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Old 12-12-2008, 03:26 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by Flint View Post
And this is how your kids can learn that some people are stupid and crazy.
Y'know, as a darkie, I expected that at some point in my life I would be subject to racism. I am 33, and I have yet to experience any such behavior of note. (Score one for race-relations in America!)

What I have experienced, from the time I was 5 till the present day, is religious bigotry. Ostracism, being dumped, being questioned on my right to:
  1. exist
  2. be a citizen
  3. claim to be a "good person"
  4. be successful
  5. et cetera
I'm with Flint. I had to learn that lesson a long time ago; it was painful (my best friend never spoke to me again when she found out I was an Athiest) but a very necessary introduction to reality.

We elected a black man to the presidency; we will never elect an unbeliever.
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