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In reply to the discussion: "Why The South Is More Violent Than The Rest Of America" [View all]daleo
(21,317 posts)134. Well done
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Many athletically inclined southern boys I met when I was a teenager seemed to be going to
Cleita
Sep 2013
#31
"Top Gear" guys visit Alabama. "Man Love Rules" and "NASCAR sucks" written on side of vehicles.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#2
Not sure what you mean but I've observed the same traits in the Female from the South, USA....
BlueJazz
Sep 2013
#28
I remember something years ago about the Scots-Irish heritage so prevalent...
TreasonousBastard
Sep 2013
#8
No. just looking at the Scots-Irish,.Good ol' Boy, NASCAR, etc. references...
Eleanors38
Sep 2013
#35
Point on question for all these fans of the South and its white-washed culture.
Eleanors38
Sep 2013
#40
Getting past the silliness, the OP dealt with some out-sized violent Southern culture...
Eleanors38
Sep 2013
#79
Hmm, does that include all of the south, like South Central, South Side, South Bronx?
bluesbassman
Sep 2013
#18
Look, I have no problem with examining cultural and socioeconomic regional differences.
bluesbassman
Sep 2013
#39
It seems from the report that hot weather and poverty may be the predominant dynamics.
Uncle Joe
Sep 2013
#19
Looking at the most violent data with a finer comb, and the states they're including in the south
Rstrstx
Sep 2013
#62
The South has pulled us down into its right-to-work cheap-labor, racial animus, and deregulation.
Romulox
Sep 2013
#75
The same reason it is so hard to build, but so easy to destroy. Don't you see the destruction? nt
Romulox
Sep 2013
#82
We don't want the country to fall to the lowest common denominator. With regards to
Romulox
Sep 2013
#91
I will catch hell for this, but many whites in the South feel entitled to something
Taverner
Sep 2013
#92
Uneducated, uniformed, encouraged ignorance & republicans using hate to promote fear.
LaPera
Sep 2013
#119
Rubbish. One link to one story about poverty in Southern California does not equal
cordelia
Sep 2013
#150
It's a technical point of law, just as in the military, where being drunk is a defense.
dimbear
Sep 2013
#128
And I wonder too if violence doesn't suppress people from not following customary law. Which,
applegrove
Sep 2013
#129
There do seem to be distinct regional variations in culture. I don't know
LiberalLoner
Sep 2013
#130
Nobody said anything about everyone being that way. Just that some work needs to be done.
applegrove
Sep 2013
#153