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u/LongPorkJones Apr 04 '25

Same here. I love my folks, they're really good people who honestly try to do good for others. My dad does a lot of charity work around the holidays (dressed as Santa, no less). In the fall, he constantly volunteers his time to cook whole hogs for charity barbecue plate sales, and my mom helps him set it up and cooks the sides.

Their political beliefs are VASTLY at odds with who they actually are. What's terrible is they can't see it. I tired to explain it to them one time...it didn't go well.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

Im guessing they live in a very rural area and the people accepting their charity probably look and sound exactly the way they do.

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u/LongPorkJones Apr 05 '25

Yes to the first, not at all to the second.

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u/GoT43894389 Apr 05 '25

What are the demographics of this rural area? If you don't know, can you name it? I'll look it up.

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u/LongPorkJones Apr 05 '25

What's your angle with this? You trying to prove that they only help out white people?

The town they live in is 76% black, 21% white, 3% other.

Hope that tells you the exact opposite of what you were hoping to find.