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Luciferous

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10. My husband has a contract that is up in a couple of months and we will be going back up north.

Wed Oct 25, 2017, 08:56 AM

Oct 2017

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Wanted to edit to say maybe I'm painting with a broad brush here, but my experience living in the south has been pretty negative. There is an attitude here of "I got mine, screw everyone else." I've listened to people complaining about how "the blacks" don't do anything, how women shouldn't have abortions, how a soldier with PTSD who committed suicide is going to hell. I've never seen so much garbage on the side of the road or so many stray dogs running around. Maybe it's just this area, but I am not impressed at all. I know there are right wing nutters up north as well, but it just seems to be more pervasive here. I have a young son that I don't want growing up thinking that this behavior is normal or acceptable.

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Split the country in two and be done with it [View all] doodsaq Oct 2017 OP

Agreed. I believe this country should be broken up into as many as democratisphere Oct 2017 #1

Russia is winning Ezior Oct 2017 #5

what "they" want? Sounds to me like some here want it. DrDan Oct 2017 #11

Exactly. Russia is just one part of what used to be the Soviet Union... Thor_MN Oct 2017 #12

Yes. We would be better. Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #131

Except the "alcoholic sister" is oppressing/enslaving Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #153

Yes, they are winning CanonRay Oct 2017 #29

The GOP has been dividing us for decades. It is what they want. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #58

I don't want the country to break up, but we really, really REALLY need to get out of the habit Ken Burch Oct 2017 #132

Easy to say if you live in the North. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #47

Think that will soften them up to vote for a more progressive positive democratisphere Oct 2017 #63

I call it the Southern Hangover Strategy. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #103

Okay, that made me laugh! fleur-de-lisa Oct 2017 #90

I've been hearing this from right wingers for years radical noodle Oct 2017 #57

This country is too large to manage. Government is in total gridlock democratisphere Oct 2017 #61

Government was never imagined to be "Efficient" moda253 Oct 2017 #164

No, No & No peggysue2 Oct 2017 #101

But who will be in charge of the nukes? The Wielding Truth Oct 2017 #152

So dissolve the Union and let self-deportation handle the problem? Orsino Oct 2017 #2

THAT is what Putin wants! pangaia Oct 2017 #6

This is what the Russians want, screw them and their overtly obvious trolls uponit7771 Oct 2017 #3

i don't check w/ russia before i decide what to think. nt TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #124

Sounds good to me! I've been living down south now for almost 2 years and as far as I'm concerned Luciferous Oct 2017 #4

roads northward are open . . . I, for one, would appreciate a few moving out of my state DrDan Oct 2017 #9

My husband has a contract that is up in a couple of months and we will be going back up north. Luciferous Oct 2017 #10

Well, don't come up here to Wisconsin, it's run by the rightest of the right. AJT Oct 2017 #18

Ha, I grew up in Paul Ryan's district! We are thinking at the very least Luciferous Oct 2017 #19

What southern state do you live in? Blue_true Oct 2017 #33

I live in MS, right outside of Memphis. Thanks for Luciferous Oct 2017 #107

Near Oxford? Dorian Gray Oct 2017 #129

No, DeSoto County Luciferous Oct 2017 #148

I have hear similar things in Ohio. It is a mindset. I was fixing my Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #28

Don't know what part of the south you're in radical noodle Oct 2017 #59

I live in the Atlanta suburbs. MarvinGardens Oct 2017 #67

Me too, and I agree. Doodley Oct 2017 #147

Please, some of the most racist areas are in the Rust Belt and the midwest obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #93

Good don't subject your son bdamomma Oct 2017 #127

My son who has recently told me he's gay- yeah, no way I'm making him grow up Luciferous Oct 2017 #149

LGBT people bdamomma Oct 2017 #159

+1,000,000 to that. bluepen Oct 2017 #35

Can we be called "South Canada"? forgotmylogin Oct 2017 #42

Then leave -- we'd prefer less people down here telling us how we suck obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #92

Unrec. FSogol Oct 2017 #7

ahhh - more bigotry/prejudice directed toward southern states DrDan Oct 2017 #8

My prejudice toward the south is fully justified, thank you Orrex Oct 2017 #22

I am a southerner, the south is a mixed bag. Blue_true Oct 2017 #36

Got to disagree GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #154

With the right wing and their belief in not having a government... Initech Oct 2017 #13

Imagine being the surveyor that gets the job of laying out THAT border: sl8 Oct 2017 #14

There's a big chunk of blue... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #16

Interesting... sarisataka Oct 2017 #21

Well, population is the deciding factor, no? Orrex Oct 2017 #24

So it is too hard? sarisataka Oct 2017 #25

No, but that kind of has nothing to do with the OP or your previous reply Orrex Oct 2017 #26

The point is sarisataka Oct 2017 #32

Well, Pennsylvania is certainly chock full of racist Republicans.... Orrex Oct 2017 #41

Pennsyltucky mac56 Oct 2017 #85

This message was self-deleted by its author GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #155

Oklahoma and WV - not ONE blue county. HughBeaumont Oct 2017 #17

If the country is split up, people will have to move to the country they prefer. Blue_true Oct 2017 #38

That map is really sobering janterry Oct 2017 #78

Not so much, Clinton won the popular vote by three million Spider Jerusalem Oct 2017 #102

Yes, I agree... Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #15

Hmmm... 52 posts and is advocating secession LonePirate Oct 2017 #20

"Da" is my conclusion. BannonsLiver Oct 2017 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Oct 2017 #48

I had the same thought PJMcK Oct 2017 #49

Was thinking the same exact thing... GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #68

In a drive-by, at that. Orrex Oct 2017 #87

Dont be too hard on him. S/hes doing his bit for the red, white, and blue Vogon_Glory Oct 2017 #88

Another Southern attack... GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #23

No need to stereotype anything, just look at the demographics. procon Oct 2017 #83

Absolutely not... Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #27

Americans are deeply divided, but it's not a 50-50 split Blaukraut Oct 2017 #30

You would need a Constitutional Convention PJMcK Oct 2017 #51

Exactly what Putin and the Russians want. Greybnk48 Oct 2017 #31

Too bad you weren't around 156 years ago. Progressive dog Oct 2017 #34

That is not what the poster advocated. Blue_true Oct 2017 #39

Nations do not break up because of social policy. Progressive dog Oct 2017 #121

Could slaves have been freed without the civil war? Was there another way to do it? Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #60

Exactly what ideas would you have for Lincoln? Progressive dog Oct 2017 #120

Yes you are right. He had no choice. I suppose if the south had won the war Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #125

The south thought that they had formed their own country. Progressive dog Oct 2017 #134

None of it worked out for them. The south never recovered economically from the Civil War. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #139

The south was going economically downhill just before the Civil War... haele Oct 2017 #166

Haele, thank you so much. Fascinating. A couple more questions if you don't mind. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #167

Yup, grew up with History Teachers... haele Oct 2017 #168

Here I thought I was unique in my questions, in good company with Churchill. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #169

Are you confused by what I said? Greybnk48 Oct 2017 #86

I think you are confused as to what you said Progressive dog Oct 2017 #118

... LexVegas Oct 2017 #37

this is stupid...will never happen...how is the weather where you are? snooper2 Oct 2017 #40

This Southerner says rateyes Oct 2017 #43

Amen! moose65 Oct 2017 #54

I love this idea. Cobalt Violet Oct 2017 #44

It's easy... quickesst Oct 2017 #45

I think there was a war about breaking up the Union PJMcK Oct 2017 #50

The concept of mass migrations both north and south seems particularly ill-considered. SQUEE Oct 2017 #75

Let them have the north I would rather live in the south if they doc03 Oct 2017 #52

are you referring to us Southerners? You would prefer we not be here? DrDan Oct 2017 #65

Let the Trumpsters move north and we can move south. nt doc03 Oct 2017 #111

Wow. Just wow. moose65 Oct 2017 #53

well said DrDan Oct 2017 #66

Uh... NO! radical noodle Oct 2017 #55

Naw snowybirdie Oct 2017 #56

It worked out great for India and Pakistan... LanternWaste Oct 2017 #62

Deep racism can be found in ALL parts Golden Raisin Oct 2017 #64

Just like a Rebel hurl Oct 2017 #69

Good Job maxsolomon Oct 2017 #70

Da Comrade.. denbot Oct 2017 #71

Riiiight. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2017 #72

stop. just stop. 0rganism Oct 2017 #73

If you are serious, I disagree. MarvinGardens Oct 2017 #74

The only problem I see is that the transition would take decades and during that Hoyt Oct 2017 #76

But it was treason when the Confederacy wanted to do that. B2G Oct 2017 #77

Thanks for a highly divisive and pretty idiotic OP SCantiGOP Oct 2017 #79

Fuck that. No more messages from Moscow. nt Ilsa Oct 2017 #80

Yea they have infiltrated bdamomma Oct 2017 #135

No then putin would win TEB Oct 2017 #81

No. area51 Oct 2017 #82

That's not their vision & they won't accept that. They want it all. CrispyQ Oct 2017 #84

Comrade Scrotodude is right! LunaSea Oct 2017 #89

As a Texas liberal I would respectfully request that you fuck right off elehhhhna Oct 2017 #91

This Florida liberal +1 obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #94

Simple and right to the point! MuseRider Oct 2017 #104

Thanks and good to see you here elehhhhna Oct 2017 #115

:-) MuseRider Oct 2017 #116

Hahaha! peggysue2 Oct 2017 #108

This is all Brexit Calexit bullshit elehhhhna Oct 2017 #114

You are not . . . peggysue2 Oct 2017 #123

Spot on Hekate Oct 2017 #151

Sing it sista! Texasgal Oct 2017 #146

My idea (when I was really frustrated) was BLUE/RED ID cards that determine services, schools, taxes ecstatic Oct 2017 #95

The South this time MuseRider Oct 2017 #96

Nope JHan Oct 2017 #97

Putin would approve still_one Oct 2017 #98

That won't solve a thing BainsBane Oct 2017 #99

I think you're forgetting about Idaho and Montana... (nt) ehrnst Oct 2017 #100

This looks like a hit and run but I would like to know MuseRider Oct 2017 #105

I don't blame him/her for not responding - being uncovered as a bigot can do that to a person DrDan Oct 2017 #109

True! n/t MuseRider Oct 2017 #110

Screw that Hekate Oct 2017 #106

What a brilliant idea!!! Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #112

Moscow Idaho, Moscow Maine, Moscow North Dakota, Moscow Minnesota, Moscow Wisconsin, Moscow Illinois DrDan Oct 2017 #117

After the installation of Trump, GallopingGhost Oct 2017 #113

It would be simpler just to scrap the electoral college struggle4progress Oct 2017 #119

i like it... haha. nt TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #122

Putins big dream lunasun Oct 2017 #126

Read the book Dorian Gray Oct 2017 #128

Better yet, give Mexico back its territory. Tatiana Oct 2017 #130

Let's just go back to the places our ancestor's lived bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #133

Their country? oberliner Oct 2017 #137

It's pretty simple, oberliner. bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #138

Their country? oberliner Oct 2017 #140

The NATIVE AMERICANS COUNTRY! bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #141

There was no Native American country oberliner Oct 2017 #142

Dude bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #143

I've just never heard of anyone seriously proposing that all immigrants leave the United States oberliner Oct 2017 #144

And I have never heard of anyone seriously proposing bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #145

Gotcha oberliner Oct 2017 #163

Staggering irony in a post like this oberliner Oct 2017 #136

If the country were split in 2 there would eventually be another war between the states Thekaspervote Oct 2017 #150

Except right now, Federal government is about like red state's government. Hoyt Oct 2017 #156

Posting divisive shit like this on your 52nd post GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #157

NO, absolutely NO! nt Raine Oct 2017 #158

Woah. Calm down. doodsaq Oct 2017 #160

I'm not sure why you have the impression the RW "in this country" is a southern thing DrDan Oct 2017 #162

Texas welcomes the idea HAB911 Oct 2017 #161

Yes, YES, and steal all the public land, and DRILL BABY, DRILL, .... L. Coyote Oct 2017 #165