http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7247712Oh my.
The ball didn't bounce, and the primitive admits it.
TTUBatfan2008 (934 posts) Mon Sep-29-08 06:47 PM
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Had an interesting encounter with a co-worker today...
Let me say that his son was killed in a terrorist attack overseas. Anyway, I just asked him if he was keeping up with the Presidential race much and he said he'd been paying some attention to it. I told him I couldn't believe how unprepared Palin was for her interview with Couric and how stupid she came across. Then he brought up the fact that Obama is a Muslim and his son was "killed by them," so "you know..." implying that there's no way he could ever vote for Obama because of that. I said, "He's not Muslim. He's Christian." He responded, "He says he is, but he isn't." I didn't say anything back to him and we ended up drifting off to talk about how Romney and Giuliani's campaigns collapsed while McCain's had a resurgence and the fact that Romney would be much better than Palin as the VP.
Anyway, I really do think the ignorance out there is a bigger problem than the polls show. It's sad but true. I feel bad for the man that his son was killed by Islamic extremists, but that does not excuse him from deliberate ignorance built on prejudice. I'm Christian. I would be incredibly offended if someone told me I was a Muslim when I told them I'm Christian. Christians don't do that to fellow Christians...unless they're black and have a strange name. Then it's somehow excusable to treat a fellow Christian in that manner. It's pretty darn despicable that these people get to vote in my opinion.
It's pretty despicable that primitives get to vote, in my opinion, but that's democracy for you.
Lars39 (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 06:49 PM
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1. There seems to be an awful lot of christians bearing false witness spreading this lie.
There seems to be an awful lot of primitives not sharing their wealth, as they say we should.
Think of all the real-estate-holding primitives who don't offer the bobbling primitive a home, for example.
Kristi1696 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 06:50 PM
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2. What an unfortunate attitude. I wonder if that is how his son would like to be honored.
Bornaginhooligan (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 06:50 PM
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3. How do you know he's not making up the thing about his son?
He's completely full of shit. How do you tell?
TTUBatfan2008 (934 posts) Mon Sep-29-08 06:56 PM
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5. No, it's the truth...
his son was killed in a terrorist attack overseas. Very unfortunate incident. He does not like to talk much about it. It was back in the 1990's if I'm not mistaken.
Bornaginhooligan (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 06:58 PM
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7. Uh huh.
A mysterious event he doesn't like to talk about.
Was this before or after he ran covert ops for the CIA?
TTUBatfan2008 (934 posts) Mon Sep-29-08 06:59 PM
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9. Other co-workers have talked about it...
it did happen. His son's widow flew he and his wife in to meet her fiancee to make sure that everything is OK with them.
mitchum (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-29-08 09:37 PM
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29. Which "terrorist attack overseas"? Give DETAILS or I call BULLSHIT
After which the bonfire flames into the primitives discussing "racism."
