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In reply to the discussion: I want to talk frankly about the south hate here [View all]SouthernLiberal
(407 posts)180. Welcome!
It will be good to have one more liberal here in SC!
Okay, just kidding. I think I live in one of the most liberal part of South Carolina. Still, even though my state representatives are Democrats, that doesn't spread far enough.
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i can beat that - i'm in east texas, and i see where the reputation comes from too. however
arely staircase
Mar 2012
#61
I grew up in a small town in Montgomery Co., PA and it was the same way
life long demo
Mar 2012
#182
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
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
I live in one of the most conservative voting city's surrounding Cleveland, Ohio....
WCGreen
Mar 2012
#8
People like simple solutions that fit with their preconceptions of life, complexity that challenges
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#21
People make generalizations on everything. Everyone here at DU, where ever they are from could say
mother earth
Mar 2012
#25
I live in the south. Truthfully, there are a lot of people just like you describe. Good luck in SC.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#33
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
Thank you, Bob. It gets a little disheartening to read posts here that lump all of us
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2012
#52
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
Timothy McVeigh born and raised in New York, Terry Nichols born and raised in Michigan
RedEarth
Mar 2012
#134
The 2nd District here in Maine is not a whole lot of different, Bob.
Old and In the Way
Mar 2012
#67
I'm from Louisiana, too! I live in Dallas now. I'm from Cajun country...southwest La. And yes,...
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#80
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
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
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 find hate expressed towards the people of any region personally disgusting
Generic Brad
Mar 2012
#95
Haters gonna hate. I bet there isn't a fucking city, town, or burg in this whole country
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2012
#107
thank you! we can all hate each other like adults... and still learn to not care so much about it.
NuttyFluffers
Mar 2012
#118
Eliminated, No. but what I deal with on a daily basis is almost nonexistent for me here.
KILL THE WISE ONE
Mar 2012
#197
I thinik the reality is rural versus populated rather than north/south.
Bonhomme Richard
Mar 2012
#141
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 aid those you claim to despise the most when you describe a region
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#169
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