Racist bumper sticker in Louisville today ...

[Bake]

Had the Obama logo with an upside-down American flag in the middle, and these words:

"HELP ME, MR. OBAMA! THEY WANT ME TO WORK AND STUFF!"

And you KNOW what he meant by that. I wanted to run the guy off the road, but instead just flipped him the middle finger.

Bake

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. That's not ...

in my opinion, racist ... stupid, yes; uninformed, absolutely; but not racist.

[cyndensco]

2. I agree.

Not racist, IMO.

[DefenseLawyer]

4. Except in Louisville Kentucky if you ask that guy "Who doesn't want to work?"

I know exactly who he will think of first.

[joeybee12]

5. I think it is...a racist dogwhistle...

Just like when the idiot Reagan referred to welfare queens, the racist Repuke base knew who he meant.

[Bake]

6. Wrong. He's talking about welfare recipients.

And I guarantee that redneck doesn't think there are white folks on welfare ...

Did I mention that the bumper sticker was on the back of a beat-up pickup truck? Yeah, it was. With a confederate flag decal on the back.

You know what he meant.

Bake

[KansDem]

3. What makes the One Percenters think Obama will help them?

I believe the One Percenters need "to work and stuff."

[Vietnameravet]

7. I did flip a guy the finger once and he started chasing me on the highway..

[Bake]

8. I usually refrain from flipping people off on the road, for that very reason

But this one just really got to me. Had he chased me, he'd have been in for a rude surprise ... that's all I'm gonna say about it.



Bake

[win_in_06]

9. It's a stupid characterization of a supposed Obama voter. But to say it is racist assumes

that the person speaking is black. THAT assumption, to me, is racist.

[Bake]

10. I am in awe of your irrefutable logic and sensitivity.

The driver of the pickup truck was a redneck -- did I mention the Confederate flag on the back? Yeah, I did.

I can tell you EXACTLY and without hesitation what HE meant by the bumper sticker. And that makes ME a racist??? Wow. You're good.

Bake

[SickOfTheOnePct]

11. The driver may well have been a racist

The bumper sticker isn't, IMO.

[win_in_06]

16. Your OP does not mention that he is a redneck nor does it mention the Confederate flag.

Only that you assumed the bumper sticker quote was in the voice of a black person.

[Eddie Haskell]

12. Lazy, arrogant, angry ...

is how my home town paper described Obama in the three debates.

[cthulu2016]

13. Not distinctly racist

I get how you can get from point A to point B, but it isn't bright-line racism by the standards of this campaign.

[Bake]

14. No, it's not as blatantly racist as, say, the "Don't Re-N*g" sticker that I've seen!

The driver wasn't wearing a hooded robe. Is that what it takes these days to be considered racist?

Wow. Things have sure changed around here.

Bake

[Catherine Vincent]

15. What does that mean?

I've never heard that phrase.