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Bryn

(3,621 posts)
84. Well, I don't want to move
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 09:28 PM
Jun 2013

I love the South. There are many good liberal people around. We're not all bad. Please don't lump us together. See my post above.

a Southerner forever

I hope the south does break away [View all] backwoodsbob Jun 2013 OP
I'm a Vermonter who has consistently come down on the anti-South posts cali Jun 2013 #1
If you are against South bashing, maybe he's not talking to/about you NightWatcher Jun 2013 #4
The OP said, "FUCK THE NORTH". Mariana Jun 2013 #21
I AGREE!!! KansDem Jun 2013 #28
Well played! zappaman Jun 2013 #39
hurts doesnt it backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #47
No, not really. Mariana Jun 2013 #69
nhow many anti south posts have I seen here? backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #20
you fucking get over it, cali Jun 2013 #26
i have backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #41
Dude, I haven't ever HappyMe Jun 2013 #2
ROFL alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #3
I never metarant Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #6
Heh alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #9
Damn, I do miss Meta ... Bake Jun 2013 #64
Everyone needs to learn the word some... Phentex Jun 2013 #5
Exactly. And some people need to look at a state like PA, controlled by ignorant teabaggers, where AlinPA Jun 2013 #19
re Pennsylvania-- the north/south divide obscures the Appalachian continuum carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #54
You said it perfectly, Phentex. narnian60 Jun 2013 #30
So, to prove region bashing is bad, you engage in region bashing? EOTE Jun 2013 #7
Maybe we can get seperate forums on DU Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #8
I would be an obvious traitor running from one side to another. npk Jun 2013 #65
This combination San Franciscan/New Yorker... RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #10
+++ 1,000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Jun 2013 #79
Everyone should go their separate ways already NoOneMan Jun 2013 #11
Agreed LittleBlue Jun 2013 #27
Yeah, exactly! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2013 #80
How about we just make Senate seats proportional to population, and quit gerrymandering districts? villager Jun 2013 #12
I am from California, and I have not dissed the south, though at times I think if still_one Jun 2013 #13
Autocorrect demwing Jun 2013 #33
Yes, I just got in with my computer and made the spelling corrections, thanks still_one Jun 2013 #46
You know, I expect it to happen nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #14
Don't get down on yourselves Shankapotomus Jun 2013 #15
LBJ and Dr. King came from the South. Lincoln & Obama from the North. 4 greatest Americans ever. graham4anything Jun 2013 #16
Don't you think Calling Obama on of the 4 greatest american ever is stretching things a bit? srican69 Jun 2013 #45
Gay rights are nothing? LBJ accelerated a war that killed over a million people also. I would not still_one Jun 2013 #48
He sat on the gay rights fence for years ..When Biden spoke in favor - he was forced to take a srican69 Jun 2013 #50
Damn him. He should have done everything in the first two years. still_one Jun 2013 #51
supporting gay marriage is asking for too much? not asking for legislation - but just lip service srican69 Jun 2013 #55
If he does something right he gets criticized for not still_one Jun 2013 #68
You obviously are looking back on the past with rose colored glasses. bluestate10 Jun 2013 #74
I missed it sharp_stick Jun 2013 #17
There have been some snipers. My sense is that frustration with politicians from the South bluestate10 Jun 2013 #78
Oh I can understand it sharp_stick Jun 2013 #82
You want the nation to break apart because anonymous posters on a message board made you mad? Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #18
As a Yankee living in the South maddezmom Jun 2013 #22
I could really pi$$ you off but I'll refrain, probably as you should have...n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #23
there will still be people who pretend they know who should and should not be American. LanternWaste Jun 2013 #24
I wouldn't mind joining Canada at the Mason-Dixon line ... Myrina Jun 2013 #25
As a lifelong resident of Texas, I say No, because.... MicaelS Jun 2013 #29
+1 JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #81
Well, then. n/t demmiblue Jun 2013 #31
Talk about whining... demwing Jun 2013 #32
Sheesh gcomeau Jun 2013 #34
But they can't break away Scootaloo Jun 2013 #35
Leave? Leave where? South Carolina? 'The South'? If I recall, places like Vermont sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #36
just how the tiny percentage of griefers want you to react carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #37
And how, exactly, is north bashing any different than south bashing? Jamastiene Jun 2013 #38
Wow. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #40
"I don't give a shit how bad it could be"-- a Virginian with NC roots remembers what SC did in 1861 carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #42
Would you like a biscuit and gravy with that? n/t Aerows Jun 2013 #43
Nah... darkangel218 Jun 2013 #44
With any luck, us Cascadians might beat ya to it! Lizzie Poppet Jun 2013 #49
Holy shit. bunnies Jun 2013 #52
I could picture Obama drawing a line with a Sharpie on the White House map. Dash87 Jun 2013 #53
Sweetie, first check how much your state gets in fed funds vs paying in taxes. aquart Jun 2013 #56
are you familiar with the civil war? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #57
The silliness abides. Let's all just take our balls and go home. Squinch Jun 2013 #58
I've never participated in the "regional whinefest" matches. 99Forever Jun 2013 #59
I'm sorry you've been made to feel this way ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #60
As a North Carolinian, I'll pick at YOU for being from SC! :) stuntcat Jun 2013 #61
For somebody who's tired of people whining tularetom Jun 2013 #62
this time will kick your asses for good Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #63
What if you are from a Northern portion of the South. npk Jun 2013 #66
Meh. I want the Rapture to hurry the fuck up. cliffordu Jun 2013 #67
The South is cursed because they institutionally won't admit the "Civil War" was about slavery coldmountain Jun 2013 #76
I lived in the "south" for a while ... I hated it! etherealtruth Jun 2013 #70
It is too damn hot and humid down here. Jamastiene Jun 2013 #93
The North wouldn't give the South a divorce Bryn Jun 2013 #71
The North will never get rid of the South. former9thward Jun 2013 #72
Calm down and focus on getting rid of bad politicians in your state. Forget what outsiders bluestate10 Jun 2013 #73
Exactly! That or MOVE! ErikJ Jun 2013 #75
Well, I don't want to move Bryn Jun 2013 #84
Narrow-minded attitude ErikJ Jun 2013 #85
Don't judge me Bryn Jun 2013 #88
Speaking of Arkansas, Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #91
Drunk? Or just Angry? Or just like saying 'FUCK'? Logical Jun 2013 #77
So now you're exactly as bad as the people you're complaining about. Iggo Jun 2013 #83
Didn't the Civil War end quite some time ago? Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #86
I hope they/we don't but, I can't blame a lot of southerners for having this attitude. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #87
It has apparently escaped your notice, but it always the south that proposes this. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #89
"whinyass Californians" - ROFL! Skip Intro Jun 2013 #90
As someone living in a northern state that's as fucked up Union Scribe Jun 2013 #92
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