Ah 'Murrica - So predictable...

[Minimalist]

so stupid.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/15...tail=email

Because baseball great Hank Aaron had the audacity to say that racism still exists and things haven't really changed that much over the last few decades. So the racists responded by entirely proving his point and sending a deluge of racist hatemail to the Atlanta Braves.

[Ryantology]

Because we really have gotten to the point where the only racism that exists in America comes from uppity negroes and their affirmative actions.

[The Valkyrie]

Very predictable.

It's sad that there are still racist pieces of shit in the 21st century.

[Tonus]

But the great thing is that things have changed: racist morons are drawn to digital media, and the media is no longer afraid to hold them up for ridicule when they vomit up their stupidity. Gawker often will link to racist and homophobic tweets when something like this happens, and many of those messages are quickly taken down, because modern knuckle-draggers are becoming acutely aware that the world at large doesn't agree with their opinions. Others either double-down or try to defend themselves and simply wind up in a deeper hole.

Andy Warhol said that one day we'd all have our 15 minutes of fame. That includes the sloped foreheads who make racist remarks on twitter and facebook and in emails. Here's your publicity, fuckwad... hope you enjoy it!

[Wyrd of Gawd]

so stupid.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/15...tail=email

Because baseball great Hank Aaron had the audacity to say that racism still exists and things haven't really changed that much over the last few decades. So the racists responded by entirely proving his point and sending a deluge of racist hatemail to the Atlanta Braves.

The country is just a minute away from re-instating Jim Crow laws.

[Cato]

The country is just a minute away from re-instating Jim Crow laws.

That's a bit melodramatic.

[TaraJo]

The country is just a minute away from re-instating Jim Crow laws.

That's a bit melodramatic.

That's what I was thinking.

Yes, absolutely, there are race issues in the country. I don't doubt that for a second and anyone who does just needs to look at the racial background of the people in prison. But to say we haven't change over he past 60 years is an insult to everything MLK fought and died for. Have we forgotten what things were like then? Do we see 'colored' restrooms or water fountains now? When's the last time a store or restaurant refused to service someone for being black? How often is a black person told to sit in the back of the bus so a white person can sit in their seat? Have we forgotten that these things, once common place, now never seem to happen?

[kılıç_mehmet]

That type of stupid, mindless racism is long dead. However systematic and ideologically developed racism will live on.