Amused
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Originally posted by: Wahsapa
the only people that like the south are the people that live in the south and thats because they have never been able to actually get OUT of the south
I grew up in CA and have been all over the country. The Southeast was among the best places to live.
In fact, in my experience the only people who bleat bullsh!t like yours are people who have never spent any time in the South and speak from a position of ignorance.
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
the only people that like the south are the people that live in the south and thats because they have never been able to actually get OUT of the south
I grew up in CA and have been all over the country. The Southeast was among the best places to live.
In fact, in my experience the only people who bleat bullsh!t like yours are people who have never spent any time in the South and speak from a position of ignorance.
:thumbsup:
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*shrug* Doesn't bother me if you feel that way. There's another thread about this picture, go find that and debate it. Point is, it plays on people's predilection to being swayed by fancy graphics, basically implying that the people in those states would own slaves if they could.
mobobuff
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I did not come close to drawing that conclusion and feel sorry for anybody who would. If a small percentage of people draw that kind of knee-jerk conclusion from the comparison, that doesn't make it (the comparison not the conclusion) completely meaningless.
It was good for a chuckle...
Incoherent, ranting, and a "tad" self-absorbed... but still, good for a chuckle... especially the orange juice...
Incoherent, ranting, and a "tad" self-absorbed... but still, good for a chuckle... especially the orange juice...
Amused
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Also, the county by county map is very telling. Blue states are only blue because the major metropolitan cities within them have a majority. However, the county by county map shows that large areas of almost all the "blue" states are a red majority.
What does this mean? This means the "pretty graphics" argument Triumph makes is right. Your comparison maps are irrelevant.
The difference between red and blue is the difference between metropolitan areas, and smaller cities and rural areas. It has nothing to do with southern states or slavery.
Quite simply, the states in which large metropolitan dwellers outnumber rural and small city dwellers went blue, and vice versa.
Maybe its just my Southern ignorance, but I don't think what you just posted is meant to be understood by anyone other than yourself.
Triumph
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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
the only people that like the south are the people that live in the south and thats because they have never been able to actually get OUT of the south
I grew up in CA and have been all over the country. The Southeast was among the best places to live.
In fact, in my experience the only people who bleat bullsh!t like yours are people who have never spent any time in the South and speak from a position of ignorance.
I have mixed feelings on this, having lived in both places. There are good things and bad things about living in both. But I've lived here long enough to get an idea of what the people in each region are generally like. And the main difference is really how we identify ourselves.
For years and years, the South has been screaming, "We are the South! Recognize us as a distinct culture in America!" And Northerners' response has always been, "Who?" It's not that we never knew these people were there, it's just that we never cared about their attempts to differentiate themselves. A Northerner never identifies himself as a Northerner, but a Southerner is quick to do so. That is the big difference. And now this election is finally bringing these differences to light, prompting articles like this one linked by the OP. Northerners are just now starting to identify themselves as Northerners.
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Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
the only people that like the south are the people that live in the south and thats because they have never been able to actually get OUT of the south
I grew up in CA and have been all over the country. The Southeast was among the best places to live.
In fact, in my experience the only people who bleat bullsh!t like yours are people who have never spent any time in the South and speak from a position of ignorance.
I have mixed feelings on this, having lived in both places. There are good things and bad things about living in both. But I've lived here long enough to get an idea of what the people in each region are generally like. And the main difference is really how we identify ourselves.
For years and years, the South has been screaming, "We are the South! Recognize us as a distinct culture in America!" And Northerners' response has always been, "Who?" It's not that we never knew these people were there, it's just that we never cared about their attempts to differentiate themselves. A Northerner never identifies himself as a Northerner, but a Southerner is quick to do so. That is the big difference. And now this election is finally bringing these differences to light, prompting articles like this one linked by the OP. Northerners are just now starting to identify themselves as Northerners.
Which is all silly if you read my post above.
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
the only people that like the south are the people that live in the south and thats because they have never been able to actually get OUT of the south
I grew up in CA and have been all over the country. The Southeast was among the best places to live.
In fact, in my experience the only people who bleat bullsh!t like yours are people who have never spent any time in the South and speak from a position of ignorance.
I have mixed feelings on this, having lived in both places. There are good things and bad things about living in both. But I've lived here long enough to get an idea of what the people in each region are generally like. And the main difference is really how we identify ourselves.
For years and years, the South has been screaming, "We are the South! Recognize us as a distinct culture in America!" And Northerners' response has always been, "Who?" It's not that we never knew these people were there, it's just that we never cared about their attempts to differentiate themselves. A Northerner never identifies himself as a Northerner, but a Southerner is quick to do so. That is the big difference. And now this election is finally bringing these differences to light, prompting articles like this one linked by the OP. Northerners are just now starting to identify themselves as Northerners.
I'm not a Southerner, I'm a [patriotic music] AMERICAN [/patriotic music]
I spent quite a few years living down south in south carolina.Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
the only people that like the south are the people that live in the south and thats because they have never been able to actually get OUT of the south
I grew up in CA and have been all over the country. The Southeast was among the best places to live.
In fact, in my experience the only people who bleat bullsh!t like yours are people who have never spent any time in the South and speak from a position of ignorance.
Not a horrible place to live at all. The people are generally slower and there is obviously a different vibe there. It's a much more laid back "down home" vibe as opposed to the anal retentive "world thinker" vibe of the north.
How does your post make what he said silly? Or is it the idea of what he is talking about silly?
A hyuck, don't you have little kids that are more on your level to start with?
Go find PM4E, then work your way up to me.
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