Being called a racial name

[TLC_Kimberle]

What is the name of your state? south carolina

today after I dropped my child off at school, a lady behind me was upset that I had thrown a cig. out my window. she was yelling and all, so I stopped my car to talk to her, I know it was wrong what I did and all, as i was stopping she almost ran into me trying to speed up and pass me on a one way road. as she passed she yell out " you dumb a** cracker" I got her tag number, but am not sure what , if anything can be done.

 

[racer72]

You can do nothing. It is not against the law to call people names, that is protected by the first amendment. If I saw you throw a butt out the window of your car I would have given it back and called you a whole lot worse.

 

[TLC_Kimberle]

i do think you are wrong, you can not just go around calling people names, as a parent that is what you teach your children. as far as the cig goes, yes, i was wrong to do that, but she had no right to yell at my CHILD about this, if she had a problem with what I had done she should have said it to me, not a 10 year old. I am not making excuses as to what I did, I know it was wrong, but trying to run someone off the road, and calling them names is also not right

 

[Mike101]

Unless there is a specific local ordinance you can more or less call anybody anything you want.

 

[HomeGuru]

TLC, If I was behind you, I would have called you a mother f*cking butthead.

 

[TLC_Kimberle]

gee, it is so nice so many of you are willing to take the side of someone yelling at a 10 year old, then calling his mother a "cracker" just beause she threw out a cig.
no wonder the laws are so messed up.

 

[Mike101]

I'm not taking sides. The law is the law.

 

[TLC_Kimberle]

mike, i am sorry , your right you were not taking sides. I am looking into what you said.

and in case anyone needs or wants more info about littering , which isWRONG, I found this:
If you see someone litter their cigarette, try to communicate your feelings to them in a non-confrontational way. One way to do that is to pick up their cigarette and dispose of it for them so that they get the message that their action was not appropriate. Another way is to just say how you feel. Do whatever is comfortable for you, but try not to let the incident go unchecked. When someone litters in full view of lots of people and no one says anything, it is easy for that person to assume that their action is normal and appropriate


now, the part that said "try to communicate your feelings to them in a non-confrontational way, that should have been how she handled it. I would have picked it up and it would have been end of it

 

[HomeGuru]

I'm not taking sides either. I am merely an advocate against littering our beautiful South Carolina landscape.
Also, my post merely hints at expounding that no law has been broken by old yeller, butt a law has been broken by TLC.

 

[Mike101]

In NC that butt can cost you $340.00

 

[TLC_Kimberle]

Yes, it is a law that you should not litter. And to tell you the truth, I have never much thought about what a butt can do. I don’t throw out other trash, but I guess if I throw out a butt along with 1000's other we are all making a mess. I have seen that what I have done is wrong, I have never stated otherwise. I am still sure that something should be done to this woman for trying to run me off the road and using a racial name. It doesn’t matter what I had done, no one deserves to be called any type of name especially in front of their child.
I am 34 years old. Never had so much as a parking ticket, and now, because I threw a butt out the window it is now ok for anyone to call me a name and try to run me and my child off a road, well isn’t that a wonderful thing! I am happy to know that I don’t have to respect people any more or worry about driving recklessly.

 

[Mike101]

Littering is against the law. Driving in a reckless manner is against the law. Name calling is not against the law. If it was a lot of the people on this forum would be going to jail.

 

[Nuke]

Yes, it is a law that you should not litter. And to tell you the truth, I have never much thought about what a butt can do. I don’t throw out other trash, but I guess if I throw out a butt along with 1000's other we are all making a mess. I have seen that what I have done is wrong, I have never stated otherwise. I am still sure that something should be done to this woman for trying to run me off the road and using a racial name. It doesn’t matter what I had done, no one deserves to be called any type of name especially in front of their child.
I am 34 years old. Never had so much as a parking ticket, and now, because I threw a butt out the window it is now ok for anyone to call me a name and try to run me and my child off a road, well isn’t that a wonderful thing! I am happy to know that I don’t have to respect people any more or worry about driving recklessly.

Oh please, if you were SO offended and endangered, then call the police. They'll laugh at you and, if you're really lucky, they'll write you a ticket for littering. Save your battles for something important.

 

[stephenk]

Are you upset because you were called a "dumb ass" or a "cracker"?

What did your 10 year old say about the whole thing? What did the lady yell at your kid?

 

[Cabrona5150]

i thought dumbass crackers threw out cigarrette butts all the time. hmmm...