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In reply to the discussion: 5 Reasons to Stop Talking Sh*t About People From the South and Midwest [View all]rurallib
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5 Reasons to Stop Talking Sh*t About People From the South and Midwest [View all]
YoungDemCA
Oct 2014
OP
I visit Minnesota every summer. Love it there. Relaxing by a lake is the best rest ever. nt
Logical
Oct 2014
#8
I was raised and live in The South. It's a shit hole of ignorance and tea-baggerism, too.
Hissyspit
Oct 2014
#7
They vote their principles! Unfortunately, scoundrels know how to use those to control and direct.
Hortensis
Oct 2014
#324
I'm guessing you're talking strictly about state government (and Federal Senators)
kentauros
Oct 2014
#282
Ok. Terre Haute, through which flows the mighty Wabash, home of St. Mary's, ISU and RHIT, a...
xocet
Oct 2014
#69
What's cool about it is how they spliced in old clips from classics to fit....
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2014
#237
A state that routinely elects Democratic Governors is something to be proud of. nt
hack89
Oct 2014
#305
NJ Teen suspended for flag... but they fly the flag over the South Carolina Capitol ...
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#37
Uh... why don't we pretend to forget about "state boundaries" for a second...
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#136
You asked, "Where are most of the racists grouped in the United States?"
theHandpuppet
Oct 2014
#148
You posted a map of the Number of Groups.. not the number of actual PEOPLE in the those GROUPS
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#154
Good point. The SPLC's counts are not good statistical indicators of actual participation.
Hortensis
Oct 2014
#325
"makes me wonder if there are other things about the South you don't like"....
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#162
"none of us" like these people, but Texans do! Everyone on my list was elected by Texans
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#171
Something I don't like about the South is the fact that every Southern State is among the 29
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#170
But your defense of the South Carolina confederate flag put it all on her
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Oct 2014
#271
Northern California.. the bastion of Confederate Flag waivers... yeah, ok
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#42
I have outside Chicago more than once in the last year alone and on truck bumpers too but I still feel safe going around because it is
lunasun
Oct 2014
#46
I think you've got a good point. And some of those people displaying those things
raccoon
Oct 2014
#134
Not really.. I am just letting DUers try so hard to prove their flag sightings...
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#320
Good ol' boys from anywhere have the confederate flag in the back window of their pickem up truck
liberal N proud
Oct 2014
#173
Wow you need to get out more then. I'm from the South and make an annual trip to Indiana.
Hosnon
Oct 2014
#239
There's a pick-up truck being driven on I-84 from the Pa stateline to Ulster County flying one
In_The_Wind
Oct 2014
#281
I will give you I have never seen a confederate flag flown here in Western NY
Liberalynn
Oct 2014
#283
Of course there is racism in the East and West Coasts.... but we ELECT DEMOCRATS!
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#133
Most people live on the coasts, or most live in patchs of high density metro areas
HereSince1628
Oct 2014
#149
I lived in a Southern state in my teens. It was a horrible experience. Just traumatic.
JDPriestly
Oct 2014
#193
See my post #93. You probably aren't a typical Southerner. You are probably one of the
JDPriestly
Oct 2014
#94
Yes, ALW, it is very easy to be ensconced in a liberal enclave and to rail against the
japple
Oct 2014
#24
I am sure there are members of fundamental religious groups and hate groups where you
japple
Oct 2014
#25
AND you are seriously mistaken if you think those gun-nuts are limited to the South. Where have
japple
Oct 2014
#80
Good thing there are no crazy gun nuts in Connecticut or Colorado .. oh wait. nt
hack89
Oct 2014
#312
I live in Florida and the large amout of Dumb Asses here are about to elect ...
BlueJazz
Oct 2014
#16
All the evidence about Scott and they still flock to him. Idiocracy is alive and well! n/t
RKP5637
Oct 2014
#84
I think a lot of those cognitive ones do move to the more enlightened areas.
Lucky Luciano
Oct 2014
#60
If I lived in Kentucky, I'd have to vote for a candidate who supports coal and guns
RufusTFirefly
Oct 2014
#40
It would be wonderful if humans would stop dehumanizing their fellow humans
MerryBlooms
Oct 2014
#45
Is it just limited to talking? Because we know of strategies that really don't include talking.
Tikki
Oct 2014
#47
sure, even the Democrats in California are idiots, look at how they voted for Arnold
JI7
Oct 2014
#122
The only dismissals are against those that dismiss us, and it doesn't matter where they are
still_one
Oct 2014
#107
I totally agree... just look how defensive DU er's about where they live.
TerrapinFlyer
Oct 2014
#131
I'm like 5th generation South and have never encountered that version of Southern culture.
Hosnon
Oct 2014
#240
I wrote it that way because those are the normal generalizations that people use.
kentauros
Oct 2014
#152
Why would any one who lives on the coasts give a crap what anyone in the midwest has to say about
Youdontwantthetruth
Oct 2014
#327
When you've experienced this kind of stereotyping throughout your life...
theHandpuppet
Oct 2014
#186
You can whine all you want about the south and Midwest being "picked on", but
world wide wally
Oct 2014
#200
Divide and conquer. So right. The old tactic, works every time. GOP wins.
appalachiablue
Oct 2014
#279
I see more than a few posters say that the residents of their state are stupid or dumb and should
CBGLuthier
Oct 2014
#261
The reason we can't have nice things like universal healthcare is because of the South
mb999
Oct 2014
#300
When the regions in question start supporting themselves and not have to rely on the support of the
Youdontwantthetruth
Oct 2014
#326