Comments on: Drapes and Cretins http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:16:30 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: IncontinentiaButtocks http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2785 IncontinentiaButtocks Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:51:36 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2785 <blockquote><p>Oh, and umm, you guys may not have heard, but uhh, the Klan is actually a collection of Liberal fascists … really.</p></blockquote> <p>Actually, the Pantload’s argument about the KKK is that they aren’t fascists at all because, during the 1920s, they hated the Italians.</p>

Oh, and umm, you guys may not have heard, but uhh, the Klan is actually a collection of Liberal fascists … really.

Actually, the Pantload’s argument about the KKK is that they aren’t fascists at all because, during the 1920s, they hated the Italians.

]]> By: commentorformerlyknownasrea http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2779 commentorformerlyknownasrea Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:54:37 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2779 <p>And (beating head on keyboard in frutration)I’ve got to say that this is the most difficult site on which to post comments I’ve seen–7 attempts to register–3 attempts to log in–and it still will only allow me to comment on <em>this</em> thread, and no other. Not to mention, I’ve been commenting as “rea” since ‘02, but this site insists I need at least 4 characters. Aren’t I enough of a character as it is?</p> And (beating head on keyboard in frutration)I’ve got to say that this is the most difficult site on which to post comments I’ve seen–7 attempts to register–3 attempts to log in–and it still will only allow me to comment on this thread, and no other. Not to mention, I’ve been commenting as “rea” since ‘02, but this site insists I need at least 4 characters. Aren’t I enough of a character as it is?

]]> By: commentorformerlyknownasrea http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2778 commentorformerlyknownasrea Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:42:27 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2778 <blockquote><p>Here in Kentucky, I see people with Confederate flag t-shirts that say ‘Heritage, not Hate’</p></blockquote> <p>Funny thing is, Kentucky went for the Union in the Civil War. The Confederates tried to take the state a couple of times by force of arms, but failed, due largely to the fact that the Kentuckians wouldn’t turn out to support them. So it <em>can’t</em> be a matter of heritage . . .</p>

Here in Kentucky, I see people with Confederate flag t-shirts that say ‘Heritage, not Hate’

Funny thing is, Kentucky went for the Union in the Civil War. The Confederates tried to take the state a couple of times by force of arms, but failed, due largely to the fact that the Kentuckians wouldn’t turn out to support them. So it can’t be a matter of heritage . . .

]]> By: SamFromUtah http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2777 SamFromUtah Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:41:23 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2777 <p>The way those curtains are gathered, the white ones behind them form a nice white pointy hood.</p> The way those curtains are gathered, the white ones behind them form a nice white pointy hood.

]]> By: CountAgion http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2776 CountAgion Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:30:07 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2776 <blockquote><p>Cretins would do wonders for this barrack. … You won’t get them! </p></blockquote> <p>von Scherbach, <em>Stalag 17</em></p>

Cretins would do wonders for this barrack. … You won’t get them!

von Scherbach, Stalag 17

]]> By: TheRealityBasedDave http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2775 TheRealityBasedDave Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:28:31 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2775 <p>By displaying that flag, it is a statement that they still cling to their heritage of hate. Unites States of America hate. That flag represented people that wanted to secede from the US. Confederates hate America.</p> <p>Now, for the dead horse:<br /> “confederate yankee” - Isn’t that an oxymoron of epic proportions? No, wait. I get it now. A “confederate yankee” is a person living in the northern states that hates America!<br /> Got it.</p> By displaying that flag, it is a statement that they still cling to their heritage of hate. Unites States of America hate. That flag represented people that wanted to secede from the US. Confederates hate America.

Now, for the dead horse:
“confederate yankee” – Isn’t that an oxymoron of epic proportions? No, wait. I get it now. A “confederate yankee” is a person living in the northern states that hates America!
Got it.

]]> By: makeitstop http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2765 makeitstop Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:40:43 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2765 <p>Damn, I’m related to someone exactly like that. I also suspect that all the “new” evidence of RP’s prior bigotry, asshattery, etc. is a selling point, not a turn-off.</p> Damn, I’m related to someone exactly like that. I also suspect that all the “new” evidence of RP’s prior bigotry, asshattery, etc. is a selling point, not a turn-off.

]]> By: captphealy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2763 captphealy Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:52:14 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2763 <p>Is that like matching the collars and cuffs?</p> Is that like matching the collars and cuffs?

]]> By: UgluksFlea http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2761 UgluksFlea Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:39:52 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2761 <p>Confederate flags don’t necessarily signify a racist intent, but they do indicate that that person pushing them forward is an asshole.</p> <p>Sure, some are racist (okay, quite a few), but to many it’s like the punk rockers back in the day who would get “FUCK YOU” tattooed on their foreheads. Heritage not hate? Sure - a heritage of assholery.</p> Confederate flags don’t necessarily signify a racist intent, but they do indicate that that person pushing them forward is an asshole.

Sure, some are racist (okay, quite a few), but to many it’s like the punk rockers back in the day who would get “FUCK YOU” tattooed on their foreheads. Heritage not hate? Sure – a heritage of assholery.

]]> By: aimai http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2759 aimai Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:57:51 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/01/08/drapes-and-cretins/#comment-2759 <p>Do confederate flag curtains signify hate? No. But very, very, very, bad taste. And its the “Dukes of Hazard” collection, guys.</p> <p>aimai</p> Do confederate flag curtains signify hate? No. But very, very, very, bad taste. And its the “Dukes of Hazard” collection, guys.

aimai

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