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Chiennoir54

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62. Southerners

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 12:06 AM

Jun 2013

There are some worthwhile people and things on your list, but I have family in KY, TN, and I live in VA and I tell you, I could do without the South. For one thing, are there ANY evangelists on TV without drawls? I've heard dozens of them, and I can't remember one. Likewise all the Strom Thurmonds, Jeff Sessions, Lindsay Grahams in Congress. If you're hearing some backward, anachronistic, right wing speechifying, chances are they have that accent. Someone wrote that Neil Young lives in FL. Just read his autobio and he spoke of California and Hawaii, but I never heard of Florida. That would be a disappointment. Southern ears are welcome to their thing, but I almost wish the Confederacy had worked out; they could have their own country down there, and I would be happy to move further North to accommodate that.

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Without the Southern States, the rest of us would miss... [View all] alp227 Jun 2013 OP

Honestly Trajan Jun 2013 #1

Get the rope. (from a commercial) nt okaawhatever Jun 2013 #4

Say, okaawhatever, do you remember the change in that commercial? KansDem Jun 2013 #131

Ha Ha thanks for the flashback. I didn't remember the New Jersey version. I also didn't remember the okaawhatever Jun 2013 #167

Jambalaya! Zydeco music cali Jun 2013 #2

Don't worry. Here in New Orleans, we would declare ourselves Union. Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #38

The Athens music scene, Pylon, REM and the B-52's!nt sylvanus Jun 2013 #123

What? No love for Love Tractor? dawg Jun 2013 #153

Really good thread. TDale313 Jun 2013 #3

I was born, raised, and remain a southerner. I'm used to cringing at what our alfredo Jun 2013 #27

This is an interesting take on it. susanna Jun 2013 #86

I lived in Michigan for five years. I could see some alfredo Jun 2013 #120

Well, you hit my geographical location back then on the head. susanna Jun 2013 #171

Correction: Cecile Richards is not the founder of Planned Parenthood tammywammy Jun 2013 #5

I could live happily without everything on your list Moses2SandyKoufax Jun 2013 #6

Fine. Don't buy any food grown in the south next winter. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #12

Gram Parsons called Waycross GA the ahole of the world. Hoyt Jun 2013 #22

I went through Waycross once and thought "Man, no wonder Gram Parsons was so melancholy" Tom Ripley Jun 2013 #33

No joke. I've been there a few times, not much and hot. Hoyt Jun 2013 #40

IIRC he spent some of his youth in J-ville. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #60

I was waiting in line when Sweetheart of the Rodeo was released. Hoyt Jun 2013 #72

yes, it was. And he was a great one. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #75

LOL. At least Waycross is famous for something. npk Jun 2013 #152

Add shrimp, grouper, softshell crab... HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #7

Also add, fried catfish, pecan pie, Jack Daniel whiskey, oneshooter Jun 2013 #19

Helen Keller, Booker T. Washington, Muscle Shoals recording studio dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #20

Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #73

That's SWEET tea, iced, yall. One of the best things about the South. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #107

The Allman Brothers are from NYC DontTreadOnMe Jun 2013 #74

What? No they're not! HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #77

You are obviously not an Allman Brother fan... DontTreadOnMe Jun 2013 #83

Only for 47 years.... HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #87

I have pictures of Duane Allman and Berry Oakleys' graves, side by side, at the Rose Hill Cemetary Ghost in the Machine Jun 2013 #90

Cool, man. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #95

I guess you guys didn't get my joke... DontTreadOnMe Jun 2013 #148

No, I didn't at first. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #151

It is the Beacon Theater in New York City DontTreadOnMe Jun 2013 #155

Down here they mostly play the festival circut... HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #159

Friends & relatives, the Alamo, Civil Rights Memorial & SPLC (Montgomery, AL)... pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #8

Strange fruit. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #9

Do you mean WovenGems Jun 2013 #16

Interesting that y'all don't know the idioms of the other half of your culture. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #18

I know the idiom - and am curious as to why you would bring up lynching. cordelia Jun 2013 #23

Things the south is famous for. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #41

Giving smallpox infected blankets to Native Americans. Stonepounder Jun 2013 #68

Yes indeed we did fucked up shit too. Slightly off topic for a celebration of southern culture. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #100

And you are capable of only focusing on the bad. Got it. cordelia Jun 2013 #115

I wasn't the one who brought up 'strange fruit' Stonepounder Jun 2013 #116

asking people to celebrate a culture Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #129

And in what Utopia do you reside? cordelia Jun 2013 #142

huh? Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #149

I think he means malaise Jun 2013 #101

Ignorance is bliss. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #103

Ignorance RoseMead Jun 2013 #160

An idiot may believe strange fruit would never have existed without the south. LanternWaste Jun 2013 #132

Could easily do without all of that if it meant a less conservative government RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #10

+1000 Tom Ripley Jun 2013 #36

This reads, with the exceptions of Ann Richards & Johnny Cash, Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #11

The SEC was a point of contention 154 years ago? LanternWaste Jun 2013 #133

Ann Richards, Johnny Cash, Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #13

How nice -- thank you, alp227! pacalo Jun 2013 #14

...having a Despised Other to look down on carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #15

I sure see a lot of "either-or", "all or nothing" thinking. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #137

I've sometimes thought 'what if' the conderacy had been successful wercal Jun 2013 #17

If confederacy had won, we'd be a 3rd world country, and worse. Hoyt Jun 2013 #37

If the Confederacy had won, it would not have lasted very long. DebJ Jun 2013 #88

Of course no one has a crystal ball but if the Confederacy had won, Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #89

I agree...the history of the world would have been very different, has the Confederacy won wercal Jun 2013 #122

William Faulkner, Alice Walker, Harper Lee, Robert Penn Warren, Zora Neale Hurston, Carson McCullers carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #21

and don't forget Walker Percy and Kate Chopin cali Jun 2013 #24

With the exception of Armstrong, all of those musicians left the south in order to develop... Tom Ripley Jun 2013 #39

Ella left as a child, not to develop her art carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #44

Truman Capote. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #118

I can live without most of that list. Apophis Jun 2013 #25

I just spent a week vacationing in the South Martin Eden Jun 2013 #26

Molly Ivins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Martin Eden Jun 2013 #28

Of course! mountain grammy Jun 2013 #57

and JIM HIGHTOWER too! another great texan. alp227 Jun 2013 #66

I've lived in the South, North East, and the West. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #29

Almost all of that could be imported from the south if they were another country Tom Ripley Jun 2013 #30

Assuming we'd sell it to you... HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #80

pie shakes La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #31

As a damn Yankee (born in Manhattan) currently living in Chapel Hill, NC mnhtnbb Jun 2013 #32

Your post seems to be anti-South to me. ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #34

But I LIKE all thos things I listed! Wow, some people here STILL don't get it. alp227 Jun 2013 #69

Um no. Mexican food came from Mexico. Not Texas. bunnies Jun 2013 #130

Neil Young ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2013 #35

He moved from Woodside (CA)? deurbano Jun 2013 #47

Born in ontario ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2013 #98

Yeah, I'm a big fan, and know he's from Canada originally... deurbano Jun 2013 #121

I once read that he was living in fla while ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2013 #139

Just think what we've missed without Canada. ErikJ Jun 2013 #42

I grew up in VA abelenkpe Jun 2013 #43

You forgot ZZ Top and Flipper. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #45

oh hell yeah, ZZ Top. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #93

Grits! Buns_of_Fire Jun 2013 #46

Shrimp & grits? reusrename Jun 2013 #150

Cheese Grits oneshooter Jun 2013 #162

Would do anything for the South zentrum Jun 2013 #48

What if liberals from the South want to escape? Would the North grant them amnesty? n/t alp227 Jun 2013 #70

Speak for Yourself mckara Jun 2013 #49

If the Yankees were so smart, why haven't they split? NightWatcher Jun 2013 #50

Key Lime Pie. Chipper Chat Jun 2013 #51

Lots of our relatives and friends. CBHagman Jun 2013 #52

Most of the non-white population of the united states. JoeyT Jun 2013 #53

thanks-- a thread that stressed "imagine a US that is much whiter and richer" carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #56

This graph is a little misleading, doesn't account for heavily Latino or Asian communities alp227 Jun 2013 #71

I am just looking for an 80-20 America, like in LBJ's time. Without the south, no LBJ, no MLK graham4anything Jun 2013 #54

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Al Gore, Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #55

THe negatives FAR outweight the positives broadcaster75201 Jun 2013 #58

Doubt you're missed much. cordelia Jun 2013 #143

Let me say that we're Sissyk Jun 2013 #147

Great comeback Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #161

lol! Sissyk Jun 2013 #163

As one who hails from the extreme northwest corner of the Old South, Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #164

LOL. What misery has south caused upon millions npk Jun 2013 #158

I have a real problem with this thread Samantha Jun 2013 #59

Anna Nicole itsrobert Jun 2013 #63

Dolly Parton Samantha Jun 2013 #76

SEC Football? itsrobert Jun 2013 #61

Nope ajk2821 Jun 2013 #67

It's people playing a game where everyone beats the shit out each other for a ball. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #92

Easy to say... ajk2821 Jun 2013 #104

+1 Go Vols Jun 2013 #124

Southerners Chiennoir54 Jun 2013 #62

The vast majority of the nation's domestic oil production, for starters. frustrated_lefty Jun 2013 #64

Ronald Reagan ajk2821 Jun 2013 #65

Three of the infamous five were born and raised either in the North or California Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #81

P.S. Of the Citizens United Decision 4 of the five were born and raised in the North or California Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #82

They all owed their positions to a political party built on southern support. Marr Jun 2013 #165

I disagree, they all owed their positions to a party built on division, propaganda, Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #166

It's hard to argue with that. Marr Jun 2013 #169

Peace to you, Marr. Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #170

There is more, virtually all of the U.S. corporate media is headquartered in Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #85

Reagan was born in Dixon Illinois. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2013 #106

Fine ajk2821 Jun 2013 #110

NBA basketball? I'll take the Stanley Cup anyday. If they played an NBA final in my backyard, I'd brewens Jun 2013 #78

Bush Family Fascists....oh wait, they're from Connecticut. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #79

I don't care about this argument, it is futile. Rex Jun 2013 #84

oh, Texas pecans are the best. I would also like to add Stevie Ray Vaughan. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #91

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty are both terrible. Elvis stole his music from black artists. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #94

Let me summarize your posts ajk2821 Jun 2013 #105

Disagree with you about Elvis. He was greatly influenced by Dean Martin and his early Sun material byeya Jun 2013 #125

southern DUers Jamastiene Jun 2013 #96

To name a few: Tanuki Jun 2013 #97

I only make fun of Californians davidpdx Jun 2013 #99

And you're on our list... pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #108

The funny thing is I was born there davidpdx Jun 2013 #111

I was born in Chicago, but rolled here when they tilted everything... pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #112

Well better a Niner fan than a Bears fan davidpdx Jun 2013 #113

Not a fan, actually (and besides, I'm in SoCal) pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #114

Rock phosphate for organic gardeners Kolesar Jun 2013 #102

Yes, they do. Its pretty destructive to the enviroment. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #138

I could do without about 90% of those things. Chan790 Jun 2013 #109

a lot of great American literature d_r Jun 2013 #117

I support your thread, and your fine attempt at educating our fellow Liberals. kentauros Jun 2013 #119

Appreciate the effort, but I ignore the threads from small-minded people who hate the south. -nt Bonx Jun 2013 #126

Ann Richards? She was supposed to be a mean SOB. ryan_cats Jun 2013 #127

Hmmm. deathrind Jun 2013 #128

Without the south, I'd sorely miss my friends and family. LanternWaste Jun 2013 #134

Right DainBramaged Jun 2013 #135

You can enjoy another country's culture Proud Public Servant Jun 2013 #136

I was born and raised in South Carolina the first State to secede from the Union. I left and stayed Lint Head Jun 2013 #140

Screw the teabaggers. We are ONE NATION. Bake Jun 2013 #141

You left out the best thing: arcane1 Jun 2013 #144

Well, then, there ya go! kentauros Jun 2013 #146

Most of what you list, I wouldn't miss at all LittleBlue Jun 2013 #145

The list barely scratches the surface pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #157

I like Tom Petty, Johnny Cash and pancakes. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #154

Thanks. redqueen Jun 2013 #156

Alton Brown. opiate69 Jun 2013 #168