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YoungDemCA

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97. Good point

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #90)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:47 PM

Oct 2012

I've seen it in California, too (you know, that "crazy librul" state...)

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"Why Do So Many Southerners Think They're the Only Real Americans?" [View all] applegrove Sep 2012 OP

because their dittomasters tell them they are special Skittles Sep 2012 #1

If anger makes them prone to being unrealistic..no wonder they get so applegrove Sep 2012 #2

No region of the country is without it's regional bias, it's ethnocentric bias. NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #4

Everyone has blind spots. Still, there is a part of the country that continually votes against applegrove Sep 2012 #5

This piece was discussed in a thread earlier as well. geckosfeet Sep 2012 #3

FYI-That shop is now owned by an African American pastor and his church. Are_grits_groceries Sep 2012 #11

Eh? The kkk grand dragon is an African American pastor? geckosfeet Sep 2012 #27

at the risk of offending the "fair use gods", geckosfeet Sep 2012 #29

They stabbed America in the back in 1861 bluestateguy Sep 2012 #6

I'm sure it was a very traumatic time for you. NT Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #7

+100 MrSlayer Sep 2012 #14

... Jamastiene Sep 2012 #64

Funny how they wanna claim the whole thing now. tjdee Sep 2012 #8

Every single one of them should be rounded up TODAY cordelia Sep 2012 #23

In a just DU world, Jamastiene Sep 2012 #68

I think they must have all seen the movie "Deliverance".... left on green only Sep 2012 #9

lifelong southerner here... rppper Sep 2012 #10

Touche left on green only Sep 2012 #12

i wasn't pointing you out friend.... rppper Sep 2012 #13

The same political philosophy prevails in Utah, Idaho, and North Dakota. twins.fan Sep 2012 #15

North Dakota is way culturally different than the South. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #19

And Kansas? And Michigan? And Ohio? DirkGently Sep 2012 #31

Northern and Western conservatism is mostly based on... Odin2005 Sep 2012 #36

Feudal is a good word for the old confederacy, and perhaps the entire country ... twins.fan Sep 2012 #34

The South is rural and community-oriented as well. dawg Sep 2012 #39

+1000000 Jamastiene Sep 2012 #66

You hit on something very important there Warpy Sep 2012 #56

Yup, and Northern values are strongly based on the Puritains. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #57

People HATE the south and people love the south nopedontlikeitatall Sep 2012 #16

Wow... if there were any more cliches and bigotry Fawke Em Sep 2012 #41

+ 1000 cordelia Sep 2012 #59

I don't like beets either and avoid them too nopedontlikeitatall Sep 2012 #85

Oh.. so beets are human, now. Fawke Em Sep 2012 #95

I find this "True American" crap offensive after the shit they pulled in 1861. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #17

+1000 nopedontlikeitatall Sep 2012 #18

When I was little I knew a woman whose great-grandfather fought at Gettysburg. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #20

story of the 15th Wisconsin riverwalker Sep 2012 #28

Often insults such as yours reflect more on the person issuing the insult than the ones to whom ... twins.fan Sep 2012 #40

Right on! Preach it! Zalatix Sep 2012 #26

As I remember, it was Lyndon Baines Johnson who was President when ... twins.fan Sep 2012 #38

And three of the last four Democratic Presidents Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #71

And "they" are still alive. Fawke Em Sep 2012 #96

the question is Biafran Sep 2012 #21

because their voting patterns saddle the rest of us with GOP Presidents and congresses scheming daemons Sep 2012 #25

Southerner here. I don't think that way. mmonk Sep 2012 #22

Why post this divisiveness? Why the South bashing cordelia Sep 2012 #24

If you think this piece was about "bashing the South" ... 99Forever Sep 2012 #35

Personally, I have read the words of many of the contributors here, word for word, ... twins.fan Sep 2012 #45

Enjoy yopur stay. 99Forever Sep 2012 #47

That's rich. cordelia Sep 2012 #83

Did you read the actual article? GoneOffShore Sep 2012 #48

I did read the article, and I consider the people about whom the author writes are nuts ... twins.fan Sep 2012 #49

So, you subscribe to region bashing. Got it. cordelia Sep 2012 #60

That's all you've got? 99Forever Sep 2012 #70

Oh. OK. So you're proud of being cordelia Sep 2012 #82

Whatever you say, lady. 99Forever Sep 2012 #84

Because South and 'fat' bashing pecwae Sep 2012 #72

Romney's from MI. Ryan's Wisconsin. Palin's Alaska. DirkGently Sep 2012 #30

Yes. Thank you. djean111 Sep 2012 #32

But Birtherism is cocenentrated in the South Odin2005 Sep 2012 #37

Ask Donald Trump or Sheriff Arapaio. Lex Sep 2012 #52

Understanding of statistics FAIL. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #58

That may be ... twins.fan Sep 2012 #54

Orly Taitz from California. Leo Donofrio, Mario Apuzzo and Philip Berg from New Jersey. hack89 Sep 2012 #61

Thank You! And where was Ronnie Raygun from? twins.fan Sep 2012 #51

republican illinois..opps ,he was a democrat when he left.. madrchsod Sep 2012 #53

Never forget this: 99Forever Sep 2012 #33

In the 2008 election ... dawg Sep 2012 #42

What a disgusting, divisive article. At one point the author asks if anyone has 1monster Sep 2012 #43

Why do so many think that right wing whites from the British Isles are the hedgehog Sep 2012 #44

Holy Hell. Marinedem Sep 2012 #46

South bashing is not only NOT against the rules here, Jamastiene Sep 2012 #67

kick. He makes a good point about "thin-skinedness" . . .n/t annabanana Sep 2012 #50

And Alaskans ashling Sep 2012 #55

Yet another Southerner here who doesn't think that way. Cannikin Sep 2012 #62

it is actually an inferiority complex of sorts arely staircase Sep 2012 #63

By using anger to suppress sadness at harsh realities, they are not growing up. applegrove Sep 2012 #65

I'm so glad pecwae Sep 2012 #73

So let us democrats stick our heads in the sand and ignore the greatest applegrove Sep 2012 #78

chicken vs egg arely staircase Sep 2012 #80

Everybody is brainwashed in one way or the other nolabels Sep 2012 #69

Ouch! That article was ugly. PotatoChip Sep 2012 #74

It pisses me off. Jennicut Sep 2012 #75

Ignorance. nt ladjf Sep 2012 #76

I love threads like this. The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #77

What are your thoughts on deaniac21 Sep 2012 #81

I love Foote! The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #88

The story was jsmirman Sep 2012 #92

I've read it all but it was ten years ago. Still have the books so I'll probably read again deaniac21 Sep 2012 #94

Well, I'm an antebellum American South scholar myself jsmirman Sep 2012 #86

Nice to meet you! The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #89

My Tears Spoiled My Aim is a very quick read jsmirman Sep 2012 #91

As to the topic of the thread jsmirman Sep 2012 #93

And for a slightly more recent choice jsmirman Sep 2012 #87

Possibly for the same reason some people from other parts of the country hughee99 Sep 2012 #79

I've seen the same behavior in the 6th District in MN. geardaddy Sep 2012 #90

Good point YoungDemCA Oct 2012 #97