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25. I'm used to my Florida being bonked

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:04 AM

Oct 2013

Usually it's justified, but sometimes the senile label gets old.

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Just a FEW of great southern LIBERALS you bash every day on DU [View all] Glitterati Oct 2013 OP

Me? I didn't bash those folks. Scuba Oct 2013 #1

no one is bashing southern liberals. they are bashing roguevalley Oct 2013 #199

Bashing people because of where they live is just plain stupid. bvar22 Oct 2013 #215

our state carries the stench of Palin even though she roguevalley Oct 2013 #222

What is being bashed is the power structure in the region. pnwmom Oct 2013 #231

You said in an earlier OP that the Southern states should be expelled. Then cordelia Oct 2013 #236

I'm sorry your sensitive feelings were so hurt. n/t pnwmom Oct 2013 #242

You! It was you! Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #220

Wondering how long the list will be for northern liberals. . B Calm Oct 2013 #2

This is JUST Georgia Glitterati Oct 2013 #5

Oh, the "North" has plenty of kooks, creeps, racists, and reactionaries... PBass Oct 2013 #78

Oh please! iamthebandfanman Oct 2013 #102

Here are a few from Molly antiquie Oct 2013 #124

Very interesting. Thanks. ancianita Oct 2013 #136

kooks, creeps, racists, and reactionaries... PADemD Oct 2013 #163

NONE of these people have EVER been "bashed" on DU. annabanana Oct 2013 #3

Sorry, anna, when one paints with a broad brush, they get us all Glitterati Oct 2013 #6

Did you criticize South Africa under apartheid? jberryhill Oct 2013 #131

Good Point VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #177

Good Point... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #180

applying that consistently, we may safely blame all members of the particular gender which contains LanternWaste Oct 2013 #239

Were there Abolitionists in the South during the Civil War... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #183

As the vast majority of rapists are men, I may then safely broad-brush in that instance too? LanternWaste Oct 2013 #240

Yes I would use that broad brush and you are also most of the Pedophiles too... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #243

I bash them, you say? johnp3907 Oct 2013 #214

exactly Doctor_J Oct 2013 #12

How telling Glitterati Oct 2013 #20

Isn't it? cordelia Oct 2013 #53

What's even funnier Glitterati Oct 2013 #73

This "list of great southern liberals" does not upset me in the slightest. stlsaxman Oct 2013 #88

Not strawman Glitterati Oct 2013 #89

you think any of the fine people in that list would post your OP? stlsaxman Oct 2013 #92

I'm certain they would Glitterati Oct 2013 #94

yours is the pride of those who pray in the front pews, theirs is the pride stlsaxman Oct 2013 #98

ROFL Glitterati Oct 2013 #103

Take a deep breath and walk away from it... there are more important battles ahead. stlsaxman Oct 2013 #106

I will not Glitterati Oct 2013 #108

I understand. Instead of offering some coy Ghandi quote about "Eye for an Eye" maybe stlsaxman Oct 2013 #128

Wow. How did you find enough straw to build that giant man? Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #203

"Jimmy Carter was a very bad president and an even worse Democrat." Jamastiene Oct 2013 #207

K&R Please people who bash the south, stop!!! If you want to bash an area, then LiberalLoner Oct 2013 #4

Thank you. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #208

can we all just give these South threads a rest...for a year or so ? steve2470 Oct 2013 #7

Oh, I see Glitterati Oct 2013 #9

um, I've lived in the south for 55 years and I'm a liberal also....we agree to disagree nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #11

They only way to stop racism and bigotry Glitterati Oct 2013 #15

Please come to Arkansas and try that. Cannikin Oct 2013 #26

Somehow, I think Bill and Hilary Clinton would disagree with you Glitterati Oct 2013 #27

I'm being serious. Cannikin Oct 2013 #52

Honey, I do it everyday Glitterati Oct 2013 #58

Then come to Arkansas. Cannikin Oct 2013 #64

You'll have to deal with your state Glitterati Oct 2013 #67

As I expected. Cannikin Oct 2013 #76

and using the term redneck Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #66

It is how they term themselves. Cannikin Oct 2013 #75

Woot, and there it is Glitterati Oct 2013 #77

Huh? Cannikin Oct 2013 #107

Someones never heard of this guy... bunnies Oct 2013 #179

I hate the words proud and southerner next to one another Politicub Oct 2013 #68

The fact that southern liberals exist and are on DU is an inconvenient truth. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #206

we southern liberals do need a lot of help, you are so correct nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #228

Did you write this yourself? If not, you should cite your sources. demmiblue Oct 2013 #8

Actually, I spent most of the night compiling this list, yes Glitterati Oct 2013 #10

While it is an impressive compilation, it is still plagiarism if you do not cite your sources. n/t demmiblue Oct 2013 #16

Anything to try to get it deleted, huh? Glitterati Oct 2013 #19

No, just pointing out what is expected by the administrators of this site. demmiblue Oct 2013 #22

So you plead guilty? Jakes Progress Oct 2013 #40

I plead PROUD Glitterati Oct 2013 #41

Proud of plagiarism? Jakes Progress Oct 2013 #49

You proud of the Confederacy and the Civil War? woolldog Oct 2013 #204

Silly conflation Warpy Oct 2013 #13

Of course not Glitterati Oct 2013 #18

You mean like the post you just wrote? Jakes Progress Oct 2013 #36

Sure I do Glitterati Oct 2013 #83

No it is silly. I ask you for a link to people bashing good southern liberals? Please post one. nt Logical Oct 2013 #150

Wrong. cordelia Oct 2013 #54

Pure codswallop. NO ONE BASHES THOSE FOLKS HERE. NO ONE cali Oct 2013 #14

Really? Glitterati Oct 2013 #17

How do you know what Congressman Lewis would think? B Calm Oct 2013 #21

I have NO idea how Representative Lewis would feel reading DU right now. cali Oct 2013 #23

One only has to read the LATEST list Glitterati Oct 2013 #24

The exceptions prove the rule. Jakes Progress Oct 2013 #33

baloney. you don't know the difference between FACT and OPINION cali Oct 2013 #47

ROFL, OK Glitterati Oct 2013 #48

wow. I didn't attack you. I attacked your claim that people cali Oct 2013 #59

Oh, what's the matter, Cali Glitterati Oct 2013 #109

You make accusations against others in such a casual and fully Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #153

ROFLMAO Glitterati Oct 2013 #155

You do not support your wild assertions because you can't Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #195

Yes. Yes, they do. cordelia Oct 2013 #56

Yes they do Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 #72

I'm used to my Florida being bonked tavernier Oct 2013 #25

I've lived in the South all my life, and these kinds of posts are embarrassing. Jakes Progress Oct 2013 #28

Please explain Glitterati Oct 2013 #30

This whole thread is people trying to explain Jakes Progress Oct 2013 #42

ROFLMAO, OK Glitterati Oct 2013 #45

here's a challenge for you. go find ONE SINGLE SOLITARY post cali Oct 2013 #50

Perhaps you need a refresher Glitterati Oct 2013 #55

we are done because you aren't honest. you make false claim after false claim cali Oct 2013 #110

ROFLMAO Glitterati Oct 2013 #112

abjure...good word Cali, good word ! nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #226

Don't you think enough is enough? Sissyk Oct 2013 #29

No Glitterati Oct 2013 #32

Now, that wasn't nice or polite, was it? Sissyk Oct 2013 #44

Done being polite or NICE Glitterati Oct 2013 #51

Well, knock yourself out. Sissyk Oct 2013 #60

I intend to Glitterati Oct 2013 #62

Oh come on. But, guess what, many of those folks have "bashed" the South, Hoyt Oct 2013 #31

Oh come on, what? Glitterati Oct 2013 #35

Glitterati that foul smell, rot, majority mind-set, politics DU's somtimes bash are not bonniebgood Oct 2013 #70

Why in gawd's name would I delete this list Glitterati Oct 2013 #81

Oh, good. Now you want to bash Jimmy Carter. cordelia Oct 2013 #71

Now you're the one using the broad brush. City Lights Oct 2013 #34

Does it make you uncomfortable? Glitterati Oct 2013 #37

Yeah, berate me for something I haven't done. City Lights Oct 2013 #43

I see Glitterati Oct 2013 #46

This post puts the stew back into the pid Botany Oct 2013 #38

You Wana bash a state BillyRibs Oct 2013 #39

Hugo Black. Supreme Court Justice - Serving on the Court Aug 18, 1937 -- Sept 17, 1971. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #57

Thank you, AnotherMcIntosh Glitterati Oct 2013 #61

Also a member of the Klan. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #185

lol woolldog Oct 2013 #205

KnR. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #63

26 of the 47 House Teaparty Caucus members are from the former confederacy. nt. Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #65

So, only 26 of the House Teaparty Caucus are the fault of southern liberals on DU? Jamastiene Oct 2013 #209

55% of the teaparty caucus, 37% of the population. Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #217

I was just happy that Michelle Bachmann wasn't one of ours. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #218

God god, are you illiterate?! Moses2SandyKoufax Oct 2013 #219

I could draw a conclusion about southerners from this thread, Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #233

The difference between southern liberals and norther liberals appears to be Moses2SandyKoufax Oct 2013 #234

You don't seem to understand cordelia Oct 2013 #237

No, I seem to understand plenty. Moses2SandyKoufax Oct 2013 #241

WTF? 99Forever Oct 2013 #69

Hysterical! Glitterati Oct 2013 #74

It ain't the "list" pal. 99Forever Oct 2013 #80

Oh, but south bashing Glitterati Oct 2013 #93

Not hatin' nor bashing...but welcoming our Red cousins to entertain a new surge of drynberg Oct 2013 #79

Shirley Chisholm from Tx. My brain is not in gear yet to think. Dustlawyer Oct 2013 #82

And Wendy Davis! Glitterati Oct 2013 #84

Right you are! Dustlawyer Oct 2013 #87

Al Gore spanone Oct 2013 #85

Woot! Glitterati Oct 2013 #86

yet the rednecks of his state preferred Dubya Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2013 #248

i'm from tennessee and the national democratic party wrote this state off....didn't even try. spanone Oct 2013 #255

No bashing the south from me madokie Oct 2013 #90

President Obama has plenty of Southern support. Conium Oct 2013 #91

Bullshit, no one here bashes these people. JackRiddler Oct 2013 #95

They most certainly do Glitterati Oct 2013 #96

You don't even give one example... JackRiddler Oct 2013 #99

Oh, that's simple Glitterati Oct 2013 #105

When a DUer says Southern Politics sux, they mean conservative, bigotry, tbaggery, etc. Hoyt Oct 2013 #113

What's wrong, Hoyt? Glitterati Oct 2013 #115

Nope, my criticizing Southern bigots/conservatives/tbaggers does not make me uncomfortable. Hoyt Oct 2013 #120

You're pathetic Glitterati Oct 2013 #127

Why don't you take back the sweeping "liberals" attack, then. DU has tried to balance its look at ancianita Oct 2013 #97

Don't let facts get in your way Glitterati Oct 2013 #100

The facts you refer to are not established on this thread. Sure, the South turned. I was there when ancianita Oct 2013 #117

It's very easy to explain Glitterati Oct 2013 #122

Not so. My family stayed anti-racism and Democrat during the whole thing. So did thousands of others ancianita Oct 2013 #133

Right. History matters not. Glitterati Oct 2013 #135

You didn't read my post. Bring out the positive history side as key to your discussions, yourself! ancianita Oct 2013 #138

Been there, done that Glitterati Oct 2013 #140

I do believe that good people in a dysfunctional family suffer the taint of that family's rep. It's ancianita Oct 2013 #151

These people are not 'bashed' each day on DU. That's just a bullshit accusation Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #101

How sad Glitterati Oct 2013 #104

Why would I praise work that attacks my community and degrades women? Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #111

That's OK Glitterati Oct 2013 #114

it is wrong to defend a bigot because he is from Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #134

Like I said Glitterati Oct 2013 #137

So you refuse to acknowledge what I said. Is that disrespect served to me because Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #181

ROFL Glitterati Oct 2013 #189

the exceptions prove the rule scheming daemons Oct 2013 #116

And, yet, you never learn a lesson now do you? Glitterati Oct 2013 #118

Their bigotry is so embedded they will never learn. cordelia Oct 2013 #121

Obviously Glitterati Oct 2013 #123

60% of the people in the south are as i describe... 40% are not scheming daemons Oct 2013 #142

Proud of your broad brush, I see Glitterati Oct 2013 #144

I accurately describe the MAJORITY scheming daemons Oct 2013 #156

FWIW, I see your "brush" as incredibly precise. nt bunnies Oct 2013 #166

Careful praising the Southern Democratic party. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #126

Not good enough for YOU! Glitterati Oct 2013 #129

Are you claiming Lewis is 130 years old or that the other poster is wrong about Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #143

John Lewis is a contemporary politician. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #145

Right. Your bigotry knows no bounds Glitterati Oct 2013 #147

A few? ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #158

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Glitterati Oct 2013 #164

Again, not willing to have an adult conversation. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #167

No, sir, not with a bigot Glitterati Oct 2013 #169

you diminish the meaning of the word racism when you use it incorrectly scheming daemons Oct 2013 #139

Thank you for that admission Glitterati Oct 2013 #141

I am proudly an anti-christofascist bigot scheming daemons Oct 2013 #149

Hate and racism is not exclusive to the south...... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #152

you are correct. scheming daemons Oct 2013 #160

Thanks for a great post. russspeakeasy Oct 2013 #119

and...just in case you weren't there at the time... Sancho Oct 2013 #125

South Africa was GREAT under apartheid jberryhill Oct 2013 #130

And someone took the podium? Glitterati Oct 2013 #132

"No wonder Rham Emanuel called the left "fucking retards." TomClash Oct 2013 #146

BS!!, Who bashes good southern liberals? Please post a link of people bashing southern liberals. nt Logical Oct 2013 #148

Awww, poor, poor, Logical Glitterati Oct 2013 #159

Ahh, poor Glitterati, posting shit that makes no sense. n-t Logical Oct 2013 #245

I see more threads complaining about south bashing... bunnies Oct 2013 #154

These are the type of people who have been REMOVED FROM POWER by the current regime in the South. baldguy Oct 2013 #157

Really? Glitterati Oct 2013 #161

Do you understand what the phrase "the type of people" means? baldguy Oct 2013 #198

No one bashes these people everyday and saying so is a flat out LIE. nt LaydeeBug Oct 2013 #162

To deny a large segment of the South is clinging to The Wizard Oct 2013 #165

So your answer to that fight Glitterati Oct 2013 #168

Read the post again The Wizard Oct 2013 #173

Perhaps that change Glitterati Oct 2013 #174

come down off of the cross... nobody is bashing YOU scheming daemons Oct 2013 #175

Post removed Post removed Oct 2013 #176

uh, no. your fail to grasp simple logic scheming daemons Oct 2013 #182

Wow. Just MOST of us suck. cordelia Oct 2013 #188

most of your neighbors DO suck scheming daemons Oct 2013 #190

Yet, Mr. Proud Bigot Glitterati Oct 2013 #191

who said you're not worthy? scheming daemons Oct 2013 #193

That is a good starting point, but Jamastiene Oct 2013 #210

unless 100% of an area is bigoted, the OP rejects your argument scheming daemons Oct 2013 #172

Here's a DARE Glitterati Oct 2013 #178

What a revolting and telling comment. Georgia along with every other State in Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #186

why would i bash gays? the predominant attitude of the gay community is not reprehensible scheming daemons Oct 2013 #187

Don't you mean the predominant political culture down here? Jamastiene Oct 2013 #211

LOL! What a thoroughly transparent attempt at dividing DU! Vinnie From Indy Oct 2013 #170

Awwwww, makes you uncomfortable huh? Glitterati Oct 2013 #171

Uncomfortable? No, not at all. Slightly amused is more on point in regard to my Vinnie From Indy Oct 2013 #194

You hit it The Wizard Oct 2013 #197

Who says all southern politicians deserve a bashing. cyclezealot Oct 2013 #184

Ann Richards Jamastiene Oct 2013 #212

She's a rock star cyclezealot Oct 2013 #244

and, sadly, rejected by the rednecks of her home state in favor of Dubya Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2013 #250

True. cyclezealot Oct 2013 #257

Why let facts get in the way of a good straw man argument? Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2013 #249

It's white Southerners we bash, and your list is 90% African-American. geek tragedy Oct 2013 #192

Gee thanks. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #213

The only thing wrong with southern white geek tragedy Oct 2013 #221

Thank you. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #223

Liberal Voters Abandoned LGBT in NC Special Election otohara Oct 2013 #196

I never bash liberals. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #200

I haven't said an unkind word about any of those foks coldmountain Oct 2013 #201

The South sucks. woolldog Oct 2013 #202

All of it? cordelia Oct 2013 #224

enough of it. nt woolldog Oct 2013 #232

Which part don't you like? cordelia Oct 2013 #235

You're wrong. Iggo Oct 2013 #216

Skinner The Wise, Magnificent and All-Knowing has rendered his verdict, and the case is closed.... steve2470 Oct 2013 #225

Sen. Robert Byrd loyalsister Oct 2013 #227

Byrd truly evolved Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2013 #251

At least, they kept sending him back loyalsister Oct 2013 #254

Whaaa ? Who ? Never one of them . I declared President Carter most prophetic president in history, orpupilofnature57 Oct 2013 #229

Julian Bond is one of my favorites. murielm99 Oct 2013 #230

Barbara Jordan was great. nt Atticus Oct 2013 #238

Thanks for the compilation of our esteemed Southern Liberals, Cha Oct 2013 #246

though former U.S. Rep. Ken Hechler, D-W.Va., was a glaring omission from the list Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2013 #252

I saw upthread that the OP was just listing Georgia Cha Oct 2013 #253

I've live in the south, and it fucking sucks here Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2013 #247

Don't pre-judge Southerners. Conium Oct 2013 #256