Whats up with all the racism going on?

It seems to be worse than usual.
I rarely watch the news. I did see Obama give his speech the other day about all the shootings and to not forget that all Muslims are not terrorists and what not.
So the other day I'm standing in line at Wendy's, and I can't help but to listen in on a conversation taking place right in front of me. Apparently it was a group of AA people who just got out of a meeting. The one most involved in the conversation was an old man, I'm guessing in his 80's, totally decked out in veteran gear, and he was basically telling everyone how he was walking by, and came across " two of those damn Muslims". He basically said something along the lines of, they were staring at him in a weird way, and somehow thought they were going to pull a gun on him. He was also starting to direct the conversation towards me , since I was standing there listening. Idk if it's because I'm bald with a beard, Maybe he thought I would jump on board. But I did finally pipe in and said " maybe they were thinking the same thing as you. Maybe they thought you would pull a gun on them." He immediately realized I wasn't on board, kinda waved me off, and continued talking to his group.
So I thought that was pretty silly. Apparently there are lots of people who think all Muslims are terrorists..
Then, this morning, I get a text from my mom, who I swear isn't all there, and very racist and homophobic, of a huge new tattoo she got on her arm. It's an eagle(she's obsessed with bald eagles) with the words "The time has come to take back what is ours!"
I'm just kinda speechless about it.
Should I stay inside for awhile? Is there a big race/religious war about to begin? It's starting to make me really wonder.

This pretty much sums it up.

hyroot said:

This pretty much sums it up.

Click to expand...

Wow. I dont know how to take that. The lady had some good points, but kinda seemed to be the aggressor.
She keeps repeating, something along the lines of, the non threatening groups are irrelevant. Surely she doesn't mean yes, let's hate all Muslims?
Dam I guess we're living in a scary time right now. Dammit just when I thought everything was going good and weed is about to be legal everywhere...

Will Ferrell said:

Wow. I dont know how to take that. The lady had some good points, but kinda seemed to be the aggressor.
She keeps repeating, something along the lines of, the non threatening groups are irrelevant. Surely she doesn't mean yes, let's hate all Muslims?
Dam I guess we're living in a scary time right now. Dammit just when I thought everything was going good and weed is about to be legal everywhere...

Click to expand...

Like the point she made about the nazis. The nazis only made up 5% of the population and look how that went.

It's unintelligent people that start yelling racism that have no clue of what is really going on. Talk to any marine that's been there and they will agree.

Plus a religion that demands death for dishonor or leaving said religion. There's something wrong with that.


It's a scary time. Until we get a new president in the white house not much will change.

hyroot said:

Like the point she made about the nazis. The nazis only made up 5% of the population and look how that went.

It's unintelligent people that start yelling racism that have no clue of what is really going on. Talk to any marine that's been there and they will agree.

Plus a religion that demands death for dishonor or leaving said religion. There's something wrong with that.


It's a scary time. Until we get a new president in the white house not much will change.

Click to expand...

Damn I thought Obama was a good president. I think one reason I like him is because most of my family hates him. The cannabis industry is better than ever. I've been so high these past ten years, I guess that's all I've cared about. Shit that's not good.

hyroot said:

Like the point she made about the nazis. The nazis only made up 5% of the population and look how that went.

It's unintelligent people that start yelling racism that have no clue of what is really going on. Talk to any marine that's been there and they will agree.

Plus a religion that demands death for dishonor or leaving said religion. There's something wrong with that.


It's a scary time. Until we get a new president in the white house not much will change.

Click to expand...

WTF does who's in the White House have to do with any of this?!

Maybe you should go listen to a few recent speeches made by Donald the Chump. THAT'S where you'll find the racist rhetoric, right there in the republican party!

ttystikk said:

WTF does who's in the White House have to do with any of this?!

Maybe you should go listen to a few recent speeches made by Donald the Chump. THAT'S where you'll find the racist rhetoric, right there in the republican party!

Click to expand...

Absolutely correct...

The radicalized Middle East terrorists are EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MURDERS!

Does any idiot think they only kill Democrats or Republicans? Why does everybody pick on Obama? Picking on him constantly is part of the perceived racism problem...he doesn't get the respect like ALL of his predecessors like any president deserves, why is that???

tangerinegreen555 said:

Absolutely correct...

The radicalized Middle East terrorists are EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MURDERS!

Does any idiot think they only kill Democrats or Republicans? Why does everybody pick on Obama? Picking on him constantly is part of the perceived racism problem...he doesn't get the respect like ALL of his predecessors like any president deserves, why is that???

Click to expand...

Because his self described enemies, republicans, are racist.

I haven't noticed any more racism around me but I hear a lot more about it on the news. We've always been a racially divided nation, we just never talked about it. Now that we're talking about it many people are surprised by the depth of fear and intolerance in the citizens of the country.

ttystikk said:

Because his self described enemies, republicans, are racist.

Click to expand...

There's always political disagreements...

But I'm talking about going on Bill O'Reily and being interrupted constantly like he was a criminal...or going to Arizona and having the governor wave her finger in his face...or being called names and interrupted by some idiot congressman during a speech...or being questioned about birth certificates...

An obvious lack of respect...nobody did that to any previous president...and it fucking smells funny to me

tangerinegreen555 said:

There's always political disagreements...

But I'm talking about going on Bill O'Reily and being interrupted constantly like he was a criminal...or going to Arizona and having the governor wave her finger in his face...or being called names and interrupted by some idiot congressman during a speech...or being questioned about birth certificates...

An obvious lack of respect...nobody did that to any previous president...and it fucking smells funny to me

Click to expand...

And you're correct. It's unacceptable. Mr Obama has shown a lot of class by not taking the racebait.

Will Ferrell said:

Dam I guess we're living in a scary time right now. Dammit just when I thought everything was going good and weed is about to be legal everywhere...

Click to expand...

It will get better, intelligence will prevail... but there's always going to be some shit flying around...

Islam is a race now?

Will Ferrell said:

It seems to be worse than usual.
I rarely watch the news. I did see Obama give his speech the other day about all the shootings and to not forget that all Muslims are not terrorists and what not.
So the other day I'm standing in line at Wendy's, and I can't help but to listen in on a conversation taking place right in front of me. Apparently it was a group of AA people who just got out of a meeting. The one most involved in the conversation was an old man, I'm guessing in his 80's, totally decked out in veteran gear, and he was basically telling everyone how he was walking by, and came across " two of those damn Muslims". He basically said something along the lines of, they were staring at him in a weird way, and somehow thought they were going to pull a gun on him. He was also starting to direct the conversation towards me , since I was standing there listening. Idk if it's because I'm bald with a beard, Maybe he thought I would jump on board. But I did finally pipe in and said " maybe they were thinking the same thing as you. Maybe they thought you would pull a gun on them." He immediately realized I wasn't on board, kinda waved me off, and continued talking to his group.
So I thought that was pretty silly. Apparently there are lots of people who think all Muslims are terrorists..
Then, this morning, I get a text from my mom, who I swear isn't all there, and very racist and homophobic, of a huge new tattoo she got on her arm. It's an eagle(she's obsessed with bald eagles) with the words "The time has come to take back what is ours!"
I'm just kinda speechless about it.
Should I stay inside for awhile? Is there a big race/religious war about to begin? It's starting to make me really wonder.

Click to expand...

they are all dumb ppl that refuse to use the mind they were given and listens to the bullshit coming out of the one with most authority....ppl in general are sheepish creatures that fallow

no u turn around and say hail hilter nazi salute and goose step out .......same thing just replaced the jewish with muslim and nazi with USA .......shock them into understanding or just for shits and giggles

Steve French said:

Islam is a race now?

Click to expand...

ww2 jewish ppl ........if u are not like me then u are scary and evil i must kill u

Trump would land us in ww3 .. He'd be a dangerous guy in the white house. Huge ego, and he's a know it all..not a good mix.

tangerinegreen555 said:

Absolutely correct...

The radicalized Middle East terrorists are EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MURDERS!

Does any idiot think they only kill Democrats or Republicans? Why does everybody pick on Obama? Picking on him constantly is part of the perceived racism problem...he doesn't get the respect like ALL of his predecessors like any president deserves, why is that???

Click to expand...

EVERY president gets shit thrown at him and gets little respect. Part of being the patsy imo.

Corso312 said:

Trump would land us in ww3 .. He'd be a dangerous guy in the white house. Huge ego, and he's a know it all..not a good mix.

Click to expand...

The funny part is everyone knows he doesn't know shit.

ttystikk said:

WTF does who's in the White House have to do with any of this?!

Maybe you should go listen to a few recent speeches made by Donald the Chump. THAT'S where you'll find the racist rhetoric, right there in the republican party!

Click to expand...

Obama won't do shit about going after isis or as he calls it isil which is not the same thing. He constantly lies. He so inept he announces what the military is doing on TV so. Like when he announced when the soldiers were being shipped out. So the enemy just sat and waited for the soldiers to leave the base then they swooped on and stole everything that was left.

Yes he is a pussy. He still refuses to say the terrorist attack are isis related. He keeps saying there not proof when there's tons of proof.

There's been more terrorist attacks, more shootings, more pot busts more everything on Obama's watch that any other president.

Not to mention all the fraudulent shit he has pulled. The illegal executive orders he pushes through. The trade agreement that was illegal for 150 years. That Obama pushed through. Now the illegal background check he is trying to push through without going through congress and the senate. And much more. He even has lied about the unemployment rate which is higher now than in 2009. He doesn't go by the U6 rating which covers all types of employnent.

Trump just plays the media. He knows exactly what he's doing. He's a business man. An evil diabolical genius too. As a politician no chance

All the choices for candidates are a joke.

It's a lesser of all evils. Bernie is an idiot and doesn't know the first thing about economics. His plan will cost 18 billion tax dollars. The same people will be paying those taxes not the 1%. It has to go through congress and the Senate . He doesn't have the.power to legalize anything if elected. Hillary will end up having health problems then Joe Biden will step in. The final candidates will be Joe biden, ted Cruz and Trump will go independent. And split the republican vote and biden will be president. That will be like another Jimmy Carter


Btw I am a Republican and I will turn you all into one right now.

Democrats believe in small business and big government. Republicans believe in small government / state rights and big business. You can't have small business without big business once you realize that you will be republican

Steve French said:

Islam is a race now?

Click to expand...

Beat me to it, Steve. I see people conflating middle eastern peoples with muslims more often than not, which ironically in itself is racist. Islam is a religion, and there are muslims of every race and culture, just as their are christians from every race and culture. Unless they're wearing the religious garb, or other wise displaying an overt sign of following Islam, one cannot tell from race if one is muslim or not. Any creed that demands eventual conversion to itself, or death as the consequence, is fucking dangerous. It isn't intolerant to reject intolerance. Just thought I'd throw that out there...