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In reply to the discussion: Want to know why Obama is hated so much in the South? See 12 Years a Slave [View all]Boom Sound 416
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Want to know why Obama is hated so much in the South?
For starters.
Oh and that you had to drive to a theatre owned by the movie's distributor
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Want to know why Obama is hated so much in the South? See 12 Years a Slave [View all]
mnhtnbb
Jan 2014
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There is an absolute TERROR of "stirring up the,...er,...those folks" in the South.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#6
I was reading somewhere that most of the people that live in Florida came from somewhere else.
Rozlee
Jan 2014
#13
that's because they have larger population and again they were mostly minority voters
JI7
Jan 2014
#20
Unless you get just south of Orlando, down the middle, all the way on down past Okeechobee...
mike dub
Jan 2014
#28
large due to black and hispanic vote and those who came from northeast in recent times
JI7
Jan 2014
#19
well, perhaps your subject line should read "slave holding states of the South" rather
DrDan
Jan 2014
#43
At least one pundit thinks the GOP is being run by the descendants of the old Southern slave owners.
LongTomH
Jan 2014
#9
DU posters always assume you know that we're not talking about you, per se.
displacedtexan
Jan 2014
#15
Hey. I never said all. I'm talking about an historic attitude that was responsible
mnhtnbb
Jan 2014
#25
I strongly recommend that people go to a theater and let their support for this film
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#14
Believe me, we paid a lot of attention to the numerous screen requests for people to turn off
mnhtnbb
Jan 2014
#30
I've posted the Confederate plan in their President and VP's own words. They said after Lincoln
freshwest
Jan 2014
#39
You're trying to claim that the movie isn't playing in the South because of racism.
Hosnon
Jan 2014
#113
I wouldn't agree that "they" hated Bill Clinton--even more. See Electoral College results below.
mnhtnbb
Jan 2014
#66
It was never in local theaters around here last fall--at least to my knowledge.
mnhtnbb
Jan 2014
#75
I'm a white Yankee. I never ran into in your face, obvious, racial discrimination
mnhtnbb
Jan 2014
#81
I happen to love Chapel Hill. As a Yankee, I didn't think I could ever live in the south.
mnhtnbb
Jan 2014
#88
Got it. Now can you explain why he is so hated by some at "Democratic"Underground?
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#89