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RebelOne

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108. I live in the Atlanta area, actually just northwest of Atlanta.

Reply to wilt the stilt (Reply #94)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:51 PM

Oct 2013

I am in Woodstock. There are not very many blacks here, so I have not seen any incidences of racial discrimination.

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What this is all about is that the majority of Southern whites won't accept non whites as equals [View all] coldmountain Oct 2013 OP

So why do they like Ted Cruz? dkf Oct 2013 #1

For the same reason they like George W Bush, Rubio and Ronald Raygun coldmountain Oct 2013 #2

So they like non whites if they agree with them. dkf Oct 2013 #3

Cruz IS white. How ridiculous to claim that someone who is latino cali Oct 2013 #14

Cruz is white Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #117

Cruz looks pretty damn "white" to me. Race and ethnicity are two different things. nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #4

True loyalsister Oct 2013 #26

"I wonder if he has less sophisticated family who has been paid to go into hiding." nomorenomore08 Oct 2013 #122

Some of the reddest areas of America aren't in the South Fumesucker Oct 2013 #5

Nice graphic BUT Swede Atlanta Oct 2013 #7

Those population increases are largely in the metropolitan areas Fumesucker Oct 2013 #16

Thank you! Fawke Em Oct 2013 #38

They don't seem to be around to care. Sissyk Oct 2013 #52

^^^^ This ^^^^ cordelia Oct 2013 #63

The Plains are more conservative than the South Thirties Child Oct 2013 #68

you live in Atlanta same as me wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #94

Go to Bremen, Toccoa, Cumming, Elberton, Columbus, Cochran, Chester, Montrose, Valdosta coldmountain Oct 2013 #98

Mid 80s. Um, it's 2013. Things may have changed just a wee bit. cordelia Oct 2013 #100

I have been to all those places wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #111

I've always thought that regionalism and racism are kissing cousins if not twins. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #143

I live in the Atlanta area, actually just northwest of Atlanta. RebelOne Oct 2013 #108

over here in Norcross wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #121

Gwinnett County is one of the most diverse places in the United States,the rest of GA, not so much coldmountain Oct 2013 #134

Norcross high is very diverse wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #140

That's an interesting map gopiscrap Oct 2013 #9

It's an area map, not population weighted. Here's one that is. Country is more blue than red: Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #12

And some of the reddest areas on that map aren't in the South either Fumesucker Oct 2013 #17

The facts of the map I linked doesn't get in the way of your point. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #20

I suppose I expect too much geographical knowledge of Americans Fumesucker Oct 2013 #21

Showing map is one way to get people to think more & increase geo-politico-demographic knowledge. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #22

THE RED ON THAT MAP SURE LOOKS PRETTY SOUTHERN TO ME! coldmountain Oct 2013 #49

you are losing your touch... snooper2 Oct 2013 #51

Please don't shout. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #55

JUST WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT MAP THAT DEVASTATINGLY MAKES MY POINT! coldmountain Oct 2013 #60

If everybody were as egoistical as you about their "point", there'd be nothing but shouting. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #62

I come out of advertising, caps are just differentiation to me, I don't see "shouting" as bad coldmountain Oct 2013 #80

Horseshit. Fawke Em Oct 2013 #150

Actually the deepest red seems to be Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #115

And to add to that 2naSalit Oct 2013 #119

Metro Atlanta has more votes than the western states you're complaining about coldmountain Oct 2013 #126

...and your point is? 2naSalit Oct 2013 #127

All those red areas out west don't have that much clout is the point+ Mormons coldmountain Oct 2013 #137

one non southern white (you could say orange) GOPer has the power to end this JI7 Oct 2013 #6

Metro Cincinnati is kind of Southern like Northern Virginia is now kind of Northern coldmountain Oct 2013 #53

You really think that's wise? LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #8

the op is factual. I just read a piece- can't remember where- cali Oct 2013 #15

It doesn't give all the facts. Besides, what are Democrats supposed to do, LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #32

That's cute rhetoric! The South boycotts me, so feel free to go save it yourself. Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #36

Funny. My Southern city just gave gay couples the Fawke Em Oct 2013 #39

Cute rhetoric? Bullshit. cordelia Oct 2013 #43

people love their homes and families and friends more than strangers who hate them categorically carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #45

There's a lot of gay people in the South, but some people LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #59

Lesbian in NC here. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #65

I'm in Miss. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #83

I don't know how accurate this is, but some years back kentauros Oct 2013 #66

I wouldn't be surprised if it's true. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #84

I'm not good with long-distance driving, kentauros Oct 2013 #90

Thank you. cordelia Oct 2013 #61

The world's silence rewards let alone allows Southern bigotry, institutional or informal coldmountain Oct 2013 #56

And there we have it -- the appeal to ban speech. This is who you are. aikoaiko Oct 2013 #92

So you see the Confederate and Nazi flags as speech? coldmountain Oct 2013 #109

Yes, of course. aikoaiko Oct 2013 #113

When whites are a minority someday, the Confederate flag will be banned as hate speech coldmountain Oct 2013 #156

And now you think nonwhites want to trash the first amendment aikoaiko Oct 2013 #160

Germany banned the Nazi flag and nowdays they're a better nation than this one, especially the South coldmountain Oct 2013 #161

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #30

Why would liberal white southerners by alienated? treestar Oct 2013 #42

I live in a very red area, and there is some racism, yes. But the kids are not, for the most part 1monster Oct 2013 #10

Precisely. Laelth Oct 2013 #24

The link below contains an article worth reading - and don't let the jtuck004 Oct 2013 #11

Cannot rec. Boycott would not get traction and would be counter-productive if it even did. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #13

Great. Another South hater. aikoaiko Oct 2013 #18

+1 Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #23

How about another naval blockade too.. karadax Oct 2013 #27

+1 AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #31

It's what they want though! Sissyk Oct 2013 #57

I don't know about the OP, but fuck the southerners who still worship the confederacy. madinmaryland Oct 2013 #136

I am white and I live in the South fasttense Oct 2013 #19

Correct. bemildred Oct 2013 #25

There is stiff segregation in the NORTH, which also has more low diversity counties HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #28

Facts?!, We don't need no stinking Facts! Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #29

Another divisive and useless post. You've become quite tedious. cordelia Oct 2013 #33

I hear somewhere on the internet someone snapped a pic of him Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #46

Heard the same story RZM Oct 2013 #47

You'll never be happy with this country if... TroglodyteScholar Oct 2013 #34

intermarriage, voting, and segregation data all undermine your thesis carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #35

Thanks for compiling this. cordelia Oct 2013 #44

You devastating help my case by listing the percentages by state of white voters for Obama coldmountain Oct 2013 #64

WHITES IN THE NORTHEAST VOTED 3 to 5 TIMES MORE FOR OBAMA THAN WHITES IN MS, GA, LA and AL! coldmountain Oct 2013 #110

WHAT STATE DO YOU CURRENTLY RESIDE? Phentex Oct 2013 #130

Getting fucking sick of the South bashing. Fawke Em Oct 2013 #37

Fucking right. Dawgs Oct 2013 #40

Many northern Republican politicians are more liberal than southern Democrat politicians coldmountain Oct 2013 #76

LOL. Scott Walker is such a big lib. Dawgs Oct 2013 #82

And Steve Cohen of Tennessee is a DINO... Fawke Em Oct 2013 #163

Getting mad at the haters and venting is good. kentauros Oct 2013 #41

Really? Can you defend that position? coldmountain Oct 2013 #70

I can't defend the original post, but you really don't have a great argument with ND. Dawgs Oct 2013 #86

North Dakota is in the Great Plains and with 1 congressman is close to irrelevant coldmountain Oct 2013 #146

So, ND is not in the South then? Dawgs Oct 2013 #151

People in Dakota thinks it's a great plains state that agrees with the ex-Confedracy a lot coldmountain Oct 2013 #154

Uh, the point is that it's not ONLY in the South, like you want to believe. n/t Dawgs Oct 2013 #159

Ok then. Get right on that RZM Oct 2013 #48

It's always interesting to see Sissyk Oct 2013 #50

Take out the "Southern". what state are you from, by the way? raccoon Oct 2013 #54

AMEN! my family is biracial and I can think of far worse places than the border states carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #58

Ohio and Michigan voted for Obama twice, Virginia is basically a Northern state now coldmountain Oct 2013 #67

Ask OH and MI how those Republican Governors are working out for them. Dawgs Oct 2013 #87

Martinsville, Danville, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Lexington, Radford are NOT northern cities carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #88

Southern Poverty Law Center map shows no lack of hate groups in the South Tx, Ga, Fla lead nation coldmountain Oct 2013 #74

You still haven't answered my question. nt raccoon Oct 2013 #81

"More" assholes doesn't mean a "vast majority" of assholes. moriah Oct 2013 #93

How do you explain this map? Jamastiene Oct 2013 #69

The more predominately African American counties a state has the more Republican the whites are coldmountain Oct 2013 #71

The majority of the African American population lives in the south. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #78

He/she can't/won't. cordelia Oct 2013 #72

No, WHAT this thread is about is coldmountain bashing the south again Glitterati Oct 2013 #73

And Jesse Jackson. Rachel Maddow the New Republic, Salon, Daily Kos, Alternet, Slate, etc coldmountain Oct 2013 #91

Like I said, just more coldmountain south bashing Glitterati Oct 2013 #95

When you start tossing around words like enlightenment Oct 2013 #75

We have the Confedrate flag being waved at the gates of the White House with a black family inside! coldmountain Oct 2013 #99

Yes, enlightenment Oct 2013 #104

New York State was said to have a slave system that was just as bad. raging moderate Oct 2013 #77

New York whites voted 4 times more for Obama than Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana or Alabama whites coldmountain Oct 2013 #114

Well, duh. Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #79

and you have met the majority Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #85

When you have proof it's a "vast majority", I'll accept your apology. moriah Oct 2013 #89

I lived in the South and North for almost 30 years each and have heard the whites talking coldmountain Oct 2013 #96

You sound as bigoted as some of those people at another cordelia Oct 2013 #103

Hey, I actually have many Southern friends from allover and most agree with me about Southern racism coldmountain Oct 2013 #147

And I grew up in Arkansas, in Little Rock, and went to Central High. moriah Oct 2013 #116

Look at these numbers of whites by state who voted for Obama coldmountain Oct 2013 #106

Now, let's see numbers for Southern whites who voted for Kerry.... moriah Oct 2013 #118

Pretty damning of Southern racism isn't it? It went backward in 2012 didn't it? coldmountain Oct 2013 #125

Still, that's not saying the "vast majority" are racists. moriah Oct 2013 #138

I, for one, thank you for trying, moriah. Sissyk Oct 2013 #142

I see almost solid South waving the Confederate flag and having "massive resistance" against Obama coldmountain Oct 2013 #149

"...it's time to take our country back from the Confederates." Raffi Ella Oct 2013 #97

I don't think the majority of southern whites are racists as you claim. HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #101

Here is some very striking visual evidence that it's an AMERICAN problem carolinayellowdog Oct 2013 #105

This message was self-deleted by its author coldmountain Oct 2013 #107

Using tweets would be biased against the technology impaired, not a good representation coldmountain Oct 2013 #135

There is no reference YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #129

I suspect it's more about a loud-mouthed minority of Southern whites - maybe as much as a quarter - haele Oct 2013 #102

Southern whites voted 2 to 5 times less for Obama than northern whites did! This is a fact! coldmountain Oct 2013 #112

Where is the Democratic Party's responsibility in that? Raffi Ella Oct 2013 #120

The South abandoned the Democratic party out of racism! coldmountain Oct 2013 #123

The historical record shows that it took an awfully long time for Southern whites... YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #128

Thats because they had Democrats like George Wallace, Lester Maddox, Zell Miller to vote for coldmountain Oct 2013 #131

Not where I live, pal klook Oct 2013 #139

I met John Lewsi at the Picadilly at Ansley Mall coldmountain Oct 2013 #145

Cool - so here's a crazy idea... klook Oct 2013 #152

I tried that for a long time. The only thing that will work is demographics and boycotting coldmountain Oct 2013 #157

Was that much worse than John Kerry's vote among southern whites? Stay calm buddy Oct 2013 #144

You are very wrong if you think this is merely a "Southern" problem... YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #124

From the founding fathers to Obama,the South has had a different relationship with African Americans coldmountain Oct 2013 #133

Can anyone deny America will be a better place when whites are a minority in the South? coldmountain Oct 2013 #158

Gong on you.... ileus Oct 2013 #132

"they wave the Confederate flag in front of the Obama White House" Stay calm buddy Oct 2013 #141

I DARE ALL YOU SOUTH DEFENDERS TO GO INTO A SMALL TOWN SOUTHERN BAR AND SAY GOOD THINKS ABOUT OBAMA! coldmountain Oct 2013 #148

I live in the South and think the OP Redford Oct 2013 #153

Northern state whites voted for Obama 3 times more than Southern state whites. EXPLAIN THAT? coldmountain Oct 2013 #155

I guess you haven't spent much time in western Pennsylvania lately. blue neen Oct 2013 #162