Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:25 PM
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 It really sucks being a 60 YO old white guy in the Southeast right now. (Original post) |
Whovian | Nov 2012 | OP |
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:28 PM
Cattledog (731 posts)
1. I live in the south and no one F's with me!
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:29 PM
2. Its the scooter. Ditch it, buy a sports car, and you'll get some action
Response to aletier_v (Reply #2)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 07:36 AM
whistler162 (5,706 posts)
58. That and the neon blue leisure suit! ;)
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:29 PM
seabeyond (85,893 posts)
3. they are a bit more aggressive this election than the past. i had signs vandalized and
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:30 PM
4. How are your neighbors etc. reacting to the election results? nt
Response to Whovian (Reply #7)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:29 AM
renie408 (9,197 posts)
56. This is not exactly my experience.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:31 PM
txdemsftw (447 posts)
5. That does suck...
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I feel that way when I visit my parents in my hometown. I'm one of the only liberal, vegetarian, atheists in all the land, heh, but I don't give a damn.
I feel so much better as soon as I hit the actual CITY limits of where I live now...much more comfy here.  |
Response to Whovian (Reply #8)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:40 PM
txdemsftw (447 posts)
10. Well, I'm lucky that
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my parents are really cool about most of it..well, my Mom HATES that I am atheist (she still believes it's just a phase, ha)- so as long as we keep politics out of the conversation, it's fine. My Dad is an 'oil man' who doesn't believe in gay marriage but doesn't mind that Obama got re-elected..even though he still voted for Romney.
My mother's side of the family are mostly liberal. My Granny is a 76 year old Dem Precinct Judge and stayed up late the other night counting votes. She is awesome. |
Response to txdemsftw (Reply #5)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:48 PM
14. For many years I have been thanking my lucky stars that my Father left the South.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:33 PM
Lars39 (18,198 posts)
6. Thanksgiving dinner is coming up,too.
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Some of the relatives we only see once a year, so I don't really know who 's gone a little unhinged over this election.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:36 PM
erinlough (1,833 posts)
9. I'm a 60 year old woman in the reddest county in Michigan
Response to erinlough (Reply #9)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:24 PM
sarcasmo (13,560 posts)
23. We are in Ottawa county and that is about as red as it gets.
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Response to sarcasmo (Reply #23)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:28 PM
erinlough (1,833 posts)
46. Berrien, home of both Upton and Pscholka! nt
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:43 PM
Matariki (15,134 posts)
11. Hey Whovian
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:52 PM
SCantiGOP (2,709 posts)
15. I'm with you brother.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:52 PM
16. So why are you still there? Do you think you're going to change their minds or hearts?
Response to Whovian (Reply #17)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:05 PM
38. I'm almost as old as you, and I suspect far more experienced. One thing that that experience has
Response to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #16)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:21 PM
Warpy (69,674 posts)
21. if Jesus did materialize, on TV or off it,
Response to Warpy (Reply #21)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:09 PM
39. If they didn't just kill him outright. Come to think of it, their role models already did that,
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didn't they? De nile isn't a river in Africa.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:06 PM
TeamPooka (3,373 posts)
18. I love California and Los Angeles more and more every day hearing this stuff. nt
Response to TeamPooka (Reply #18)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 07:24 AM
marions ghost (14,562 posts)
57. lotsa red in CA
Response to marions ghost (Reply #57)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:46 PM
TeamPooka (3,373 posts)
67. not where I live. LA baby, common sense and liberalism flows in the streets. nt
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:19 PM
Nye Bevan (11,277 posts)
19. Don't put up signs.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:20 PM
Warpy (69,674 posts)
20. It was just as scary when I left in the late 60s
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:22 PM
sarcasmo (13,560 posts)
22. I would move if that is at all possible.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:27 PM
scheming daemons (21,273 posts)
25. when we northerners say this, we are accused of bashing the south
Response to Whovian (Reply #31)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:44 PM
scheming daemons (21,273 posts)
36. i spend two months in SC every summer
Response to scheming daemons (Reply #25)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:51 AM
Paladin (8,849 posts)
62. Yeah, Such A Heavy Burden You Northern DU'ers Have.
Response to scheming daemons (Reply #25)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:30 PM
cordelia (1,667 posts)
69. And he is.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:28 PM
nc4bo (13,356 posts)
26. ..
 from me and  for all of us liberals trudging through red pockets. |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:28 PM
OffWithTheirHeads (9,068 posts)
27. Well, at least you found DU. Welcome btw. You usually put up click worthy posts I've noticed.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:28 PM
demhottie (292 posts)
28. Move to hippie land
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Last edited Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:29 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Lots of affordable small towns. Either way, don't self identify and draw trouble. And don't only meet up with liberals for the purpose of protests- you're still young and there is a lot of life that needs to be enjoyed. |
Response to demhottie (Reply #28)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:38 PM
33. Actually, there is one of the longest lived communes within 100 miles from where I live.
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http://www.thefarm.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farm_%28Tennessee%29 I lived there for a bit but the diet didn't agree with me but the pot sacrament of Sunday services made it taste okay.
Now though, I can't move. My mother just had a stroke and I need to be close. |
Response to Whovian (Reply #33)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:29 AM
Ghost in the Machine (13,247 posts)
49. I *LOVE* the Farm! My son just graduated from their "Farm School at Home Satellite Campus"..
Response to demhottie (Reply #28)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:40 AM
Ghost in the Machine (13,247 posts)
50. I'm game.. where are some of these "hippie lands"?
Response to Ghost in the Machine (Reply #50)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:12 PM
demhottie (292 posts)
64. Upstate NY- between New Paltz and Woodstock
Response to Ghost in the Machine (Reply #50)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:24 PM
aikoaiko (16,629 posts)
68. Asheville, NC and Flagstaff, AZ
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:30 PM
29. SMH
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Hang in there we are pulling for you.
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Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:31 PM
yardwork (37,173 posts)
30. Thank you for standing up for justice. You are strong and brave.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:36 PM
32. I am a female 73-year old white Democrat in one of the reddest counties in North Georgia.
Response to Whovian (Reply #34)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:14 PM
65. Been to Helen a few times. Loved it there. n/t
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:42 PM
mmonk (47,326 posts)
35. A -fucking-men.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:10 PM
callous taoboy (3,473 posts)
41. I live in probably one of the most conservative towns in TX
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:42 PM
Swede Atlanta (2,339 posts)
44. I live in the Southeast as well...but in a large urban area.....
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:41 PM
w8liftinglady (23,015 posts)
47. Dude, I wish you lived in Texas!
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 12:38 AM
JoeyT (4,738 posts)
48. Southern hospitality was always largely a myth.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:26 AM
byronius (2,650 posts)
52. You're a brave motherfucker.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:25 AM
Ilsa (31,923 posts)
55. Same here. But since I have kids
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 07:37 AM
59. I live in Florida Panhandle land---full of loons.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 07:49 AM
marions ghost (14,562 posts)
60. Rural areas of the North and upper midwest
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have the same problem. But where are DUers willing to say they wouldn't put an Obama sign out up there?
I have a friend in upstate NY who tells me what it's like there...he's very aware of the redness. Anyway, look at the map of the US county by county--red everywhere. The least educated states (ie. the SE) are red states. How do you account for rightwing-ism in the states that have higher education but are still red? This is a national problem. People who want to bash the South have a lack of perspective. |
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:35 AM
61. A friend of mine, also Southern-born, described the South as ...
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:01 AM
63. Be nice to them and try to change a few minds.
Response to Whovian (Original post)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:14 PM
66. The only thing scarrier than that is being a young black guy from the same region.
