jgg, Well then, try thinking in English next time.
On Sep 10, 2:27 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was my thought on your post... > > On Sep 10, 2:52 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > jgg, > > > Would you try that again, only in English? "Then Hollywood out your > > our cyncial posting style..." WTF??????? > > > On Sep 10, 1:35 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>> Did i say I cared where it was? Why should I do it if I already know > > > >>> you will do it for me? > > > > Then Hollywood out your our cyncial posting style... You wrote > > > > >>> Where's "Williams?" I've never heard of it. > > > > I guess you must be a CONSERVATIVE as there are NO LIBERALS in St. > > > Louis... Right??? Hollywood you are a Coastal Liberal in > > > attitude... > > > > On Sep 9, 6:09 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > jgg, > > > > > Did i say I cared where it was? > > > > Why should I do it if I already know you will do it for me? > > > > Still want to know what I have to do with "coastal liberalism". You > > > > mentioned me by name, don't you know what your talking about? Your not > > > > aware of how far St. Louis is from either coast or what? > > > > > On Sep 9, 4:24 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Doing YOUR googleing FOR FREE again > > > > > >http://www.williams.edu/home/fast_facts/ > > > > > > On Sep 9, 5:20 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > > Where's "Williams?" I've never heard of it. > > > > > > > Is it one of those elite east coast college's like Harvard or Yale? > > > > > > You know, like both Bush and Kerry went to. > > > > > > > On Sep 9, 4:13 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Read the article... As it written by one who lives among the > > > > > > > Coatal > > > > > > > Liberals, she explains it well... Just like the reaction the MSM > > > > > > > gave > > > > > > > Palin, including the NPR who was sure Sarah Palin would prove to > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > fake.... Oh well... > > > > > > > > >>> Let's be honest, coastal folks: when you meet someone with a > > > > > > > >>> thick > > > > > > > > southern accent who likes NASCAR and attends a bible church, do > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > think, "hey, maybe this is a cool person"? And when you encounter > > > > > > > someone who went to Eastern Iowa State, do you accord them the > > > > > > > same > > > > > > > respect you give your friends from Williams? It's okay--there's > > > > > > > no > > > > > > > one here but us chickens. You don't. > > > > > > > > On Sep 9, 5:09 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > jgg, > > > > > > > > > WTF do I have to do with whateverthefuck a "coastal liberal" > > > > > > > > is? I > > > > > > > > live in St. louis, Mo. for Christ's sake. What the hell is > > > > > > > > "unconcious > > > > > > > > discrimination"? > > > > > > > > > On Sep 9, 4:02 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > the author will not say racism and sexism, I will... These > > > > > > > > > Coastal > > > > > > > > > Liberals need to work on their prejudice BEFORE they demand > > > > > > > > > that their > > > > > > > > > EQUALS work on theirs... Hollywood and PA are but examples > > > > > > > > > on this > > > > > > > > > board... > > > > > > > > > >http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/coastal_privileg... > > > > > > > > > > >>> I'm surprised--though I shouldn't be, of course--that any > > > > > > > > > >>> number of liberals who are (presumably) comfortable with > > > > > > > > > >>> concepts like unconscious discrimination and privilege > > > > > > > > > >>> when it comes to race, have not even stopped to consider > > > > > > > > > >>> that the same sort of thing might be operating here. > > > > > > > > > > Let's be honest, coastal folks: when you meet someone with a > > > > > > > > > thick > > > > > > > > > southern accent who likes NASCAR and attends a bible church, > > > > > > > > > do you > > > > > > > > > think, "hey, maybe this is a cool person"? And when you > > > > > > > > > encounter > > > > > > > > > someone who went to Eastern Iowa State, do you accord them > > > > > > > > > the same > > > > > > > > > respect you give your friends from Williams? It's > > > > > > > > > okay--there's no > > > > > > > > > one here but us chickens. You don't. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you don't know you're doing it. But I have quite > > > > > > > > > brilliant > > > > > > > > > friends who grew up in rural areas and went to state > > > > > > > > > schools--not > > > > > > > > > Michigan or UT, but ordinary state schools--who say that, > > > > > > > > > indeed, when > > > > > > > > > they mention where they went to school, there's often a droop > > > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > > > eyelids, a certain forced quality to the smile. Oh, Arizona > > > > > > > > > State. > > > > > > > > > Great weather out there. Don't I need a drink or something? > > > > > > > > > This > > > > > > > > > person couldn't possibly interest me. > > > > > > > > > > People from a handful of schools, most of them hailing from a > > > > > > > > > handful > > > > > > > > > of major metropolitan areas, dominate academia, journalism, > > > > > > > > > and the > > > > > > > > > entertainment industry. Our subtle (or not-so-subtle) > > > > > > > > > distaste for > > > > > > > > > everything from their entertainment to their decorating > > > > > > > > > choices to the > > > > > > > > > vast swathes of the country in which they choose to live > > > > > > > > > permeate > > > > > > > > > almost everything they read, watch, or hear. Of course we > > > > > > > > > don't hear > > > > > > > > > it--to us, that's simply the way the world is. > > > > > > > > > > In the 1980s, I played on possibly the worst girl's > > > > > > > > > basketball team in > > > > > > > > > the state of New York. Every time another Catholic school > > > > > > > > > kicked our > > > > > > > > > asses (I believe one memorable game ended at 48 to 2) we > > > > > > > > > consoled > > > > > > > > > ourselves by making fun of their big, sprayed, permed hair, > > > > > > > > > and the > > > > > > > > > lavish eye makeup that ran down their faces when they > > > > > > > > > sweated. We > > > > > > > > > didn't know that what divided us from those girls was > > > > > > > > > economic class-- > > > > > > > > > they were the children of plumbers and bodega owners, while > > > > > > > > > we were > > > > > > > > > the children of bankers and lawyers and lobbyists. We > > > > > > > > > genuinely > > > > > > > > > believed that we had simply been gifted with a better fashion > > > > > > > > > sense. > > > > > > > > > > But I bet those girls knew exactly what we were saying as we > > > > > > > > > got on > > > > > > > > > the bus. And I'm pretty sure they knew what we were really > > > > > > > > > talking > > > > > > > > > about. > > > > > > > > > > Red America exaggerates the contempt, of course. It's also > > > > > > > > > true that > > > > > > > > > if you're expecting racism and sexism, you'll probably end up > > > > > > > > > misinterpreting perfectly innocent remarks. But the fact > > > > > > > > > that they > > > > > > > > > aren't right in every particular does not mean that, in > > > > > > > > > general, > > > > > > > > > they've got it wrong. For one thing, in both DC and New York > > > > > > > > > I've > > > > > > > > > spent a fair amount of time listening to liberals make jokes > > > > > > > > > about red > > > > > > > > > states that would horrify them if they were told about > > > > > > > > > blacks. But > > > > > > > > > even if that weren't true, I wouldn't be the best person to > > > > > > > > > assess > > > > > > > > > whether there is prejudice or not. 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