See, that's the problem: Everybody plays it one way and when the shit hits the fan, they play it another. He might have told you to call the cops if his dog barked, what he probably meant was: "Call the cops, motherfucker. I don't care. Fuck you." Point is, when faced with the idea that he might actually get a ticket and have to pay for not having the courtesy to control his pets to where they weren't disturbing the peace, he played....
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The Race Card(tm).
Allis' lovey dovey shit is cool, and hands across America and yadda yadda yadaa, but we will never have equality until two men, - one black, one white - can hate each other's guts and argue non-violently without either one calling the other a racial or ethnic name.
Take off the clown masks, folks, and sweep your own doorsteps, first. And use a broom. Not a white sheet or a red, black and green flag.
My mother was also born in West Virginia. My father's side of the family used to tease her and try and make her look like an idiot for being, what they assumed, was a "hillbilly". All they managed to do was alienate a kind and capable woman and make themselves look like bleeding idiots. That was 50 years ago. How far have we come?
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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.