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libinnyandia

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17. If all the yankees moved back north the south would lose a lot of political clout which I guess

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 09:22 PM

Feb 2012

would help the Democrats. I think it would be better to stay and make the South a more progressive place at least in some states.

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All yankees move out of the South. [View all] trof Feb 2012 OP

And they call me crazy down there New Yawker Feb 2012 #1

"Buncha redneck hillbillies..." cherokeeprogressive Feb 2012 #2

Sorry. Wrong person to respond to lunatica Feb 2012 #62

I once told a southerner as we were driving near the Gros Ventres in Wyoming. Drahthaardogs Feb 2012 #81

you so funny. spanone Feb 2012 #33

For every Yankeee who doesn't think FLORIDA is not the South HockeyMom Feb 2012 #3

I was born in Pennsylvania and my parents moved me to Miami RebelOne Feb 2012 #15

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #27

What is the meaning of your post? I just stated that I was a born Yankee RebelOne Feb 2012 #69

I was agree with the poster. I am a Yankee living in the south. I meant if someone southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #73

your double negative.. brain .. hurting MattBaggins Feb 2012 #19

It isn't the south, south of Ocala that is... quaker bill Feb 2012 #31

Tallahassee sure felt like The South The Genealogist Feb 2012 #45

I think the border extends west from JAX, then down to Ocala, back up to Tallahassee and ends at PC. aikoaiko Feb 2012 #53

For every Yankeee who doesn't think FLORIDA is not the South HockeyMom Feb 2012 #4

Ummmm.... renie408 Feb 2012 #14

LOL, HAHAHAHA that was great response. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #29

Folks in Alabama didn't think so, either. Mariana Feb 2012 #32

I did. chieftain Feb 2012 #6

racism is a sad thing... CTyankee Feb 2012 #7

Your right about the resentment being below the surface. When I moved to the south I noticed it southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #30

Please define "South." taterguy Feb 2012 #8

Mason-Dixon line? morningfog Feb 2012 #25

Then I guess I live in the South too. EOTE Feb 2012 #58

Oh, please, let me in customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #9

Yup! Football yellin' Texasgal Feb 2012 #22

It's not just permitted HillWilliam Feb 2012 #26

That's what I thought! customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #64

lol. Actually it is the loud talking Jack Sprat Feb 2012 #10

+10,000 zazen Feb 2012 #13

"Relocated." WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2012 #116

Heh rrneck Feb 2012 #37

Tips for embedding videos on DU3 Tx4obama Feb 2012 #51

Thanks! rrneck Feb 2012 #56

There ain't any Yankees sharp_stick Feb 2012 #11

Thats how you tell a rich redneck. rrneck Feb 2012 #38

I believe that's also true in parts of upstate New York. Jim Lane Feb 2012 #44

You said a mouthful. rrneck Feb 2012 #46

And all the appliances and cars without wheels are covered with marzipanni Feb 2012 #41

Ok. bluestate10 Feb 2012 #12

Aw shucks, mister, thankee kindly. renie408 Feb 2012 #16

"Bless your heart".... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #75

I do. Brigid Feb 2012 #87

Everything south of Indianapolis is The South. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #94

If all the yankees moved back north the south would lose a lot of political clout which I guess libinnyandia Feb 2012 #17

Youse guys don't know shit about gruel anyway MattBaggins Feb 2012 #18

Haw haw! a la izquierda Feb 2012 #28

Grits are what we feed to yankees rrneck Feb 2012 #39

... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #55

Do you think we don't have sugar maples down here? Fawke Em Feb 2012 #79

last time I checked, the Yankees have spring training in the south tabbycat31 Feb 2012 #20

Gladly. But I am still gonna eat grits and barbecue. bluerum Feb 2012 #21

The difference between a yankee and a damn yankee? morningfog Feb 2012 #23

Spelling error there. rrneck Feb 2012 #40

This Yankee will never live there, thank God! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #24

If I lived in the South I would move out as fast as humanly possible. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #34

They've got some cool high schools in the South Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #36

That's the cool school? limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #48

Here's another cool high school in Arkansas Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #49

That was AWESOME! Fawke Em Feb 2012 #82

I'd have gone into culture shock there. Le Taz Hot Feb 2012 #124

Two of the dancers and several others in the video were African-Americans Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #137

Um... the North won the war! aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #35

Great comment! Mosaic Feb 2012 #42

You don't actually believe that stuff do you? limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #43

If you want to hear about the "evils of rape" during the Civil War, Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #47

Like feeding the people? ieoeja Feb 2012 #63

and then he set fire to those farms. mzteris Feb 2012 #83

When dealing with barbarians and traitors that were hellbent on keeping other human beings as bluestate10 Feb 2012 #71

How many of those people in Georgia owned slaves? Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #139

The biggest mistake we ever made was fighting to keep mistertrickster Feb 2012 #50

Yeah, because denigrating an entire region for something that happened Fawke Em Feb 2012 #85

Of course, you never talk about it. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #89

The fact is the South is still a thorn in your side, apparently. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #93

Nah, if The South could have been educated, mistertrickster Feb 2012 #99

I encourage you to graduate from 1900 to 2012. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #101

God bless your pea-picking heart. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #103

Or maybe you should stop the tedious practice of holding people responsible for an entire region Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #104

I'll bet you live in a state that has the Confederate flag flying above the statehouse. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #105

And I'll bet your last name is Tubman. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #106

Reduced to sputtering profanities . . . mistertrickster Feb 2012 #108

I'm just amazed that there are still people who are bitter about...the CIVIL WAR. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #109

Don't forget THESE flags! bvar22 Feb 2012 #125

That was unworthy of you . . . mistertrickster Feb 2012 #129

You say "unworthy"? bvar22 Feb 2012 #131

Wow, what a crock of mistertrickster Feb 2012 #133

You get along with everybody? cordelia Feb 2012 #114

I don't belittle and demean millions based on region . . . mistertrickster Feb 2012 #115

Your comments assume that everyone in the region share the beliefs renie408 Feb 2012 #118

Yeah, I didn't write any of what mistertrickster Feb 2012 #120

Sorry, I have to call BS on this Hugabear Feb 2012 #119

It started before the vote was even taken--purging voters mistertrickster Feb 2012 #121

And you think that is just a Southern thing? Hugabear Feb 2012 #122

Well, it didn't happen outside the South mistertrickster Feb 2012 #123

Guess you missed Ohio, 2004. bvar22 Feb 2012 #126

That's a good point. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #127

Pop Quiz! bvar22 Feb 2012 #132

When I moved 33Greeper Feb 2012 #52

im a damn yankee in the south rdking647 Feb 2012 #54

You didn't win. We just ran out of bullets. trof Feb 2012 #61

Tell that the the ghosts of Sherman and Sheridan. bluestate10 Feb 2012 #72

Well, that isn't fair. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #91

Wow! So you're STILL pissed about the whole thing? trof Feb 2012 #100

AND, after THAT, bvar22 Feb 2012 #128

We coulda whupped 'em with cornstalks mzteris Feb 2012 #84

Anybody Else Remember When Region-Bashing Was A DU No-No? Paladin Feb 2012 #57

My OP was a tongue-in-cheek response to a South bashing thread. trof Feb 2012 #60

I Know What You Were Attempting. Paladin Feb 2012 #65

trof, ain't it sad that you had to actually explain such an obviously satirical post? 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #68

Ironic bvar22 Feb 2012 #59

Amen to that. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #66

I went to town the other day for supplies. bvar22 Feb 2012 #67

What is this "traffic light" you speak of???? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #70

You keep yours, I will keep mine. I love the sound, vibrancy and class of a northern city. nt bluestate10 Feb 2012 #74

We were there before we were here. bvar22 Feb 2012 #86

What a beautiful baby!!! Fawke Em Feb 2012 #90

I'll tell her you said so, though she is already pretty spoiled. bvar22 Feb 2012 #98

Aren't animals amazing? Fawke Em Feb 2012 #138

Thank you. Jamastiene Feb 2012 #117

come on... fascisthunter Feb 2012 #76

You are sooooooooo right about the cornbread. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #77

Spam deleted by greyl (MIR Team) City Stink Feb 2012 #78

You're just popping up everywhere! lunatica Feb 2012 #80

It's those pesky facts again . . . mistertrickster Feb 2012 #110

The South And Working Class Republicans Their Own Worst Enemy TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #88

You may have travelled through, but you don't seem to have talked to anyone. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #92

This statement is pure crap lunatica Feb 2012 #95

You are exactly right. bvar22 Feb 2012 #96

"The whole region is just a trailer park" renie408 Feb 2012 #102

Someone's taking their Civil War Reenactments a little too seriously. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #107

What a silly, misguided little person you are. cordelia Feb 2012 #111

That was a 100 percent content-free snark. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #112

For someone that doesn't holler NoGOPZone Feb 2012 #97

Sorry trof... Little Star Feb 2012 #113

We in North Carolina hadn't had a Republican legislature since reconstruction mmonk Feb 2012 #130

Same here, in Alabama. trof Feb 2012 #135

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #134

I did, ten years ago after living there for twelve. leeroysphitz Feb 2012 #136