'That boy's finger does not need to be on the button'

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<p>I am originally from NJ, but currently live in rural NC. Boy is used a lot towards younger generations, so at first I was going to agree and say it is a southern thing…only when I found out that Davis is only 50 did I feel differently, afterall, I would give Byrd a pass or any of the other 90 yr olds! It is a southern thing, not a racial thing to call someone younger by many years boy. If Davis was Byrd’s age he would be his grandson, thus a boy!</p>

<p>What would have been funny is if he called him “SUG” Wherever you go, everyone is called Sug…short for sugar! First time I heard it I was dumbfounded, only after the millionth time I asked a southerner what SUG meant and she said Sugar, dear what did you think it meant :D</p>

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<p>Well, Bryd was a Klansman. I’m sure boy is a part of his everyday vocabulary & its meaning to him has nothing to do with age & everything to do with race.</p>

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<p>I didn’t realize that about Byrd, who would have thunk it…a dem as a KKK member!</p>

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<p>Although I currently live in the northeast, I was born and raised in the deep south and went on to live many years of my married life there. As far as I’m concerned, using the term “boy” when describing an African-American man is derogatory AND racist.</p>

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<p>For what it’s worth, Byrd renounced his membership in the Klan:</p>

<p>[What</a> about Byrd? - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/id/2075662/]What”>What about Byrd?)</p>

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<p>b&p: Don’t you remember about Nixon’s Southern strategy?</p>

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<p>Sorry, not old enough…I was only 8 when he resigned (no intendre meant to Obama, —Ayers comment, I actually was that age not saying he wasn’t)</p>

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<p>I’m offended by the statement in the original post; but, as a Kentuckian, I’m also offended by earlier posts sterotyping our state population.</p>

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<p>Dixiecrats, anyone? Democrat is not synonymous with liberal (Geoff Davis is an excellent illustration of this).</p>

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<p>Oh hey, another Kentuckian. I guess I don’t properly count anymore now that I’m registered in MA, but I still think of myself as one.</p>

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<p>If this was Joe Blow working in the barber shop in a small town, I might cut him a little slack. This is a member of Congress.</p>

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<p>Jessiehl – Geoff Davis is a Republican. </p>

<p>[About</a> Geoff Davis](<a href=“http://geoffdavis.house.gov/About.aspx?Section=2]About”>http://geoffdavis.house.gov/About.aspx?Section=2)</p>