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by poemless on Wed Jul 16th, 2008 at 03:54:56 PM EST
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Not really. Good ole boys, or good ol' boys is a charged phrase, insinuating rural white, typically racist bastards, and it would be redundant to say that they are KKK members. That they were able to form networks within the military and legal and non-rural businesses only slightly diminishes the rural roots.

I vote for Greedy Anti-Social Bastards Disease, and can live with Anglo. Objecting to Anglo because it derived 100s of years ago from a germanic tribe is like saying that the Irish shouldn't use Celtish since that tribe had its roots in the central EU mainland. On the other hand, us middle-class white folk know exactly what anglo means vis à vis not hispanic, not afro-a, not any minority, can include include brits, but not minority brits, etc. Us with the presumed inherent privileges, I suppose, or the right to gripe about it when others take them away...especially as we are becoming a minority ourselves.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Wed Jul 16th, 2008 at 06:56:02 PM EST
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