whether it's 70% , 40% , 10% or 2% However, if you think there aren't some folks on here and across this country that would quietly be okay if this President was taken out, then you deny more than the science of climate change. I can tell you that I have some neighbors that I know would not lose a minute of sleep if the President was executed. Hell, my mom would probably sleep well. So, yes, I stand by the statement but not the percentage.

This is as far as I needed to read to realize this was just another ridiculous attempt to bait people with common sense into a totally nonsensical argument rater than an honest, open debate by the usual suspect.

 

:laugh: At least he didn't use a daily series of memes to bait people.

:laugh: At least he didn't use a daily series of memes to bait people.

Granted, who knows the percentage? Whether it's 70% , 40% , 10% or 2% However, if you think there aren't some folks on here and across this country that would quietly be okay if this President was taken out, then you deny more than the science of climate change. I can tell you that I have some neighbors that I know would not lose a minute of sleep if the President was executed. Hell, my mom would probably sleep well. So, yes, I stand by the statement but not the percentage.

 

So now you're back peddling? Why not own it, you seemed so sure of yourself.

 

I can't think of one single member on this site that would want to see ISIS take out our president. Not one.

Are there people in the state and country like that? Sure. There are those people for every president. Are some of the people that may feel that way about Obama that way because he's black? Yep. Do some black people want to see white politicians die? Again, yep. Let's not pretend otherwise. And better still, let's stop calling people on this board racist simply because they disagree with the president's policies. Otherwise, man up and tell us exactly who it is on here that you seem to be so sure are racist. Time to put up or shut up.

So now you're back peddling? Why not own it, you seemed so sure of yourself.

 

I can't think of one single member on this site that would want to see ISIS take out our president. Not one.

Are there people in the state and country like that? Sure. There are those people for every president. Are some of the people that may feel that way about Obama that way because he's black? Yep. Do some black people want to see white politicians die? Again, yep. Let's not pretend otherwise. And better still, let's stop calling people on this board racist simply because they disagree with the president's policies. Otherwise, man up and tell us exactly who it is on here that you seem to be so sure are racist. Time to put up or shut up.

 

I said that the 70% is likely not the case. 5 or 10% of the population is not out of the question, however. I don't think names should be posted. If my sweet little mother , wouldn't lose sleep over it, I'm sure a few others wouldn't. I would hope that no one in the country would want the President harmed. Just not the case, though.

I don't like Obama because he is wrong on most stuff and opens his mouth and picks sides before he knows the truth, not a trait of a leader.

Everything about his is a sham

Years ago while working at the University of Cincinnati I became friends with, and was eventually out to an Indian guy co-worker who was also new to the US while studying mechanical engineering.

 

He freely accepted me though he said there were no gay people in India. I assured him that there were. We got along great and went to concerts together, and he introduced me to Indian food, and I toured him around the city, and we had many discussions enlightening each other about cultural similarities and differences in each other's countries.

 

After completing his studies he moved near Holland, Michigan to work in the auto industry and initially took an apartment where he became friends with his landlord who welcomed him to join his Christian church. He informed him that he was Hindu, but he was happy with joining to be apart of the community, and to also have a place to meditate and pray.

 

Shortly thereafter he invited me to visit, and beforehand all I knew about this area was that Holland had a yearly Tulip Festival.

 

While visiting, his landlord stopped by and immediately upon meeting and shaking hands with him, he without hesitation quizzed me on what I thought of black people. This took me by surprise as it wasn't something that I would expect anyone to ask me when first meeting, and it being his very first point of topic.

 

I simply just said that I've found there to be both decent and not so decent people of all races. He quickly dismissed my answer and continued on to make many negative remarks regarding blacks.

 

While driving around the city with my friend he said that there was concern that he wanted to express to me, and continued on saying that he was worried that I would go to hell for being gay.

 

I asked him what prompted this all of the sudden, and he said that where he was attending church he had heard sermons discussing this. I told him to please be careful with his new associations and what they were indoctrinating him with.

 

A few months later he came back to Cincinnati to visit and told me that he no longer attended that church because while attending one day (He was the only Indian there) he was reading their bulletin where in it they said "Let us pray for our Hindu brothers and sisters in our community for their minds are possessed by Satan".

 

This freaked him out and he now was getting first hand experience with these people's backwardness. We discussed that perhaps they were so bone headed stupid that they confused Hinduism to be Voodooism, but nonetheless no matter what he was wasn't acceptable to them until he was a Christian, and of course anti-black for good measure.