rec.sport.football.college

Trent Woodruff wrote:
>>On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:46:40 -0000, Chris Bellomy wrote:
>>>Trent Woodruff wrote:
>>>>On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:14:40 GMT, Eagle@ (J. Hugh Sullivan) wrote:
>>>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:29:16 -0800 (PST), rastafarians2002@
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>>>>>To paraphrase, he claims that he was taught (by a grandfather) to sing
>>>>>to the National Anthem and put hand over heart for the pledge.
>
>>>>Should a person who is so forgetful be the nominee?
>>>>When he donned Muslim garb in Africa in 2006, whether he has any
>>>>loyalty to the USA is certainly an issue.
>
>>> Say what? Does that mean you believe the . soldiers who donned
>>> Muslim garb in the Middle East within the last few years should be
>>> questioned as to their loyalty? After all, they were ordered to do
>>> so.
>>> It's called respecting the place your in. Just as you and I expect
>>> folks will speak English here in the United States, I don't believe it
>>> is unreasonable to respect the cultures that you are visiting afar.
>
>>I cannot fathom a reason why Sullivan's bs merits the energy
>>it takes to compose a response. He's an unapologetic bigot,
>>who cares what he thinks?
>
> To be honest...because despite the arrogance and ignorance, I tend to
> think that Hugh's actually not a bad person.

You know what? Good on you. I understand exactly what you're saying.

Hugh's just the wrong kind of ignorant for me to be patient with.
Maybe it's from being a lifelong Texan, but I just cannot suffer
racists gladly. Maybe I'll learn.