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| I don’t think you want to use that term. It’s a southern derogatory term for Northerners who during reconstruction were implementing laws to stop the unfair Jim Crow laws of the south. I guess the opposite term is racist? |
| Yeah if you are calling someone a carpetbagger than you are saying down with people supporting black constituencies and integration of blacks into society. It’s a racist term. |
Yeah, the PP is definitely from Loudoun. |
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An outsider who pretends to be an insider is a carpetbagger; he's a person who tries to take advantage of a group by joining it only for his own personal benefit.
The fact that you need to look that up and take the most negative connotation associated with it in order to make a point about a soccer club shows your agenda. |
| This thread should be closed. |
| Hillary Clinton was considered to be carpetbagging when she ran for New York. |
This board has reached an all time low. Hillary Clinton was called a carpetbagger when she moved to West Chester, NY so she could run for a senate seat. MOVE ON. |
| Robert Kennedy was called a carpet bagger when he ran for the us senate in new York despite having no local ties |