Friday, December 21, 2012

Ice, dead batteries and the racism of progressives

Had our first big ice/snow event so I am making the changeover from my summer truck (2wd Silverado) to my winter truck (4wd Dodge Ram). Neither of the batteries are too hot so I am charging this battery and jumping that battery and realized I am the stereotypical redneck whose most important pieces of essential gear are jumper cables and a battery charger. Which led me to consider the inherent racism in the fact that it is okay to mock hillbilly redneck "red staters" clinging to their guns, their Bible, and of course, to their jumper cables and battery chargers. All the stereotypes have to do with the fact that we are poor, essentially. We have multiple cars in our driveways/yards because we can never seem to find the extra couple hundred bucks to replace that starter/alternator/master cylinder. If we did, we would probably be driving with no plates or insurance for the same reason. Now if I were black or Mexican I would have the same issues for the same reasons - lack of funds. But if you comment on the guy in the ghetto or the barrio who carries jumper cables for his own vehicle you are a racist - but not the trailer trash guy. Why is this? I maintain that it is because if you are white and you have these issues, it is your own fault...but if you are black or latino, it is not your fault...consider the racism here... One of our own race is an embarrassment, but a minority needs affirmative action and income redistribution, etc. So...why are the progressives so racist, I wonder???

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