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Mon Mar 12, 2012, 10:59 PM

Honeycombe8 (17,996 posts)

99. The hell you say! That's where I'm from! nt

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I want to talk frankly about the south hate here [View all]	backwoodsbob	Mar 2012	OP
I'm a liberal in Texas	Skittles	Mar 2012	#1
so EVERY person in the south is guilty?	backwoodsbob	Mar 2012	#4
Nice way to derail a conversation.	Warpy	Mar 2012	#13
I see the problem you have with reading comprehension	Skittles	Mar 2012	#15
I think ppl here are talking about southern GOP voters.	FarLeftFist	Mar 2012	#103
I don't recall anyone on DU ever claiming that "everyone" in the South is	tblue37	Mar 2012	#159
Thank you - good post	treestar	Mar 2012	#186
Nice strawman.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2012	#165
Of course not -	TBF	Mar 2012	#168
I remember working the primaries in 2010	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#18
you have guts, w8liftinglady!	Skittles	Mar 2012	#32
she wasn't scared because	iemitsu	Mar 2012	#102
I lift weights!	Skittles	Mar 2012	#184
i can beat that - i'm in east texas, and i see where the reputation comes from too. however	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#61
One of my co-workers lives in Tyler...drives to Dallas to work.	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#63
tyler to dallas daily is a pretty good hike.	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#71
Tara Winery,maybe?	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#72
nope. wow, more than one east texas winery, who'd of thunk it lol	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#78
LOL... My partner and I used to go to Tara's	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#83
gun barrel city is only my second favorite texas town name	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#89
A moment I've not forgotten in Tyler Texas	AnotherDreamWeaver	Mar 2012	#113
My Populist, FDR, pro-LABOR roots are from that area.	bvar22	Mar 2012	#172
I said I UNDERSTAND it	Skittles	Mar 2012	#69
oh, i wasn't accusing you of or chatising you for anything	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#74
You're not making that up.	UnrepentantLiberal	Mar 2012	#114
I can attest to the ethnic racism among whites.	LibDemAlways	Mar 2012	#121
I grew up in a small town in Montgomery Co., PA and it was the same way	life long demo	Mar 2012	#182
You should have heard what Bavarians (Southern Germans) used to	JDPriestly	Mar 2012	#194
I live in Alaska. Sounds the same.	roguevalley	Mar 2012	#101
Dick Army, Phil Gramm, Tom Delay	Rex	Mar 2012	#128
I get it, I really get it. I am a social democratic living in the south. We all aren't lemmings.	southernyankeebelle	Mar 2012	#131
I'm a as far left as you can get without falling off the edge liberal & am from No. FL	lark	Mar 2012	#144
Good rant Bob.	lpbk2713	Mar 2012	#2
You are quite right.	blue neen	Mar 2012	#3
I live in Ohio and we have people here just as bad or worse than some of	doc03	Mar 2012	#10
wow, i only hear the n word every couple of weeks	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#105
LOL!	Withywindle	Mar 2012	#109
Oh, I spent an entire summer	jsmirman	Mar 2012	#12
I guess the driving thing would depend on what part of PA you were in.	blue neen	Mar 2012	#20
In the LV	jsmirman	Mar 2012	#24
in east texas the kkk is pretty much only visible in the far southeast corner - you may have heard o	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#92
Oh, I believe it	Amaril	Mar 2012	#117
Same here, and they're quite proud of it, too!	blue neen	Mar 2012	#137
I live in Pennsylvania too.	maddiemom	Mar 2012	#178
K&R !!! n/t	RKP5637	Mar 2012	#5
You know...as I said in another thread	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2012	#6
First of all, you sound awesome	jsmirman	Mar 2012	#7
I live in one of the most conservative voting city's surrounding Cleveland, Ohio....	WCGreen	Mar 2012	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	Tesha	Mar 2012	#9
in a backwards way you made my point	backwoodsbob	Mar 2012	#28
The south is a near theocracy	Warpy	Mar 2012	#36
+1	PassingFair	Mar 2012	#88
I live in the South, Atlanta, Ga, area to be exact.	RebelOne	Mar 2012	#11
Yeah, OK, fine. But where are ya' on NASCAR?	trof	Mar 2012	#14
NASCAR is hardly even southern anymore	KamaAina	Mar 2012	#126
"Hardly even Southern" has always described stock car racing	Mopar151	Mar 2012	#136
K&R...	stonecutter357	Mar 2012	#151
Well said, Bob. I'm in GA and yes, there are shitheads here	CurtEastPoint	Mar 2012	#16
You ain't the South, Bob	izquierdista	Mar 2012	#17
no you are WRONG	backwoodsbob	Mar 2012	#37
How am I going to change my neighbor?	izquierdista	Mar 2012	#87
I won't hide or hold back	backwoodsbob	Mar 2012	#56
midwest here	wendylaroux	Mar 2012	#19
People like simple solutions that fit with their preconceptions of life, complexity that challenges	Uncle Joe	Mar 2012	#21
I know, Baby. It makes an old liberal hippie Southerner sad.	nolabear	Mar 2012	#22
K&R...	stonecutter357	Mar 2012	#152
It's an old story, isn't it?	tledford	Mar 2012	#23
RE: DU being right of personal center.........	socialist_n_TN	Mar 2012	#97
People make generalizations on everything. Everyone here at DU, where ever they are from could say	mother earth	Mar 2012	#25
I live in MS	Aerows	Mar 2012	#26
Hey Bob...	handmade34	Mar 2012	#27
I grew up next to SC :)	stuntcat	Mar 2012	#29
Take this to heart my fellow American (s)	showmethejedi	Mar 2012	#30
Reccity rec rec!	pecwae	Mar 2012	#31
I live in the south. Truthfully, there are a lot of people just like you describe. Good luck in SC.	Hoyt	Mar 2012	#33
A Cheerwine toast to you!	pinboy3niner	Mar 2012	#34
Oh no you did not!!	wendylaroux	Mar 2012	#41
They will deliver it to your door	pinboy3niner	Mar 2012	#43
your the best!! thanks!!	wendylaroux	Mar 2012	#65
Cheerwine	stonecutter357	Mar 2012	#154
I agree with you	TeamsterDem	Mar 2012	#35
Aren't we all somethingists?	mahina	Mar 2012	#38
and I grew up in the UK learning how stupid the Irish were and now I'm trying to Irish roots	Demonaut	Mar 2012	#46
I was born and raised in the South. Some of the most racist people I have EVER known	Number23	Mar 2012	#39
a problem, Bob, is that some people MAKE FORTUNES promoting those stereotypes	grasswire	Mar 2012	#40
YOU NAILED IT	backwoodsbob	Mar 2012	#51
"Latte liberal" is also an object of hatred	grasswire	Mar 2012	#66
Count me in as born & raised in Richmond, VA	arcane1	Mar 2012	#42
I only diss on the South	xmas74	Mar 2012	#44
RTR	stonecutter357	Mar 2012	#155
All over Faurot Field.	xmas74	Mar 2012	#183
I lived in Arkansas and Mississippi for several years.	DCBob	Mar 2012	#45
Enjoy your plantation in SC!	Nye Bevan	Mar 2012	#47
As one of southern comics says, "Don't care what anyone says, that's funny."	Hoyt	Mar 2012	#75
Except he's from Nebraska,	dmallind	Mar 2012	#153
You're wrong.	The Doctor.	Mar 2012	#48
Bob.	bluestate10	Mar 2012	#49
Just wondering if	pipi_k	Mar 2012	#50
LOL... I feel your pain here in Texas	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#53
Yes	jeff47	Mar 2012	#57
aw HELL yes	Skittles	Mar 2012	#68
Thank you, Bob. It gets a little disheartening to read posts here that lump all of us	Arkansas Granny	Mar 2012	#52
you are right.	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#54
If you don't like the way the South is viewed by the rest of the country, then you change it.	baldguy	Mar 2012	#55
All right, now you watch mine.	nolabear	Mar 2012	#70
Bill Maher NAILED IT, because no one understands the south better than	hughee99	Mar 2012	#127
That wasn't Bill Maher's video. It was Nancy Pelosi's daughter's.	MADem	Mar 2012	#150
My apologies to Bill.	hughee99	Mar 2012	#162
I did not see the whole show. I did see the video.	MADem	Mar 2012	#163
The original post to which I replied seemed to be	hughee99	Mar 2012	#166
"you could make a video just like this in New York, New Jersey"	guardian	Mar 2012	#200
Timothy McVeigh born and raised in New York, Terry Nichols born and raised in Michigan	RedEarth	Mar 2012	#134
The county red to blue map shows a slightly different picture...	Hippo_Tron	Mar 2012	#188
I don't really give a rat's ass what they think	Gman	Mar 2012	#58
I don't really give a rat's ass	stonecutter357	Mar 2012	#156
I live in Kansas and I'm a huge Liberal too.	mistertrickster	Mar 2012	#59
In fairness, there are pockets of ignorance in New England.	Dawson Leery	Mar 2012	#60
My aunt still tells me stories about New Haven	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#64
East Haven is for whites only:	Dawson Leery	Mar 2012	#73
Pockets? POCKETS?	Mopar151	Mar 2012	#190
you go, backwoodsbob nt	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#62
The 2nd District here in Maine is not a whole lot of different, Bob.	Old and In the Way	Mar 2012	#67
Pictures of Maine are always so pretty. I dream of visiting there one day.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#82
I'm a liberal in Louisiana. I feel your pain.	juajen	Mar 2012	#76
I'm from Louisiana, too! I live in Dallas now. I'm from Cajun country...southwest La. And yes,...	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#80
Most of the Cajuns that I know in Dallas vote Democratic	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#91
The hell you say! That's where I'm from! nt	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#99
My son lives in the south, and when I visit him I meet a lot of wonderful people. But...	Speck Tater	Mar 2012	#77
I am the south, too! Deep, deep, deep south. By the time I was 10, I was anti-racism.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#79
The GOP's Southern Strategy is called that for a reason.	JoePhilly	Mar 2012	#81
I was born in the midwest, grew up in the midwest,and except for 22 years spent in New York,	libinnyandia	Mar 2012	#84
Native Texan here. I am a third generation Democrat and live in East Texas.	Manifestor_of_Light	Mar 2012	#85
LOL... DON'T get me started on Smokey Joe	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	#86
Are you in SE TX? That's KKK territory, so I wouldn't think there'd be many white Dems there.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#100
I'm in East Texas north of there.	Manifestor_of_Light	Mar 2012	#174
No... It Really Isn't The South...	WillyT	Mar 2012	#90
I don't even know if it's city versus country	Art_from_Ark	Mar 2012	#111
I agree....see my post about.	Old and In the Way	Mar 2012	#112
Hey, WillieT. Interesting blue pattern in the south.	MissMarple	Mar 2012	#135
That is an "All or Nothing" graphic,	bvar22	Mar 2012	#173
If You Find It... I Would Love To See It	WillyT	Mar 2012	#181
It took me a while to find it, but here it is.	bvar22	Mar 2012	#189
Way Cool... Is That The First Time That's Been Done ???	WillyT	Mar 2012	#192
Indiana cornfield liberal here...	Comatose Sphagetti	Mar 2012	#93
This proud Az liberal knows exactly what you are talking about.	jillan	Mar 2012	#94
I find hate expressed towards the people of any region personally disgusting	Generic Brad	Mar 2012	#95
I'm from Arizona - home of The War on MLK Day, SB1070 and banning Hispanic studies	NAO	Mar 2012	#96
Orange County Cal progressive here. South Orange County. Overall, Orange County	wiggs	Mar 2012	#98
I'm with you on that	frazzled	Mar 2012	#108
I am a California Socialist	Taverner	Mar 2012	#104
Tennessee progressive here	politicasista	Mar 2012	#106
Haters gonna hate. I bet there isn't a fucking city, town, or burg in this whole country	cherokeeprogressive	Mar 2012	#107
San Francisco was voted the most hated city in the nation.	AtomicKitten	Mar 2012	#110
thank you! we can all hate each other like adults... and still learn to not care so much about it.	NuttyFluffers	Mar 2012	#118
LOL's!! It's from total jealousy I think!	stuntcat	Mar 2012	#120
so many years ago,	barbtries	Mar 2012	#161
I understand	Blue_Roses	Mar 2012	#115
BULLSHIT ELITIST? No, that is not judgmental. No, that is not hate.	KILL THE WISE ONE	Mar 2012	#116
Good thing homophobia and bigotry have been eliminated outside the South. nt	jobycom	Mar 2012	#130
Eliminated, No. but what I deal with on a daily basis is almost nonexistent for me here.	KILL THE WISE ONE	Mar 2012	#197
Yeah, but up here in Wisconsin, everyone's a liberal. Yeah, that's it.	Scuba	Mar 2012	#119
I'm a Virginian and I don't pay it much mind	Blue_Tires	Mar 2012	#122
Idaho is well north of the Mason Dixon line,	IDemo	Mar 2012	#123
Your point is entirely valid.	hifiguy	Mar 2012	#124
Yep,	geardaddy	Mar 2012	#125
This liberal vegetarian atheist humanitarian Southerner agrees. nt	jobycom	Mar 2012	#129
A frank conversation would have both pros and cons	just1voice	Mar 2012	#132
I live in Georgia and I understand what you call hate about the South	Papagoose	Mar 2012	#133
We sat down for breakfast at a B&B with a couple from Boulder.	MissMarple	Mar 2012	#138
This coastie salutes you	wryter2000	Mar 2012	#139
I moved to Texas (Houston area) because I wanted to.	ScreamingMeemie	Mar 2012	#140
I thinik the reality is rural versus populated rather than north/south.	Bonhomme Richard	Mar 2012	#141
I believe you are on to something here.	hifiguy	Mar 2012	#143
A lib in the South and I'm proud to make this rec #100. n/t	cynatnite	Mar 2012	#142
MLK said the racism he experienced in Chicago was worse than Mississippi.	Tveil	Mar 2012	#145
Thank you!	barbtries	Mar 2012	#146
It's an uphill climb.	MADem	Mar 2012	#147
I love the south and I got something for everyone to hate.	DeadEyeDyck	Mar 2012	#148
What he said.	WilliamPitt	Mar 2012	#149
No one here ASSUMES anything about individuals, you included	Doctor_J	Mar 2012	#157
There are crappy, racist disgusting conservative people in every state.	Jennicut	Mar 2012	#158
If you are the south, you don't have the pulpit. The "South" has its reputation for a reason.	gtar100	Mar 2012	#160
Statistically speaking, you are not "The South".	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2012	#164
Statistically speaking, you aid those you claim to despise the most when you describe a region	Uncle Joe	Mar 2012	#169
I can't help it.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2012	#196
Your post makes my point	Uncle Joe	Mar 2012	#198
52 percent of GOP voters in Mississippi said they think Obama is a Muslim...	tjwash	Mar 2012	#167
Florida chimes in	DonCoquixote	Mar 2012	#170
Very well said!! n/t	patricia92243	Mar 2012	#171
I live in Kansas and admit we are a shithole of GOP idiots. At least I have guts to admit it.	Logical	Mar 2012	#175
Some of the best libs/progs I know live in deep red territory north or south	many a good man	Mar 2012	#176
A DURec for The Beautiful South!	bvar22	Mar 2012	#177
K&R...	stonecutter357	Mar 2012	#201
I have deep roots in the north and the south. Its complicated.	Bosso 63	Mar 2012	#179
Welcome!	SouthernLiberal	Mar 2012	#180
I agree! Will do.	savalez	Mar 2012	#185
How come all your congresspersons are such assholes?	valerief	Mar 2012	#187
Oh, piffle.	Daemonaquila	Mar 2012	#191
Thanks for all the good things you do, backwoodsbob.	JDPriestly	Mar 2012	#193
The Old South is rick santorum's base....	solarman350	Mar 2012	#195
You are going to have your hands full in SC	adigal	Mar 2012	#199

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