Letters Aug 11, 2011 at 4:00 am

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Yeah, and you pay waayyy too much for shit at New Seasons because of those hundred smiling employee faces who seem like they have nothing better to do than to chat away.
I know they prefer to focus on quality and customer service, but give me Winco's cheap prices any day.
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Way to sidestep the issue, Mercury! Instead of acknowledging the hate speech on the front of your cover, you blame me for not having enough suffering in my account to allow me to be offended. And you never answered the question. No you wouldn't put those things on your cover because they are offensive, but you don't seem to mind offending some people en masse while others are protected. Fact of the matter is, call me a nerd or geek to my face and you wake up in the hospital. Period.
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And, by the way, how do you know if I'm black, white, gay or straight?
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Fact of the matter is you're a geek bully now.
Cry cry cry....
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@Fact of the matter is, call me a nerd or geek to my face and you wake up in the hospital. Period.

Violence is -- by far -- the most appropriate response to this alleged "hate speech". You are the pinnacle of maturity and sound reasoning.

Fact of the matter is, you're a dweeb.
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frankieb:

are you, by any chance, the manager at Winco's? Or is it just that they wouldn't hire you at New Seasons?
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Matthew Cagle:

Oh, I dunno...because a black or LGBT person would never make such a wicked stupid analogy. That's sort of a clue.
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Alaska -- no no, I'm just a cheap bastard is all. In terms of food shopping anyway.
Seems like everytime I go to New Seasons you just see LOTS of employees hanging around in the aisles BSing with each other. Friendly, sure - but you pay extra for it.

Wouldn't it be funny if this geeky, COMPLETE NERD MATHEW CAGLE was in fact a jewish black gay man?
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Damosa? Hmmm....
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Actually Steven, it was closer to 400 years of slavery. Otherwise, point well taken.

"ink-covered douchebaguettes" LOL!
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"And, by the way, how do you know if I'm black, white, gay or straight?"

Because if you were either black or gay, you would NOT be bitching about "nerd" discrimination!!!
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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK

Letters to the Editor are supposed to be just letters to the editor right? In a real social democratic world, spoilt brats, we actually allow unabridged (NOT cut out and pasted in) letters void of your backtalk....I mean feedback. SheAAT, it's only 1/4 of a page after all. Does it hurt that bad not to see your reflection in everything!!!! I'm mean, helll, you've got other completely useless sections in your free toilet roll......(albeit semi-useful toilet roll)

Oh, hell I'm not paying for it, what do I care!

p.s. Matthew C.....everybody that works for the Mercury IS A GOTTDAMN GEEK!! ..you gotta know that!
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O one more thing.... "Does JesseJames presently have his penis in your vagina" asked the geek-writer-o'Mercury (cuz only geeks use words like penis and vagina)....well I DECLARE! suckOH!, but what I've been dying to ask YOU!!!! .is..

Does Jesse James presently have his penis in your earhole cuz I think he don gism'ed up your brain cells and made you forget what a journalist is supposed to do ....phfft, giving out free brown-nose awards for saying da nicest most sacchariny-sweetest theeeeng.
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"p.s. Matthew C.....everybody that works for the Mercury IS A GOTTDAMN(sic) GEEK!! ..you gotta know that!"

Actually, it's 'GODDAMN'.
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Wow 160 years OR 400 years - either way that's a long life. Congratulations to whoever has lived long enough to have actually suffered under slavery. I guess actually we have to add 140 years or so, since slavery was abolished (at least in this country) back then. But I get Humphrey's response: he thinks all gays should be dragged behind cars, right? Because he does seem to be implying that any incident that happened at any time is therefore grounds to claim...uh...I guess to claim bigger victimhood for the group. Wow, THAT'S empowering!
BTW, nerd/geek guy - i see your point, but your subsequent comments do make you seem more like a douche than either a geek or nerd. REAL geeks and nerds wear it PROUDLY!
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"Actually, it's 'GODDAMN'."

yes, DamosA, or is Master of the Obvious?....it's called creative writing. You did read the poetry section in your literature class, didntcha, Mr. Short Answers, O Commenter of Comments? ....actually most people realized that it was quite on purpose as was alot of what I wrote and frankly DamosA, I don't give a GOTTDAMN! Keep to crunching numbers, you'll go far.
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You know what, i'm going to say GODDAMN twice - one for both YOU and ME. That way, we both get to spend eternity in Hell kickin' it with the Devil.

1. GODDAMN
2. GODDAMN

Looks like we're both fucked now. How do ya like that, huh?
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@Suji - You are a nerd AND a geek. Where would you like to meet?
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To DamosA: ...I'm exempt from Hell. Can't go some place that doesn't exist. Anyway, if there was a Heaven I sure as Hell wouldn't want to go there either. Then I'd have to live in eternity with a bunch milquetoast-ass Christians .....pearly gates, golden steets... can you say tacky, tacky, tacky
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Alright, so why are you soo afraid of saying GODDAMN, then? "Gottdamn"s not a real word, you know that right, guy? It's not even a slang.

It's typically what christians say when they wanna cuss, but don't actually wanna take the lord's name in vain.
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-_-' Gott is German for God, can you please move on?

Also, as a bisexual nerd, I think Matthew is being rather over sensitive and should look into finding the source of his anger and how to deal with it. The larger portion of the Nerd and Geek society has embraced the term and identity, and wear it proud.

Though, the Mercury didn't do anyone any favors by going for the cheep answer. The GLBT community does face a (diminishing!) threat of daily violence outside mostly safe places like Portland, but most aren't dragged to death. And while there is still (illegal) slavery in the world, it isn't limited to one race. Instead, African Americans get institutionalized discrimination against their culture and race to the point where if they have a black name, they are unlikely to even get an interview for a job, much less be shut out once the manager see's their skin color.
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Frost, someone forgot to tell that to Obama.
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Frankieb, thing is Obama isn't black - he's bi-racial. If Obama were indeed undeniably black (e.i. TWO black parents), he would NOT have been selected for the presidency. This country is no where near ready yet!

@ Frost, "gott" may indeed transtale into "god" in German, but why would the person in question use Germanic terminology for just one particular word?
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Dumbosa represents a failure of the American Education System.
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Funny, Obama looks about as black as you, so I don't think you are black either.
You got some EVIL WHITE MAN in your blood.
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So you apparently think my avatar is actualy me, and you have the nerve to call someone ELSE a failure of the American Education system. Good job! I take it Bachmann has your full support?
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Damosa is black. He's the guy who got beat up by the cops on Belmont for breaking windows during a hissyfit. Got shocked with tasers, too.
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Man, the racism here. All b/c i insist that Obama is indeed BI-racial. What is it with Portland and its issues with racism?
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I still say DumbosA has some white man in him too, me. He is my illigitimate bastard child.
Son, are you on Youtube getting beat down by the cops? I'd like to see myself.
Say hi to your mom for me.
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My mom's dead, actually - perhapes i should say hi to your mom. Might i find here walking on the left or right side of 82nd? And no, you won't find me anywhere on yt.

Alas, i must be on to some good and irrefutable points here. The fact that you're incapible of mounting any sort of response beyond quasi-racist comments and purposely misspelling my *avatar name in a crude attempt at "insult" validates this.
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C'mon, frankieb. I hate Damos, but he is *dominating* this round. You can do better!
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frankieb-you can find video of damosa. In it he details his sob story of getting beat up by frat boys AND the cops. Dude was breaking windows. Also, he has all kinds of piercings in his face and talks like a surfer-dude. Maybe he wishes he was white? Why else would he move here? The story was in the Merc last year.
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@iceprez - Link, please.
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First Frat boys and then the cops? What is the saying "Adding insult to injury" ? heh.
I'm gonna have to distance myself from my illigitimate love child.
DumbosA, don't be mad at your mother and I - she likes the white cock. What can I say?
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"The Wrong Guy" Portland Mercury October 9th, 2008. Check it out in the archives, Reymont.
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http://youtu.be/cbhaR5EmDRA. Hear the wonderful insights of demosa as he calls cops racist for arresting him for destroying property and being a public menace!
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Haha - thanks! Found the youtube videos, too. That's awesome stuff. Denies ANY responsibility, puts all the blame on other people. I love it!

http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/th…
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Reymont- Well, you know, nothing is ever Damosa's fault.
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Well, on my sons behalf - getting jumped for no reason is bullshit.
I've been trying to teach him to harness the anger and point it in the proper direction and not break windows and such. And take responsibility for his own actions.
But you know kids these days.
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I see i have a real fanbase growing here now, nice. The same people seem to follow me around, look me up on-line, and shower me with love every change they get. Gosh fellas, you all should just send me flowers and a box of condoms already! My adoring fans - YOU MAKE ME WHOLE!
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I see i have a growing base of adoring fans here, nice! The same people seem to follow me, look me up on-line, and shower me with love every chance they get. Really fellas, you all should just send me flowers and a box of condoms already! Maybe i should make t-shirts. Maybe i can even start a twitter account so that you guys can always stay in touch, yay!
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Hahaha! See? We've been added to his list of people who are out to get him, as if we went looking for his comments and opinions. No understanding that maybe there's a reason we don't like him, or any hint that his comments here may DESERVE ridicule. We're just another example of the world keeping him down. Good times!
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Fact is, he makes alot of good, reasonable points at times, even makes me laugh. But im tired of all this "white people are oppressing me" bullshit. Grow up and make some friends, dude. I live in his neighborhood and have seen him around. He comes off like he has just given up on life
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I'm actually rather facetious when i talk about white people. I mean, it's kinda true - what i say - but not really...\ It would be rather ridiculous if i were serious, considering i live with whites, sleep with whites, attend school with many of 'em, etc. Dude, you're simply reading too much into way i say. Mostly, i'm just killing time here.

@ Reymont, i never implied you were out to "get me", whatever the Hell that means. But clearly, you latch onto every beckoning word of mine. Seems to me like fandom. You ought to be more appreciative that i've bestowed such an honour upon you - a lowly Mercury troll with no true identity beyond his/her keyboard.
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DamosA is a white guy.
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Thank you, BokChoy.
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Assuming (as I think we can from the unimaginative diatribes above) that DamosA uses the same nickname on OPB, he's outing himself as a "person of colour". The most common meaning of this in the US is "black" or "brown", but I suppose he *could* be purple, pink or yellow:
http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/users/DamosA/

Also quite possibly not raised in the US, as "colour" doesn't often come up in US conversations.

DamosA - own your bullshit. "Facetious", then "kinda true", then "not really"? Weak - you can't even make up your mind long enough to sustain over two sentences.

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