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Re: Glenn & Joab, I applaud you both for...
ash ...thank you. Glenn and I were never really that far "apart". We were able to bridge a gap that really didn't exist.
joab
posted by
joab3
on September 16, 2009 at 5:40 AM
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Re: Re: Now we play the politics of the "personal"?
Ash......My comment wasn't to you.......Glennb called me an ass in a comment on my blog and then basically incorporated the same comment into the body of this post........He must be PMSing........He doesn't know me, yet he calls me a redneck......I can live with it by considering the source.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on September 15, 2009 at 8:37 PM
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Re: Now we play the politics of the "personal"?
Corbin, sorry if I hurt your feelings, but that wasn't the intent, neither was politics, but a sincere on-going attempt on my part to hear all of you out, without having to endure the accompanying irrationalities,eg, name-calling, etc. All of you usually have a point, but having to put up with all the accompanying verbage can drive a sane person insane. Peace,
posted by
ash_pradhan
on September 15, 2009 at 6:27 PM
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Now we play the politics of the "personal"?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on September 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM
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Now we play the politics of the "personal"?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on September 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM
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Glenn & Joab, I applaud you both for...
firmly stating your respective opinions / views, but at the same time humbling yourself to own up to your own human frailties...that is the sign of mature, good-hearted, well-meaning gentlemen... I don't care what one's political party affiliation or skin color is, it is their character that counts!!
posted by
ash_pradhan
on September 15, 2009 at 5:53 PM
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that's what I thought.
posted by
RITE2SPIN
on September 15, 2009 at 4:33 PM
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RITE2SPIN,
Confusing? Now please be specific and coherent.
posted by
Glennb
on September 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM
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Joab3,
In response to your first comment I was prepared to become mean spirited and nasty. However your second comment is heart felt and full of good. I accept that my demons are no less evil than the rest of humanity. I often try and point that stain on my character into attacking only the evil that resides in us all.
My original post was not aimed at the origin of the phrase "Redneck". I am not certain there is enough historical study to place it squarely at the foundation of your uncle's hard work. "Plowing fields" as you know is not unique to Texas. We certainly cannot judge a man's character based solely on the amount of time logged in the sun by his ancestors? Thanks for the reply, there is much work to do!
posted by
Glennb
on September 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM
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Re: I give you credit for calling the kettle black, you my B racist!
Some folks will never understand . . . never get the damn message . . . it seems, that in the eyes of the ones in power, the most fun in life is setting the "others" against one another, while the powerful continue to accumulate wealth but never distribute and more power to feed their insecurities Hell . . . we're all colored folks in their minds and they have us dancing to 3/4 time . . . all the time.
To be racist, it appears, is to be normal it appears. Ergo, to be non-racist must be abnormal. I choose to be abnormal. You and the others work out your own personal demons. I have a field to plow. joab
posted by
joab3
on September 15, 2009 at 11:18 AM
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I give you credit for calling the kettle black, you my B racist!
posted by
RITE2SPIN
on September 15, 2009 at 10:52 AM
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Corbin Dallas is in Full Redneck Mode -- a redneck's reply
During the mule and plow days, my uncles walked the fields beneath blazing sun and Texas summer heat. Because they spent most of the days in the fields and beneath that sun, their necks were burned and blistered and formed with age into the "image" of redneck. They went to church, prayed for the ill and dying, asked God for rain so that the crops in the field would not wither and die and all the effort for naught. Yet they perservered, year after year, nether begrudging others their successes.
Yeah -- GlennB -- I'm the product of a lot of rednecks from pre-civil war days up to the present time, and your condensing and patronizing attitude toward others with different and -- yes -- unique experiences, reveal you to have little empathy -- except for your own personal credo. You are so quick to judge well.
Well, judge this, I think you are intelligent, with a flair for words but contempt for any others who have STRONG OPPOSING VIEWS. Well sit on this: I don't give a damn what you think about my view about the term REDNECK and the way it came to be. You aren't that smart, quick or intelligent -- although I do give you credit for one thing . . . you never lack trying. joab
posted by
joab3
on September 15, 2009 at 8:42 AM
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