# Finally someone said it out loud \[racist opposition to the ACA\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 25, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-someone-said-it-out-loud-racist-opposition-to-the-aca/682230 "2014-02-25T16:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-someone-said-it-out-loud-racist-opposition-to-the-aca/682230/36 "2014-02-26T23:28:27Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > Actually, odds are the guy wasn’t born when the Civil Rights Act was passed. And having lived in the South for six years (and around a number of Kentucky transplants here in Northern Indiana) I’d have to say that racial tolerance would be the exception and not the rule. Apparently. > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12394): > > _sigh_ My own state senator Mae Beavers sponsored this new bill to the TN Legislature: > > > [@](#): > > > > Several Middle Tennessee Republicans are taking on the Affordable Care Act, with a new bill that would bar state and local governments — and possibly also companies that do business with them — from buying health insurance through the federal website. > > > > State Sen. Mae Beavers and three House Republicans released a bill Wednesday designed to stop President Barack Obama’s health care reform law by discouraging use of its health insurance exchange, [HealthCare.gov](http://HealthCare.gov)… > > > > That could cause immediate problems for TennCare. Since Jan. 1, the state’s Medicaid program has been using [HealthCare.gov](http://HealthCare.gov) to sign up new enrollees until a new state-run website is completed. > > > > The bill also extends to state contractors, although there is some ambiguity about the extent to which private companies would be affected. > > They’re not even pretending that this bill helps Tennesseans. They’re just throwing a political snit and they don’t particularly care if poor people have insurance or not. > > There is a bright side though: unlike most of the Republicans named in this thread, here’s one I actually get to vote and campaign against! > > ETA: Oops, [linky](http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140116/NEWS0201/301160051/Tennessee-lawmakers-file-bill-block-Affordable-Care-Act). > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12409): > > As a recent citizen of Tennessee, I am not that surprised. > They REALLY hate Mr. Obama around these here parts. > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12413): > > Do they say why? > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12414): > > Well, it is primarily because “he ain’t our kind”. > I didn’t move here because it is a progressive community. > The place is beautiful and peaceful. > The land and the people I know are wonderful. > > But, the folks who have lived here for generations are somewhat backwards. > It is something of a timewarp to drive into town and shop for groceries. > The supermarket is relatively modern, but the clientele? Less so. > > It was only a decade ago that I first spotted a real live black couple shopping here. > Two of my close friends shopping with me (who happen to be black) noticed them first. > We debated whether we should say, “Hello” or just smile when we saw them. > We ended up saying “Hello” and gained a couple of new friends. They are from Indiana and apparently intend to retire here. Things have changed for the better since the 1990s but still, there is a strong residue of bigotry and racism remaining. > > But, I am from the city and was raised as anti-racist as it was possible to be in Atlanta in the mid 20th century. I am a fish out of water. I am sure all the folks around here consider themselves to be good people who are just worried about somebody they don’t feel comfortable with being President. > > And they vote. > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12435): > > So, apart from race it’s not really political, and they might vote for a white Democrat? A white female Democrat, even? No response to the last . . . Anyone care to speculate? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-someone-said-it-out-loud-racist-opposition-to-the-aca/682230)._