Comment by Monica Salcedo (Monicks) on March 16, 2011 at 1:32am

It really boils down to the level of tolerance you have at the time you hear ridiculous claims. I usually ignore them, or roll my eyes.
Today, though, I asked a friend how he was, he said "I'm OK, thank God," and since my tolerance these days is ridiculously low, I replied "Oh, I see why Japan got screwed, god was really busy taking care of you!"... but then I realized I shouldn't have.
See? I read it. Have a good day yourself.

Comment by Michael Frazier on March 16, 2011 at 2:15am

Hahah, and I do appreciate you doing so. Yeah, I may consider buying a mouth-piece for my work day, the whole tongue biting and jaw clenching is beginning to wear a bit. There was a clip replaying where water is shown tearing through Japan and swallowing everything, so naturally I say something along the lines of "dammnn", and not to skip a beat they guy I was mentioning above says, " Yeah man, but they deserve what they get"... :|"uhh wtf?" ... " yeah after what happened in pearl harbor, and..". This is coming from a guy who idolizes John Wayne, and is sure 2012 is no doubt the Apocalypse. It's almost pointless to even begin to argue, and I say argue because facts and reason don't exist to the guy.

Comment by Heather Spoonheim on March 16, 2011 at 2:28pm

The fundy side of my family, my mother's side, is also racist - so I can really understand what you mean about how fast it adds up when these people run their mouths on an empty skull.  Here's the crazy part though:  My maternal family's racism is 90% directed towards Canadian Native Indians.  The punchline - my maternal grandmother is a treaty status Indian!

 

She mostly hid her past until the mid-eighties when Indian women who had married white men were allowed to regain their treaty rights.  When she 'came out', one of my aunts disowned her, but those who still went to Grandma's for Christmas dinner just kept right on with the racist slurs and epithets, and she just kept ladling gravy.  It was surreal.  I just couldn't believe that their racism could continue even in the presence of our irrefutable Indian blood line.

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