[PSA] If you're African American, Latino or Arab/Muslim and live in a red state, please be careful out there for the next couple of days!
It probably doesn't need to be said, but regardless. :> Look out for your fellow Americans and be a bro.
I currently reside in a purple state, and I'm a little afraid here. >.>
Likewise if you're a same-sex couple in a state that just legalized same-sex marriage. When you look at Maine's results county-by-county, not all are tolerant...
I really hope no one would go to that extreme. But yes, be vigilant.
And if you see something happen REPORT IT.
There were reports of harassment against African Americans after Prop 8 first passed, so I won't be surprised if anything happens again, sad as it is
CalledVertigo: Wow. Thanks for calling me a racist.
Really wanted to hear that on my birthday.
lmao what
wait what
I voted Republican and apparently minorities should watch their backs around me because of it.
... lol que
scrolls up and down, can't find any such usernames or statements in this Plurk, is baffled
So thanks.
...........wow crai harder
Come off it
way to make it all about you dude
That high horse of yours
IF A STATEMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT THE THING BEING WARNED ABOUT.
fffff wow okay
yes it has nothing to do with fringe assholes who like to make people into scapegoats and everything to do with you
www.plurk.com/CybraRP if you're not someone who would do that then they're not warning anyone against you, calm down
cybraRP keep crying like a self absorbed jackass
they're warning against the people who are crazy and mad enough to do shit like that
because they should, because people be fucking crazy
^^yes. And it can come from any party. People could just use this as a reason to go do something horrible.
it's something that happens during times like this so it's a legit thing to tell people to be careful about
hell even in blue states
Just tossing my two cents out there, there's no need to go calling people names because they took a statement the wrong way.
Just sayin.
pretty much in America period, just be careful because some people can't control themselves after a loss
yeah that was a bit uncalled for
I've kind of lost all tolerance for the "oh gosh they must be talking about me and not a completely unrelated thing!"
Mostly because I've seen it in myself and have been taught not to think that way! It's not hard to not take things personally when people are talking about a tangentially related group
Yeah ditto
I'm just saying, there's a lot of raw feelings right now, and calling people names isn't going to help.
It's not hard to bring the topic back to the point without becoming hostile about it.
not on the current topic but i have a problem with how the original message is worded
because i feel like its implying racial discrimination or violence isn't going to happen in any of the blue states either
which. . . isn't true.
like, thanks for the warning but the problem isn't limited to just the red states.
^^ this is also very true
yeah. There's a lot of butthurt people out there
Yup.
who are going to take it out on people they think are at fault.
yes, it won't matter what state they're in, red or blue
Also, lynching effigies what the actual fuck
they were lynching chairs that were meant to be Obama earlier this year, are we really surprised?
That's so...gross :|
esquimieux: yeah basically
Oh fuck I didn't even know about the chairs.
what is wrong with people
Yeah, there was an effigy up outside a gas station around here a few days ago, apparently. He hadn't even won then.
....some people are really sick.
yeah after Clint Eastwood did his little talking to Obama the chair thing, people were hanging chairs in their trees
some labeled, some not
That's...fucked up.
If I see any of that shit I'm legit going up to their front door and asking them what the fuck
Do we really need fearmongering? We minorities already know to watch our backs.
There's a reason I stay in the closet.
Acting like the fear of violence is only relegated to red states or only after election day is naive.
I don't see how it's fearmongering when there's an actual precedent of backlash after something political happening.
Maybe naive to assume only red states, but it happens
This just feels like straight white people trying to get a pat on the back for stating the obvious imo.
Hm, that's a good point.
It is kinda arrogant when PoC already know to watch their back.
i think i is a legit concern but like HotPinkCoffee said, minorities already know and it is really ignorant to think this is only a concern in red states.
lluosogrwydd, the hanging effigy was an entirely different matter, as it turned out. Phipps trying to get investigation re-opened. Still not right, but not racial.
(P.S. Secret Service has already investigated this fellow.)
((P.P.S. Cymru am byth. 
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Hm, yeah, the paper didn't say anything about that whole...thing.
(( ;D ))
Google can indeed be your friend.
People are just crazy, both sides of the fence, end of story
Everyone can just be careful because there's a lot of raw feelings on both sides
America's just insane these days, even without the election
I voted democrat and this plurk. I'm sorry I just.
/spreads some canada around in here
/is covered in Canada
damn it you stained my jeans
Are people seriously upset someone said be careful in red states the next few days? Isn't that on par with 'Watch out for the water' on a clearly wet floor? Like, unnecessary maybe but...
TheMirr with maple syrup and medical marijuana 
you're welcome.
you're welcome.
Maligerent
is
it yummy though
combined with weed everything is.
i wonder if this election will affect canadians as well
at least, i hope canadians don't have a hostile reaction to obama winning
I know RCMP was only half joking when they beefed up border security right before election day
they said they wanted to keep a flood of americans from trying to immigrate
i haven't personally met a single canadian who was pro-romney myself.
In case anyone still thinks this isn't a needed warning, have an article detailing the crimes and threats spurred from Obamas re-election.
I'm not really worried anyone in Canada supports Romney, it was pretty clear from our outside perspective that he was the embodiment of evil.
If the super-conservatives flee to Canada they're in for a shocker.
lol
they already admitted planning to
during the obamacare revelation
they said obama is making america into a communist country and if obamacare became active they would actually move to canada.
setting aside the mind-blowing ignorance someone would need to have, just to think of that as a rational thought
we also don't want them
......LOL.
our police force stated, and I quote, "If you drive a Prius at the border, you will be stopped."
I would say they should all just colonize Antarctica if they wanna escape so badly, but I wouldn't wish that on the penguins and seals that live there.
omg
you are thinking of that article
that was a satire article
yes.
that.
I assumed they were joking
Well, the writer was joking, yes.
I guess it didn't seem too far-fetched to imagine they would be worried about that, though
why?
because americans have said before that if some big change happens it will drive them to move into canada
we don't really take them seriously
i hope not LMAO
But we're all notoriously lazy! There's no way people would bother moving en mass to another country that quickly, pfft.
i still thought the whole "obama is too socialist, gonna move to canada" thing was hilarious though
i know this might be shocking but canada is a big country that can take care of itself regardless of how the US elections go.
regardless of the US outcome, canada will still function and will find ways to deal with whatever happens.
yeah man, we can handle ourselves.
oh i know, i just don't trust harper
like at all
and i feel like harper's been pushing to make us more like america in some ways and i don't like the idea
me either, but harper can't do whatever he wants anyway, so it's all good
all these election ads make me think of Ernie Eves
i remember attack ads on the radio saying he spent a million dollars on paperclips
or something
lmao canadian attack ads
"so-and-so was very impolite during a debate last year. do you want impolite people running your government? vote so-and-so"
Okay, wow hi - first off, I didn't expect for this plurk to get this big! I went to sleep after I made the plurk, so that's why there weren't any replies from the OP up until now.
I wish our attack ads were that lame
Secondly, I'm very sorry for hurting or upsetting anyone with this plurk. That was not my intention and I want to say sorry to everyone here.
Lastly, if anyone wants to talk to me about stuff, feel free to send me a private plurk. Again, my intention wasn't supposed to hurt others with this, but it seems like that's the case with this and for that, I
am very sorry.
no one's mad, i think one person up there got reaaaaally uptight about an assumed personal attack.
themadmaiden: over here, we consider a member of parliament being rude over the phone to be a scandal
what...
riiiight
like not even exaggerating my grandmother watches politics aaaaaall day so i saw a LOT of really, really boring news specials
I follow politics here, we have a little more issues then that
and one was about some guy who made a rude remark about someone who was disabled and it was a HUGE deal...
Harper's attack adds for one
well yeah, it should be
advancing, did you read this plurk at all before you apologized. if you do, you'll see that only one person got mad and hurt feelings isn't what should be apologized for.
Ah, now I see. Then I would just like to apologize all around for what has been brought up in here. Sorry, I skimmed through most of it.
it's all good man
Also throwing in my two cents: just because you aren't hurt or upset, it doesn't mean others might not be. It's also possible for people to be hurt and upset for various reasons other than the one above.
regardless of everything, it's good that romney didn't win and i think at the very least things won't get worse
so, cheers to things getting better! .... hopefully!
Magda
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The Republicans I've met, with the exception of ONE, have all been ignorant of the majority of the issues and one subject voters. You may not be bad for minorities, but the majority of the Republicans appear 2B
Magda
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It makes me quite depressed to have to say so. I'm grateful for my one Republican friend who chooses that way for considered reasons, not as a reaction against something else.
I think a lot of people on both sides are like that. People just don't want to look at the individual issues and decide for themselves; they want to go along with whatver their party says, because
"if 
said it, it's obviously better than all other options."
said it, it's obviously better than all other options."
...
that was supposed to say "party" in parenthesis.
Plurk. Please.
Excuse me, but this is awfully racist. Not everyone that votes republican hates people based on their races and I don't appreciate this one bit
I don't see why race needed to be brought into this at all
Have you not seen the "Obama only won because he played the race card" arguments going around? Race has been a factor in this since the beginning. Some people don't take well to losing; a heads-up never hurts.
This isn't a "REPUBLICANS ARE MONSTERS" or "WHITE PEOPLE ARE CRAY-CRAY" announcement. It's a "Watch yourself around the crazies"
And all things considered, the only complaint I have is that the crazies aren't just in the red states.
Because a lot of the "blue" states are more like 50% red, 50% blue.
I can agree to that last part
watch out for the crazy people
no matter where you live
because they're everywhere
butting in: yeah no matter what state you're in it's going to be a problem
Precisely. We live in a crazy world with crazy people. Watch yo'self, kids, I don' wanna see any o' you on the news.
my hometown, which is in california, is fairly conservative
and my cousin's family had to move because of racism at his school in San Francisco of all places
...also I've seen Asians and gays blamed for Obama winning too, so
but TL;DR: while the thought is appreciated, racism and hateful people of all sorts will be everywhere no matter what for a very long time, no matter what happens
and we already know to watch our backs
...I have to be like this in my own home, though not for physical violence.
it's okay, i kind of expected it after Fox News 24/7 was A Thing
OK this post is just as racist as you have made the red states sound! Geeze!
YEAH THIS IS RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE. WHEN HAVE THEY EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AFTER A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Oh wait 
/argument over
/argument over
Ahahahaha I know, right?
Especially because.... yeah. I've experienced that shit outside of such a polarizing election year.
It's gotten even worse, so.
i can't believe this argument came right back around to the original bullshit after like... an entire day rofl
I already know to watch my back as it is, but I personally was grateful for the extra warning.
I know, right?
Exactly. I always have my guard up.
SURPRISE!
Only not.
Also, where in the original post does it mention Republicans? It just says red states, and if I had to do a map of hate crimes, which I happen to have right here 
you'll note that, yeah, people should be careful. Don't make this about yourself unless you are a hateful person, in which case, go away.
lol that big ass black dot in upstate new york
that's why you never catch my black ass up there
scrivenerspen: Though they do say hit dogs holler
So in this case... folks are protesting a bit too much
Yeah, ditto.
what the fuck seriously
Just gonna butt in and drop this off for all the butthurt Romney fans who feel personally victimized by this plurk.
No one was talking about you. Go cry and do some more mental gymnastics to try and get over the fact that you voted for a racist, homophobic misogynist.
Aaand I'm out.
Seriously. Regardless if you're racist or not, if you vote for a party that's policy aligns with racist notions and intent, it's JUST AS BAD.
dropping this in here to reinforce a point
You forgot to mention he's a dog abuser. I didn't need any of his later flip-flopping on positions for convenience, the dog thing stopped me Right. There.
me too
Wait, what? Source on the dog abuser thing? Not that I don't believe you, but I hadn't heard about that before.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi... overview, articles cited
Oh, thanks
Wow, who does that
mitt romney is whol :'D
-l
good ol' mitt. the same guy who just cancelled his staffers' credit cards overnight
like... right after he conceded lol
THEY DIDNT EVEN MAKE IT HOME IN THE CABS BECAUSE THEY DIDNT HAVE ANY MONEY
Sociopathic personality who never sought help.
yep. straight up sociopath
smol strategist
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Pukes
smol strategist
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Sob why are politics so awful
chromologue: wow what, really? he actually did that?
Mitt Romney
the article right there
... that man is utterly despicable. talk about one more way a bullet doged by not having him in power
No kidding.
I've read through the comments here, but I might've missed it if this link was posted.
Good Ole Miss.
"Ole Miss students recited their campus creed affirming “the respect and dignity of each person.”"
Except black people, of course.
Yeah, that is my face lol