| 57. Yah - by pointing the finger somewhere else. With friends like you who needs enemies? |
| -Why all the hate for the South? |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 01:40 PM |
#0 |
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Let's hear it for the South!!! |
citizen_jane |
Aug-24-07 01:44 PM |
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Hear, hear! I'm glad to see this thread. It hurts to see your friends bad- |
cspanlovr |
Aug-24-07 01:45 PM |
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Thank you both for you kind words. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 01:47 PM |
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There are a lot of transplants to the South |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 02:50 PM |
#41 |
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Not for the better, as you seem to imply |
lastliberalintexas |
Aug-24-07 04:15 PM |
#90 |
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Well, I didn't mean to imply better or worse |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 06:09 PM |
#108 |
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R&K |
Nutmegger |
Aug-24-07 01:49 PM |
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All we have to do is swing 5 - 10 % of the voting pop. |
aikoaiko |
Aug-24-07 01:49 PM |
#5 |
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I lived in NC while Jesse Helms ruled the state. Enough said about the past... |
sinkingfeeling |
Aug-24-07 01:49 PM |
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Yeah, now we've got Burr and Dole representing us in the Senate. |
Benhurst |
Aug-24-07 02:19 PM |
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No way two Repugs truly represent NC |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 02:52 PM |
#44 |
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Yah! What has the south ever done to anybody! Haters! |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 01:49 PM |
#7 |
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I don't hate the South |
Taverner |
Aug-24-07 01:51 PM |
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IN MEMORY OF ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES AND COUNTLESS FREETHINKERS WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY |
sad_one |
Aug-24-07 07:05 PM |
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Awesome! |
Taverner |
Aug-24-07 08:07 PM |
#119 |
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"We can't have ____ in our platform because of conservative southern states" |
Bluebear |
Aug-24-07 01:51 PM |
#9 |
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I'm ok with bashing them, when bashing is deserved.... |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 02:00 PM |
#14 |
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I agree |
Taverner |
Aug-24-07 04:05 PM |
#85 |
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Very well put. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Aug-24-07 04:40 PM |
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Bluebear, I know that line well |
FLDem5 |
Aug-25-07 12:59 PM |
#178 |
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Agree with you. But, why is Edwards still in a fight to win his own state? nt |
MookieWilson |
Aug-24-07 01:52 PM |
#10 |
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Huh? Edwards won the 04 NC caucus (and SC primary) and consistently leads other Dems in 08 polling |
struggle4progress |
Aug-25-07 10:18 AM |
#158 |
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Regional Bigotry |
ribofunk |
Aug-24-07 01:57 PM |
#11 |
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The south does not have a monopoly on racist, biggeted, people. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 02:04 PM |
#17 |
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Save your pixels Simply |
supernova |
Aug-24-07 02:06 PM |
#19 |
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Not a monopoly like Microsoft is not a monopoly. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Aug-24-07 02:19 PM |
#24 |
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Don't forget one of the worst race riots |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Aug-24-07 02:35 PM |
#28 |
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"remember" it? People *live* it. Sheesh. Damn racism-deniers. |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 02:49 PM |
#40 |
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Like I just told IndianaJones, the KKK was big in Indiana too! n/t |
snappyturtle |
Aug-24-07 05:46 PM |
#102 |
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Sorry, but no |
Alcibiades |
Aug-24-07 02:40 PM |
#32 |
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I Apologize, SimplyB, My Wording Was Ambiguous |
ribofunk |
Aug-24-07 03:54 PM |
#79 |
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Thank you. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 07:00 PM |
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And justified by the treason ca. 1861-65. Don't forget that the |
coalition_unwilling |
Aug-24-07 02:52 PM |
#43 |
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Exactly. It was treason. Nothing less. nt |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 12:43 PM |
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I would love to have 'regional bigotry' defined... |
sampsonblk |
Aug-25-07 03:21 AM |
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I don't hate the south...just rednecks...some of the in the North too |
YOY |
Aug-24-07 01:58 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Aug-24-07 02:00 PM |
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Southern Defense Brigade DEPLOY!!! |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 02:06 PM |
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Just stating a fact that racism is pervasive in the United States. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 02:36 PM |
#29 |
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Show me **1** person who EVER said "it's just the South" - Just ONE.... |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 02:48 PM |
#39 |
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And your engaging in being an Assclown. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 03:00 PM |
#51 |
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Yah - by pointing the finger somewhere else. With friends like you who needs enemies? |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 03:08 PM |
#57 |
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Yeah, let's tell it like it is, right? The South is obviously filled |
Threedifferentones |
Aug-24-07 06:08 PM |
#106 |
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Because we ran out of Porn |
supernova |
Aug-24-07 02:00 PM |
#15 |
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mmmm....redneck porn |
jgraz |
Aug-24-07 03:05 PM |
#54 |
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SNORT! |
supernova |
Aug-24-07 03:19 PM |
#62 |
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SSSSOOOOOOU UUUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 04:01 PM |
#82 |
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Mostly, it's generalizations. |
huskerlaw |
Aug-24-07 02:01 PM |
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I'm Texas-born to an all-Southern family, but I admit, I've done my share of |
Aristus |
Aug-24-07 02:12 PM |
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It's OK... |
MilesColtrane |
Aug-25-07 01:00 AM |
#139 |
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Gimme sweet tea, a Faulkner novel, music from Louisiana, and southern cooking |
northernsoul |
Aug-24-07 02:13 PM |
#21 |
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Give me W.T. Sherman and U.S. Grant any day of the week |
coalition_unwilling |
Aug-24-07 02:56 PM |
#48 |
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And just how many Native Americans did your ancestors kill. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 03:05 PM |
#53 |
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ancestors? the 1960's? nt. |
IndianaJones |
Aug-24-07 03:07 PM |
#55 |
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Time fer some schoolin' |
buddyhollysghost |
Aug-25-07 08:59 AM |
#152 |
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The Trail of Tears removed thousands of Native Americans |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 11:51 AM |
#163 |
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That *death march* began in the North more than 100 years earlier.... |
jus_the_facts |
Aug-25-07 01:22 PM |
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No, the trail of tears began in Georgia. |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 01:26 PM |
#182 |
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All Southerners did this? |
buddyhollysghost |
Aug-25-07 01:51 PM |
#185 |
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You strongly implied that the South had no history of genocide |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 02:08 PM |
#186 |
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You strongly inferred whatever you wanted to infer |
buddyhollysghost |
Aug-25-07 04:40 PM |
#191 |
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Andrew Jackson pushed for it, insisted on it when the Supreme court |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 08:06 PM |
#199 |
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My family would die laughing if they could read this thread |
buddyhollysghost |
Aug-25-07 10:06 PM |
#202 |
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What - no Georgia peaches.? |
emilyg |
Aug-24-07 03:00 PM |
#50 |
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Keep up the good fight, Simply. You can't get much farther |
lazyriver |
Aug-24-07 02:18 PM |
#22 |
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I must not have been here long enough |
DFW |
Aug-24-07 02:18 PM |
#23 |
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From your handle, |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Aug-24-07 02:37 PM |
#30 |
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Appreciated, but not necessary |
DFW |
Aug-24-07 06:12 PM |
#110 |
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Driving? |
qdemn7 |
Aug-24-07 07:19 PM |
#118 |
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How can you call that the South? |
hfojvt |
Aug-24-07 02:23 PM |
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LoL! |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 02:44 PM |
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Speaking as a Southerner, raised mostly in the South, and currently living in the South |
Hissyspit |
Aug-24-07 02:23 PM |
#26 |
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I agree |
Alcibiades |
Aug-24-07 02:43 PM |
#35 |
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My husband is a sixth generation Texan |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Aug-24-07 02:32 PM |
#27 |
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After the Rethuglican reign of terror |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 03:36 PM |
#71 |
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Sorry, but the radical right |
skiddlybop |
Aug-24-07 02:39 PM |
#31 |
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I understand that the radical right demonizes Massachusetts. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 03:15 PM |
#60 |
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sorry to say you are right |
mitchtv |
Aug-24-07 10:41 PM |
#134 |
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If many Dems could resist the need to South bash, we'd run the country for the next 50 years |
rudy23 |
Aug-24-07 02:40 PM |
#33 |
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We've had a hell of a lot wose than this to deal with. |
dbt |
Aug-24-07 02:42 PM |
#34 |
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I shudder when I hear so-called progressive... |
Vodid |
Aug-24-07 02:44 PM |
#37 |
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Great post. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 03:20 PM |
#63 |
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Few reasons |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-24-07 02:46 PM |
#38 |
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yeh |
zippy890 |
Aug-24-07 02:58 PM |
#49 |
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I don't know where you and reply #38 are getting your numbers so |
snappyturtle |
Aug-24-07 05:08 PM |
#99 |
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OK, conceded |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-25-07 10:54 AM |
#159 |
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W, Cheney, and Rove are not southerners. |
Elwood P Dowd |
Aug-24-07 03:02 PM |
#52 |
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But they present themselves as Southern n/t |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-24-07 04:38 PM |
#95 |
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Don't forget that the South fired first in the U.S. Civil War -n/t |
coalition_unwilling |
Aug-24-07 03:08 PM |
#56 |
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Yes and Northern troops raped southern women. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 03:22 PM |
#64 |
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I was responding to the post "Few Reasons" and adding a |
coalition_unwilling |
Aug-24-07 03:30 PM |
#66 |
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True enough, but... |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-24-07 04:53 PM |
#98 |
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So what crimes did your great^nth grandparents commit? |
Posteritatis |
Aug-24-07 06:22 PM |
#112 |
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Mr. Brit, Rapture theology began in Britain of all places |
lastliberalintexas |
Aug-24-07 04:24 PM |
#93 |
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Ok, in order... |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-24-07 04:48 PM |
#97 |
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Good points |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 05:49 PM |
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And don't forget this little gem of the south |
hogwyld |
Aug-25-07 02:06 AM |
#140 |
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That might be unfair |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-25-07 11:04 AM |
#160 |
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Don't hate the South & voting Edwards BUT.....something that irks me.... |
K8-EEE |
Aug-24-07 02:52 PM |
#42 |
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Virginia is the birth place of English speaking America. Then Maryland, |
nealmhughes |
Aug-24-07 06:30 PM |
#113 |
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I thought we hated She Who Must Be Nominated. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-24-07 02:52 PM |
#45 |
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Tommarow it will be whatever I decide to post on I guess. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 03:34 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Aug-24-07 02:53 PM |
#46 |
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lol. careful there. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Aug-24-07 02:54 PM |
#47 |
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No, that ain't the South sucking. it's the wind blowing toward the NORTH. |
dbt |
Aug-24-07 03:11 PM |
#58 |
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If the wind is blowing toward the North, it's because the South BLOWS |
JVS |
Aug-24-07 03:15 PM |
#59 |
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You'll notice there ain't any "Northern Comfort." |
dbt |
Aug-24-07 03:19 PM |
#61 |
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We don't need it. We already live somewhere good enough not to need strong drink |
JVS |
Aug-24-07 03:42 PM |
#76 |
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This thread has brought out the most hateful group on DU - |
Elwood P Dowd |
Aug-24-07 03:23 PM |
#65 |
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I beg to differ on that. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Aug-24-07 03:31 PM |
#67 |
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You're so full of hate and bigotry aimed at southerners, that's what I would expect of you. |
Elwood P Dowd |
Aug-24-07 03:35 PM |
#70 |
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lol. one time...at band camp. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Aug-24-07 03:42 PM |
#74 |
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Really, I was surprised too. I'm a native Hoosier and I about died |
snappyturtle |
Aug-24-07 05:34 PM |
#101 |
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No it should be aired... |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 03:42 PM |
#75 |
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South bashing? now I've seen it all. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Aug-24-07 03:44 PM |
#77 |
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sure --South-bashing |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 04:08 PM |
#88 |
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There is a difference between bigotry and criticism |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-25-07 11:10 AM |
#161 |
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It is a perceived characteristic that Southerners extol their region to the |
hedgehog |
Aug-24-07 03:32 PM |
#68 |
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Some people are attempting to continue the Civil War |
notsodumbhillbilly |
Aug-24-07 03:37 PM |
#72 |
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Stereotyping, scapegoating, misplaced concreteness |
carolinayellowdog |
Aug-24-07 03:41 PM |
#73 |
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Well said.... |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 03:56 PM |
#80 |
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Nice link. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 09:46 PM |
#128 |
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The South holds the rest of the country hostage, because they |
wienerdoggie |
Aug-24-07 03:45 PM |
#78 |
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"the South holds the country hostage..." |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 04:16 PM |
#92 |
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As far as Presidential elections go, it's true. Look at all the calculations |
wienerdoggie |
Aug-24-07 05:31 PM |
#100 |
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I agree. And I'm tired of it, too. |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 11:57 AM |
#167 |
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Paging Skinner |
Bryn |
Aug-24-07 03:56 PM |
#81 |
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Nothing is outside DU rules here.... |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 04:02 PM |
#83 |
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Yah! No matter WHAT happens down there! Never bash our great great heritage! |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-24-07 04:04 PM |
#84 |
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OK what do you want |
marions ghost |
Aug-24-07 04:11 PM |
#89 |
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who is bitching here? |
Bryn |
Aug-24-07 05:52 PM |
#105 |
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Agreed. This is most divisive....what purpose does it serve? |
snappyturtle |
Aug-24-07 04:16 PM |
#91 |
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Cuz it's so damn hot. Although, we are having a heat wave up here. . . |
TheFriendlyAnarchist |
Aug-24-07 04:06 PM |
#86 |
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Well said SIMPLYB! |
wildbilln864 |
Aug-24-07 04:06 PM |
#87 |
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The "South" is no longer a geography thing |
eridani |
Aug-24-07 04:36 PM |
#94 |
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I don't think people hate the South, at all. |
Jack Sprat |
Aug-24-07 05:49 PM |
#104 |
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it would help if you would even consider voting for a President who is not from the South |
Hamlette |
Aug-24-07 06:09 PM |
#107 |
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That's hysterical! |
smirkymonkey |
Aug-24-07 08:39 PM |
#121 |
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Who is the "you" you're addressing? |
carolinayellowdog |
Aug-24-07 08:51 PM |
#122 |
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As I have said in other posts. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-24-07 10:02 PM |
#130 |
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That's hilarious! |
hogwyld |
Aug-25-07 02:23 AM |
#141 |
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As a native Pennsylvanian, that rant was so fucking satisfying and funny! |
wienerdoggie |
Aug-25-07 12:39 PM |
#172 |
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it's been around for awhile, its a true gem |
Hamlette |
Aug-25-07 02:13 PM |
#187 |
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"You had to have your fucking orange juice." |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 12:55 PM |
#177 |
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It's not the South--it's the politics. |
zanne |
Aug-24-07 06:10 PM |
#109 |
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Just a generic reminder to all members - re: region of residence. |
pinto |
Aug-24-07 06:17 PM |
#111 |
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"Do not post messages that are bigoted against......region of residence." |
Elwood P Dowd |
Aug-24-07 06:56 PM |
#114 |
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People violate the religion one all the time |
treestar |
Aug-25-07 09:23 AM |
#155 |
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I've seen some place of residence bashing |
treestar |
Aug-25-07 11:55 AM |
#165 |
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Because of the people that live here? |
RGBolen |
Aug-24-07 06:58 PM |
#115 |
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if anyone has had to endure the Legal System in the South |
symbolman |
Aug-24-07 08:24 PM |
#120 |
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Arbitrally (sic) bashing the South. . . |
cordelia |
Aug-24-07 10:57 PM |
#136 |
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my fucking pleasure |
symbolman |
Aug-24-07 11:17 PM |
#138 |
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Where's the line? Maryland US, Virginia THEM? |
carolinayellowdog |
Aug-25-07 05:55 AM |
#148 |
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Hear! Hear! and a big Amen!!! |
Greylyn58 |
Aug-24-07 09:09 PM |
#123 |
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We should set the South -- and especially Southern women -- FREE -- |
defendandprotect |
Aug-24-07 09:17 PM |
#124 |
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Laughter is liberating and I think the "red neck" comedians . . . . |
defendandprotect |
Aug-24-07 09:21 PM |
#125 |
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Really? I'm enslaved? By whom? |
cynatnite |
Aug-24-07 09:22 PM |
#126 |
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Well, let's see. . . a system of Segregation existed for more than 100 years . . . |
defendandprotect |
Aug-24-07 09:46 PM |
#127 |
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yep--and Edwards is one way to do it. If he aint on the top of the ticket, he should be VP |
yurbud |
Aug-24-07 09:55 PM |
#129 |
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You, and I mean all of you, left New Orleans to die. |
frustrated_lefty |
Aug-24-07 10:10 PM |
#131 |
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cause The South will Rise Again... |
ruiner4u |
Aug-24-07 10:12 PM |
#132 |
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Southern States Will Play An Important Role In The 2008 Presidential Election... |
Blackhatjack |
Aug-24-07 10:23 PM |
#133 |
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Well, they have played an 'important role' in many elections. |
Bluebear |
Aug-24-07 10:56 PM |
#135 |
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It just means we cannot afford to ignore the South if we want to win...n/t |
Blackhatjack |
Aug-24-07 11:09 PM |
#137 |
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What hate for the South? |
treestar |
Aug-25-07 02:26 AM |
#142 |
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Let's compare notes on north/south prejudice |
carolinayellowdog |
Aug-25-07 06:26 AM |
#151 |
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I think it's because a self-anointed 'intelligentsia' claimed |
Beerboy |
Aug-25-07 02:35 AM |
#143 |
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I didn't hate the South |
Beerboy |
Aug-25-07 02:42 AM |
#144 |
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IMPEACH!! |
Swamp Rat |
Aug-25-07 03:15 AM |
#145 |
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I don't know, but now I want some grits and cornbread! |
Ghost in the Machine |
Aug-25-07 03:30 AM |
#147 |
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And here we go, right onto a Yankee Bashing thread. n/t |
NutmegYankee |
Aug-25-07 05:58 AM |
#149 |
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The South were willing to kill their fellow Amwericans so they could keep their slaves. How's that? |
Perry Logan |
Aug-25-07 06:04 AM |
#150 |
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Get an education. |
frustrated_lefty |
Aug-25-07 10:17 AM |
#157 |
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The South didn't support slavery? |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 11:53 AM |
#164 |
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That is not what I said, and if you bothered to get an education |
frustrated_lefty |
Aug-25-07 12:23 PM |
#170 |
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Living in ethnic neighborhoods is a damn sight different |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 12:39 PM |
#171 |
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I know how you feel. |
AX10 |
Aug-25-07 01:05 PM |
#179 |
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Yep. Remind me again who won the civil war. |
mycritters2 |
Aug-25-07 01:07 PM |
#180 |
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Lincoln should have crushed them. |
AX10 |
Aug-25-07 01:45 PM |
#184 |
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Amen, kill the fuckers |
frustrated_lefty |
Aug-25-07 03:31 PM |
#189 |
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Seriously "kill the fuckers"??? |
tammywammy |
Aug-25-07 04:46 PM |
#192 |
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lol! Though they are largely abominable, that's going too far. |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-25-07 05:27 PM |
#195 |
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By all means, go ahead. |
frustrated_lefty |
Aug-25-07 03:30 PM |
#188 |
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Hint:: the southern states are on the short end of the literacy stick... |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-25-07 05:29 PM |
#196 |
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And their redneck descendants control our political process. |
wienerdoggie |
Aug-25-07 12:44 PM |
#175 |
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... |
alcibiades_mystery |
Aug-25-07 09:02 AM |
#153 |
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Everything goes in cycles |
tammywammy |
Aug-25-07 09:16 AM |
#154 |
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What's all this REALLY about? |
marions ghost |
Aug-25-07 10:15 AM |
#156 |
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Perhaps because there is legitimate reason for complaint? |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-25-07 11:36 AM |
#162 |
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No --raise all the points you want... |
marions ghost |
Aug-25-07 11:57 AM |
#168 |
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But when that "type" is concentrated in one locality |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-25-07 12:11 PM |
#169 |
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Well... |
marions ghost |
Aug-25-07 12:54 PM |
#176 |
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Oh, don't worry about that` |
Prophet 451 |
Aug-25-07 01:36 PM |
#183 |
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For sure, repuke rednecks and freepish fundies live all over the US |
treestar |
Aug-25-07 11:56 AM |
#166 |
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I see WAY more "Why do people hate the South" threads than "I hate the South" |
annabanana |
Aug-25-07 12:43 PM |
#174 |
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Horsecrap, you can't wade through the moronic polls |
frustrated_lefty |
Aug-25-07 03:33 PM |
#190 |
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Born in Georgia to |
Maestro |
Aug-25-07 05:22 PM |
#193 |
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Small world.... |
aquaman |
Aug-25-07 09:29 PM |
#201 |
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I think it's because it's "acceptable" bigotry. |
idgiehkt |
Aug-25-07 05:25 PM |
#194 |
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The people there consistently vote against their best interests, and vote for the worst candidates? |
jpgray |
Aug-25-07 06:28 PM |
#197 |
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Thank YOU! |
tinfoil tiaras |
Aug-25-07 06:36 PM |
#198 |
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We don't hate the South. We just like to tease y'all sometimes. |
demobabe |
Aug-25-07 09:12 PM |
#200 |