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Its sad. . (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 55 points 3 years ago (13 children)

No shirt No shoes No jews..... You didn't hear that

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    It shocked me the first time I met a real anti-Semite, in real life, in Tennessee. I've worked in a lot of places all over the world and I've seen plenty of racism. No one else topped that guy in Tennessee. Other places racism was mostly contained to 'they stay over there and we stay over here.' Tons of problems but living together but apart was possible. That doesn't speak to every experience obviously. That old guy in Tennessee wanted another Holocaust, plain and simple. Anywhere else he'd get the shit kicked out of him, there it was tolerated.

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 3 years ago

    Had someone try to sell me on the merits of the Ku Klux Klan while working at a factory in Tennessee, I was a staunch Libertarian at the time so i guess he thought i might bite, he told me how they helped the community out and kept people safe.... the guy was dead fucking serious, and when I asked him about them being racist he just changed the subject... Still feels like a fever dream...

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  • [+] 26 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    What happened next? Was he mocking you or telling a joke that he thought you would enjoy?

    What a strange encounter

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I suspect the NZ bloke was racist and immediately linked all Southern Americans with racism, so felt comfortable opening up.

    Ngl as a non-american if I met a dude in a bar and he's was from 'the south' especially Texas or Florida I would be sitting there expecting some kind of anti-'woke', anti-minority, anti-women, anti-brown comment eventually. At least until I had sussed him out for a bit

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Can confirm. I'm a 6'4 big bearded mountain looking fucker in the Bible belt, and people REGULARLY think "he agrees with me about this painfully mundane thing so surely he agrees with me that trans people need to shut up and dress appropriately (or whatever)" They'll often be saying the quiet part to me out loud within 5 minutes of shooting the bull with a total stranger.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    I drove through Alabama once. That was enough. What a shit stain state? Experience the racism there, even if sort of second hand, was surreal. Sucks I know some people that were forced to move there.

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