My brother is a fucking ass

[Jermys]

I saw his name in the people you might know part of FB, and accidentally clicked friend instead of looking at his profile. He is wearing a confederate flag bandana in his profile picture. Fucking redneck. +o(

[Marle]

Ouch! I'm sorry

[Deleted]

Does it not occur to him that might be particularly hurtful to you?

[underwaterrhymes]

Ick.

[cbwm1]

Guh. I'm sorry, J. I'd be hurt.

Also, did you see what I said in our FB chat? My brother is spewing super right wing bullshit on FB tonight and it's KILLING ME. ugh.

[Deleted]

Defamily (the new defriend). That's awful.

[mamasaurus]

What does he drive and where does he park it? I'm ready to go shit on his windshield.

[momnteach]

Wow that sucks.

[bonquiqui]

Ugh i am sorry

[Jermys]

Jul 2, 2012 22:09:57 GMT -5 elle said:

Does it not occur to him that might be particularly hurtful to you?

One would think. One might think it would occur to him that it might be offensive to our very close cousins (biracial) and their spouses and children (black). His daughter is the only one of the younger set of cousins who is white.

[Jermys]

Jul 2, 2012 22:13:46 GMT -5 mamasaurus said:

What does he drive and where does he park it? I'm ready to go shit on his windshield.

I think this is a great idea. I'll send you his address.

[emsumm]

Oh, gross. I'm sorry, Jermys.
We are family reunioning right now, and my cousin's H said tonight (to his 9 year old): "Racist jokes are fine as long as they're funny." I said, "No. No they're not." My H very seriously looked at the kid and said "Nope. Racism isn't funny. Ever." I think the dude was surprised. WTF would you say something like that to your child, and in front of other fucking people?

[tulip]

As someone from the South I don't understand why we still make anything from that flag. I know it's apart of our history but I don't get why they think it is okay to wave around.

Too be honest I never saw it around in my life & my Mom always said ignorant people put the stickers on cars, etc.

I'm sorry your brother is an ignorant ass.

[Jermys]

Jul 2, 2012 22:26:02 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

Is he racist?

He wasn't raised to be, and he for damn sure isn't racist around me or the rest of the family, but he hangs out with other redneck morons and spews the same shit they do when he's with them. My niece is incredibly conflicted about it. She loves her dad, but it kills her that he's saying the things he does. Apparrently, he doesn't care.

Emsumm, if I didn't already adore you and A, I totally would after that. I hate when people think it's okay to tell racist jokes.

[Jermys]

I told him flat out when we started the adoption process the first time that if I heard so much as a hint of racism out of him, he would never see me again. I may be done with the lot of them. My niece will be 18 in a few years.

[fuckyourcouch]

That's awful. I say angry poop on his property mob is the way to go. /gavel

[tulip]

Just remember that that flag stands for losing. I mean they lost. So I really do not get the whole waving it, wearing it & sticking it on cars, etc.

I have never understood it. I grew up in the south. Am I Yankee now?

[Jermys]

Jul 2, 2012 22:46:41 GMT -5 tulip said:

Just remember that that flag stands for losing. I mean they lost. So I really do not get the whole waving it, wearing it & sticking it on cars, etc.

I have never understood it. I grew up in the south. Am I Yankee now?

Nahhh, just intelligent.

[tulip]

Jul 2, 2012 22:48:16 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Jul 2, 2012 22:46:41 GMT -5 tulip said:

Just remember that that flag stands for losing. I mean they lost. So I really do not get the whole waving it, wearing it & sticking it on cars, etc.

I have never understood it. I grew up in the south. Am I Yankee now?

Nahhh, just intelligent.

Thanks!! But for real, is your brother trying to proudly show he is a Loser?

I can think of no other reason why he or anyone would wear that. I have always wondered WTH these people are thinking.

[Jermys]

I have no idea, but I blocked him. I'm not interested in seeing that bullshit.

[tulip]

Jul 2, 2012 22:55:12 GMT -5 Jermys said:

I have no idea, but I blocked him. I'm not interested in seeing that bullshit.

Good. I think you & your children are Awesome!!!

I'm not creepy, I'm just drinking!!!

[Jermys]

It's totally not creepy to think we're awesome. Unless you're using binoculars outside my window.

And if you are, how many fingers am I holding up??

[tulip]

Jul 2, 2012 23:04:00 GMT -5 Jermys said:

It's totally not creepy to think we're awesome. Unless you're using binoculars outside my window.

And if you are, how many fingers am I holding up??

3?!? I'd make a bad creeper... Cause I drink. You'd hear me outside your house I have zero coordination. I fall down while sober, drunk I sound like a beached whale. I'm loads of fun!!!

[ralphlauren]

That is ignorant and hurtful. I am sorry

[leeann]

That is really crappy. We were on a trip to Kentucky a few years back with 4 other couples. One of them is a bi-racial couple. We were out at a bar with a live singer and at the end of his show, he drops a Confederate flag as a backdrop. I was so offended and kept telling our friend how inappropriate and offensive it was to me. He said I was more offended than he was. I think a lot of hilljacks don't even realize what it stands for and how ridiculously offensive and ignorant it is. Of course, I assume that most rednecks don't put much thought into anything, but I'm an uptight Yankee bitch.

[Jermys]

Jul 3, 2012 8:36:59 GMT -5 @mrdobalina said:

This is your partly Jewish brother? Those kind of folks REALLY hate Jews as well as blacks, Catholics, and Eye-talians. Special snowflake, that one.

He would like to negate that part of himself. Which is a riot, because he also idolized my grandfather. The Jew. Who was raised over a kosher deli that our great grandparents owned. Also MOT.

And the other side of our ancestry didn't own slaves, and were passionate abolitionists. I don't know who he thinks he is.