Question about the deep South

[Desslok]

Is to true that people in the South/Deep South still call the Civil War "The war of Northern agression" ??

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Is to true that people in the South/Deep South still call the Civil War "The war of Northern agression" ??

Only the incestuous hillbillys that live in tin-roofed shacks with no electricity or running water still call it that.

 

[minendo]

Several people I interacted with when I attended school in the Deep South still see the South as its own country.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: Desslok
Is to true that people in the South/Deep South still call the Civil War "The war of Northern agression" ??

Only the incestuous hillbillys that live in tin-roofed shacks with no electricity or running water still call it that.

That sounds about right.

 

[Aceshigh]

I've never heard that at all.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: minendo
Several people I interacted with when I attended school in the Deep South still see the South as its own country.

See my post above yours, please.

 

[Aves]

I've never heard anyone call it that.

 

[mpitts]

What do people consider the "deep south"?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: minendo
Several people I interacted with when I attended school in the Deep South still see the South as its own country.

See my post above yours, please.

Although a few of these people fell into this category, many did not.

 

[bGIveNs33]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Is to true that people in the South/Deep South still call the Civil War "The war of Northern agression" ??

I've heard it referred to that on a couple of occasions... it was more of in a joking manor though.

 

[Desslok]

Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Is to true that people in the South/Deep South still call the Civil War "The war of Northern agression" ??

Only when I'm joking around. And when I say it, I speak in a "Gone with the Wind" accent.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

Why do you make that stipulation? It was not long ago that SC finally removed the Confederate Flag from the State Capitol Building.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

I agree that Atlanta definitely should not be lumped in with the "deep south".

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Is to true that people in the South/Deep South still call the Civil War "The war of Northern agression" ??

Actually, some do. There are a LOT of people down here who just can't let it go and will debate you until they're blue in the face as to who was right and who was wrong in that war.

FWIW- regardless of who "started the war", it is a very interesting chapter in american history. I've been reading up on it of late and was really creeped out driving through Chattanooga recently with the knowledge of how much blood had been shed on the hillsides that surround downtown.

 

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Desslok Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

Why do you make that stipulation? It was not long ago that SC finally removed the Confederate Flag from the State Capitol Building.

I know parts of SC,WV,VA to name a few are rather how should I say stuck in the past. I lived in ATL for awhile and never met anyone that was still stuck in the past that badly. That is why I made that stipulation.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Desslok
Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

I agree that Atlanta definitely should not be lumped in with the "deep south".

Hehe, no doubt. No true "Deep South" city has its very own gay sports bar.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Desslok
I know parts of SC,WV,VA to name a few are rather how should I say stuck in the past. I lived in ATL for awhile and never met anyone that was still stuck in the past that badly. That is why I made that stipulation.

That is because Atlanta has been modernized. It is a big city like Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, etc. Would you consider all of those cities Deep South?

 

[Queasy]

Hehe...reminds me of the 2nd Futurama episode (now showing on the Cartoon Network at 11PM EST) where they meet the hillbilly on the moon. He had a hat that said, "The moon will rise again!"

 

[CurtCold]

I've never heard the Civil War called that except for here on OT.


on another note, what is the difference between a damn yankee and a yankee?

Yankee's go back home, damn yankees never leave.

lol, just a joke.

 

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Desslok Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

I agree that Atlanta definitely should not be lumped in with the "deep south".

Hehe, no doubt. No true "Deep South" city has its very own gay sports bar.

ahahahahah Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson are spinning in their graves right about now.

What I don't understand are the people that have the Confederate flag either in sticker form or the actual flag. Get over it people your side lost.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: CurtCold
I've never heard the Civil War called that except for here on OT.


on another note, what is the difference between a damn yankee and a yankee?

Yankee's go back home, damn yankees never leave.

lol, just a joke.

I hear that one all the time...directed at me.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Desslok
Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

I agree that Atlanta definitely should not be lumped in with the "deep south".

Hehe, no doubt. No true "Deep South" city has its very own gay sports bar.

Atlanta...also known as the San Francisco of the South.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Atlanta...also known as the San Francisco of the South.

Actually the San Francisco of the South is New Orleans.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Desslok
Anything south of Atlanta in GA is the DEEP South

I agree that Atlanta definitely should not be lumped in with the "deep south".

Hehe, no doubt. No true "Deep South" city has its very own gay sports bar.

Atlanta...also known as the San Francisco of the South.

:Q What? Really? *gasp*

But...but...we don't have gay people here! Haven't you seen all the muscular, manly men around midtown who wear tank tops and drive jeeps!?!? Obviously straight as arrows, all of them! We're awash in masculinity, dammit!