You'll make me sick

[SouthernLady]

Whoaaa what even happened here? That was the most unexpected post ever!

1.) I'm white and I totally know my family history dating back to the civil war on one side of the family on past to the 1100's in Ireland. On the other side, half of them still live in Germany/Poland/Austria. Just because I'm white doesn't mean I don't know where I came from.

2.) All races have been enslaved at various points in history... including white people. And just because whites enslaved people in the US doesn't mean we would go back and do it again if we could choose so. Most people do not agree with our ancestors racist choices and the ones that do clearly have IQ & social problems because they can't get over their racism and elitism.

3.) My sorority is all white because I'm at a pricey private school in the mid-west where our minority population is below 6%. This is not MY sorority's doing plus other sororities have racial minorities as members. We would have no problem with it either... just not enough minorities are at the school OR go through recruitment. We DO have the highest minority membership on campus because of the amount of girls with life-altering disabilities (hypotrichosis, paraplegia, deafness, to name a few). We're white and we can still bond together, despite what the original poster said. We have differences that don't matter.

4.) Again.... what???


I realize I'm arguing with nobody because most people clearly agree this girl was speaking the crazy talk. She must have had a recent bad experience at her college? It's too bad for her because if she'd quit being racist, maybe she'd realize all white people are not the same.... Check out that reverse racism.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by SouthernLady

I realize I'm arguing with nobody because most people clearly agree this girl was speaking the crazy talk. She must have had a recent bad experience at her college? It's too bad for her because if she'd quit being racist, maybe she'd realize all white people are not the same.... Check out that reverse racism.

Plus, the poster hasn't been on the site in 11 years.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by SouthernLady

It's too bad for her because if she'd quit being racist, maybe she'd realize all white people are not the same.... Check out that reverse racism.

Does anyone want to give this dumbass a lesson in racism 101?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by agzg

Does anyone want to give this dumbass a lesson in racism 101?

No, but she really hit every square on the bingo card.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by SouthernLady

Whoaaa what even happened here? That was the most unexpected post ever!

1.) I'm white and I totally know my family history dating back to the civil war on one side of the family on past to the 1100's in Ireland. On the other side, half of them still live in Germany/Poland/Austria. Just because I'm white doesn't mean I don't know where I came from.

2.) All races have been enslaved at various points in history... including white people. And just because whites enslaved people in the US doesn't mean we would go back and do it again if we could choose so. Most people do not agree with our ancestors racist choices and the ones that do clearly have IQ & social problems because they can't get over their racism and elitism.

3.) My sorority is all white because I'm at a pricey private school in the mid-west where our minority population is below 6%. This is not MY sorority's doing plus other sororities have racial minorities as members. We would have no problem with it either... just not enough minorities are at the school OR go through recruitment. We DO have the highest minority membership on campus because of the amount of girls with life-altering disabilities (hypotrichosis, paraplegia, deafness, to name a few). We're white and we can still bond together, despite what the original poster said. We have differences that don't matter.

4.) Again.... what???


I realize I'm arguing with nobody because most people clearly agree this girl was speaking the crazy talk. She must have had a recent bad experience at her college? It's too bad for her because if she'd quit being racist, maybe she'd realize all white people are not the same.... Check out that reverse racism.

Your sorority is white because you're at a pricey school, which obviously minorities can't afford. Wait, who's racist here?

"Lady" my ass, bless your heart.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SouthernLady

My sorority is all white because I'm at a pricey private school in the mid-west where our minority population is below 6%. This is not MY sorority's doing plus other sororities have racial minorities as members. We would have no problem with it either... just not enough minorities are at the school OR go through recruitment.

Huh? You have no racial minorities in your sorority because there aren't enough at your pricey private school or going through recruitment, but there are enough at your pricey private school and going through recruitment for other sororities to have racial minority members?

Bless your heart indeed.

[DDDlady]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Bless your heart indeed.

$10 says this troll has not set foot south of the Mason Dixon line, and has no idea all that statement encompasses.

[crusse10]

Originally Posted by DDDlady

$10 says this troll has not set foot south of the Mason Dixon line, and has no idea all that statement encompasses.

Which one? Bless your heart?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by crusse10

Which one? Bless your heart?

That's the one.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by crusse10

Which one? Bless your heart?

Basicallya polite way of telling somebody to do the anatomically impossible.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Basicallya polite way of telling somebody to do the anatomically impossible.

Speak for yourself lol

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Basicallya polite way of telling somebody to do the anatomically impossible.

LOL, but no, not quite. It's a little more nuanced than that, and not nearly as . . . vulgar. Depending on the circumstances and context, "Bless your/his/her heart" can mean:

-- a sincere expression of empathy, as in "Miss Luella's arthritis is acting up something awful. She can barely make it to the hairdresser, bless her heart."

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

-- a polite addendum to an otherwise unkind and rude observation, such as "She doesn't have the sense God gave a string bean, bless her heart," or "If I had a dog as ugly as him, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards, bless his heart," or "Bless your heart, you're too stupid to even know how stupid you are."

In all of these uses, there can be an almost endless variety of permutations, and with the last, a simple "Bless your/his/her heart" may often be used alone, as the the remainder of the sentiment will, of course, be understood.

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

^^^^

I grew up with this interpretation.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

LOL, but no, not quite. It's a little more nuanced than that, and not nearly as . . . vulgar. Depending on the circumstances and context, "Bless your/his/her heart" can mean:

-- a sincere expression of empathy, as in "Miss Luella's arthritis is acting up something awful. She can barely make it to the hairdresser, bless her heart."

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

-- a polite addendum to an otherwise unkind and rude observation, such as "She doesn't have the sense God gave a string bean, bless her heart," or "If I had a dog as ugly as him, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards, bless his heart," or "Bless your heart, you're too stupid to even know how stupid you are."

In all of these uses, there can be an almost endless variety of permutations, and with the last, a simple "Bless your/his/her heart" may often be used alone, as the the remainder of the sentiment will, of course, be understood.

Haha, it's so funny this is actually being discussed..

A couple weeks ago, my brother posted this as his Facebook status:

I just made the best discovery ever.. as long you say "bless his/her heart" at the end of an insult, you can get away with ANYTHING. For example, 'Those Jersey Shore kids are a bunch of STD riddled dumbasses... bless their hearts."

... and now everything we've posted to each other ends with "bless his/her/your heart"

[DDDlady]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

LOL, but no, not quite. It's a little more nuanced than that, and not nearly as . . . vulgar. Depending on the circumstances and context, "Bless your/his/her heart" can mean:

-- a sincere expression of empathy, as in "Miss Luella's arthritis is acting up something awful. She can barely make it to the hairdresser, bless her heart."

-- an assurance that though someone may not have the sense he was born with, we love him anyway, as in "Mama, Brother has his pants on backwards again." "Oh, bless his heart."

-- a polite addendum to an otherwise unkind and rude observation, such as "She doesn't have the sense God gave a string bean, bless her heart," or "If I had a dog as ugly as him, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards, bless his heart," or "Bless your heart, you're too stupid to even know how stupid you are."

In all of these uses, there can be an almost endless variety of permutations, and with the last, a simple "Bless your/his/her heart" may often be used alone, as the the remainder of the sentiment will, of course, be understood.

You know... that just might be the best description of that phrase I have ever seen. "Bless your heart" is quite possibly my favorite southern language convention, with y'all running a close second.