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carolinayellowdog

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17. My friends, relatives, and colleagues all around the country don't seem to mind that I'm a Virginian

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 03:46 PM

Oct 2013

But DU reminds me of a wonderful, funny song by Brenda Lee, "Everybody Loves Me But You."

My brother in Massachusetts, sister in Montana, and sister in Maryland don't want to get rid of everyone south of the Potomac. As a historian, I'm writing for and with publishers in Oregon, Florida and Denmark; editors in California, Colorado, and Kentucky. Subject matter involves a Missourian, a New Jerseyite, a Russian, and a family that stretches from the Atlantic to the Gulf and up to the Great Lakes. Nobody in my real life in a border state, and nobody in my entire social world as a writer has ever given me the slightest hint of having a problem with Virginians as a category, or rather members of another geographical category of people. BUT:

Every day at DU lately "get rid of them all" grows louder and louder, more and more voices.

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So you say you wanna kick the South out of the Union, eh? [View all] ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 OP

Not me JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #1

I'll be in the welcoming committee. Aristus Oct 2013 #19

K&R wryter2000 Oct 2013 #2

It gets tiresome. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #25

I would prefer that the Confederates get their own country as opposed to destroying geek tragedy Oct 2013 #3

The worst case of modern day racism I ever witnessed occurred ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #4

The plural of anecdote is not data. geek tragedy Oct 2013 #5

Sorry. You're wrong. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #6

Again, Moses2SandyKoufax Oct 2013 #26

You need a better understanding of the world. Maybe start with listening to more music. . . Journeyman Oct 2013 #8

No, but if we could just herd all of them onto a barge off the Texas coast Arkana Oct 2013 #7

Who's "them"? "Herd"? Creepy. cordelia Oct 2013 #9

It's a joke, you giant ninnyhammer. Arkana Oct 2013 #11

Hard to tell around here these days. And that's a shame. cordelia Oct 2013 #21

Are you making fun of people with medical illnesses that require surgery? penultimate Oct 2013 #29

The sickest. Arkana Oct 2013 #41

Have you checked out healthcare.gov yet then? penultimate Oct 2013 #43

They don't have health insurance for Sickburnitis. Arkana Oct 2013 #45

We need to end all false political advertising. Including Fox News and talk radio. JEFF9K Oct 2013 #10

The US must remain a whole. To call for the secession or expulsion of any state BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #12

If we'd won the War of 1812 and lost the Civil War, it would be a better country. FarCenter Oct 2013 #13

hehe... penultimate Oct 2013 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #14

If I weren't from the South stage left Oct 2013 #15

I wouldn't want to lose my mayor, either. Fawke Em Oct 2013 #16

My friends, relatives, and colleagues all around the country don't seem to mind that I'm a Virginian carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #17

I've notice that voice growing louder too JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #18

+1. n/t pnwmom Oct 2013 #22

As you know, I hate that flag with as much passion as anyone-- southern Unionists always have carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #24

I only see it here as well. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #20

I don't visit nor give custom to the States that allow discrimination against LGBT people Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #23

I ain't wanna kick th'South out but some them boneheads still whopper and holler lots about leavin struggle4progress Oct 2013 #27

Obama won a large majority of the votes in Nashville and Memphis in 2012. Not as red as DU bigots Skeeter Barnes Oct 2013 #28

He won Knoxville, as well. Fawke Em Oct 2013 #35

Grew up in Florida. Obama. Twice. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #30

Oh let's take on Birmingham, AL mentalsolstice Oct 2013 #31

Shocking that an African American Moses2SandyKoufax Oct 2013 #32

Better to live in the "god forsaken" state of AL... mentalsolstice Oct 2013 #38

Not really.... Moses2SandyKoufax Oct 2013 #42

I feel so sorry for you! mentalsolstice Oct 2013 #46

Actually, maybe they should finally join it. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #33

See, you don't understand... Behind the Aegis Oct 2013 #34

Um... you hate my son. Fawke Em Oct 2013 #36

Um..no, I don't. Behind the Aegis Oct 2013 #37

On DU I've read a lot more slang terms re mental illness than southern disaparagement HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #39

You would think the Teapublicans Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #40