I never did get why that was so huge a thing around here. People still celebrate the day that South Carolina attacked itself to start a war, they still seem to have bad things to say about yankees every few days. I can say more but I want to know what y'all think.
people of the south: why the yankee anymosity?
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Anubis
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Originally posted by: A5
Why? Because Steinbrenner's an ass.
Oh wait, you meant it the other way
hehehe
I have nothing against Yanks.
And no one I've met here does.
Maybe you just haven't been to the good places of the South.
And no one I've met here does.
Maybe you just haven't been to the good places of the South.
You guys didn't have a civil war.
But back to the original question. Why yankee animosity? Because they're sore losers. Also explains the Solid South, from about 1868-1968.
halftime?
I don't have anything wrong with the north or south. I really don't see why the problems from south to north.
I don't have anything wrong with the north or south. I really don't see why the problems from south to north.
Maetryx
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Never heard of the Solid South.
Did live through a little of the Dixiecrat BS, the whole segregationalist Strom thurmond-Jesse Helms thing.
Did live through a little of the Dixiecrat BS, the whole segregationalist Strom thurmond-Jesse Helms thing.
There is actually very little animosity in the south towards our Yankee captors.
There are pockets of resistance in trailer parks in various places... but that is not at all the norm. I believe that Hollywood does its level best to perpetuate a negative image towards Southerners... and the great majority do nothing to deserve it.
There are pockets of resistance in trailer parks in various places... but that is not at all the norm. I believe that Hollywood does its level best to perpetuate a negative image towards Southerners... and the great majority do nothing to deserve it.
I was implying that the war was not over.
If you had read all of our bumper stickers (or primary means of communication, besides CB radio), the south will rise again.
I'm sure that would be a lot harder to do this time, considering Omaha has all the bombers and the South's pretty exclusionary.
bomber > moon pie
oh well. Guess
Nah, met a lot of great people down here. I enjoy it down here immensely. But there are a lot of annoying things too, and part of that's the rebel flag, the racism, the way so many are against people who are from up North, even though the greater part of people that are from up there immigrated after the war.
oh well. Guess
Nah, met a lot of great people down here. I enjoy it down here immensely. But there are a lot of annoying things too, and part of that's the rebel flag, the racism, the way so many are against people who are from up North, even though the greater part of people that are from up there immigrated after the war.
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its because if you go north
1) the food sucks (its too damned english)
2) the beer sucks (its too damned pissy)
3) you can't get an actual coke (always pepsi, and they never warn you by saying "we have pepsi is that ok?")
4) you can't get dr pepper
5) its too frickin' cold
6) no college football of any consequence in new england/new york/new jersey/MD/delaware
1) the food sucks (its too damned english)
2) the beer sucks (its too damned pissy)
3) you can't get an actual coke (always pepsi, and they never warn you by saying "we have pepsi is that ok?")
4) you can't get dr pepper
5) its too frickin' cold
6) no college football of any consequence in new england/new york/new jersey/MD/delaware
There's a lot of southern pride in the Southeast.
As for the food, it's more ethnic. It tends to be more authentic, in my opinion. Most things in the southeast are countrified. No good college football in the old northeast but that's where most of the old top notch schools (Ivy League, technical, and a lot of the superior liberal arts schools) are. UMass and UConn aren't looking to compete against, say, Michigan or Alabama. And those areas have generally been weaker for emerging HS talent than Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Seriously doubt you can't get Coke. Coke was national long before Pepsi, made here in NC, was. Dr. Pepper, sure. Cheerwine too. And sweet tea is scarce. But there are plenty of other fine things that norhteasterners enjoy.
So
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That map doesn't surprise me in the least... the more populous states have more hate groups, which would make sense even if I were to assume that racist sentiment was uniform nationwide.
Unsurprisingly the southern states have more groups than the northern ones, but CA and TX are extremely large states
Edit: One more thing, I never understood why "Yankee" is often used as an insult. Additionally, I find it slightly ironic that Southerners use it to refer to Northerners while foreigners often use it referring to all Americans. (Southerners are Yankees too!
) - and yes, I do realize that the origins of the Southern use of the word come from the Civil War, but that use is rather outdated, considering.
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