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48. They are still resenting that down there?

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Sat Apr 11, 2015, 10:53 AM

Apr 2015

Or they still exist?

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South-bashing [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2015 OP

As a former New Jerseyan I can tell you we have had our share of putdowns..However, we have learned monmouth4 Apr 2015 #1

I support Jersey bashing. The less people that wanna come here, the happier I am. Hoppy Apr 2015 #14

New Jersey: "Deliverance on snow mobiles" (stole that KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #22

Jersey has their "Piney Power" rednecks, once home to a KKK Grand Wizard, an SPLC hotspot. TheBlackAdder Apr 2015 #60

I'm mortified to see California leading the pack, given that I live here. In our defense, my wife KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #113

Of course, the differences in population are not considered Mariana Apr 2015 #116

It has now been re-stolen Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #64

LOL. Used to live in Madison many a moon ago and I know KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #112

When they sent young mental health professionals into the north woods Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #123

A friend says the same about the State of Washington. merrily Apr 2015 #27

Every state has a Stupid Belt. hifiguy Apr 2015 #107

If you've got a good thing going somewhere, I don't know if merrily Apr 2015 #137

Best tomatoes I ever had came from New Jersey. KittyWampus Apr 2015 #61

I agree, some say it's the iron in the soil....n/t monmouth4 Apr 2015 #84

True. No tomato like a Jersey beefsteak tomato. Good corn, too. merrily Apr 2015 #139

My mom's family was from the south, her grandpa a prisoner of the Union when he came home for roguevalley Apr 2015 #68

Same with us Californians. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that smug, silly put-down calimary Apr 2015 #98

Once while driving across UTAH ..I saw yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #136

Florida's in the South RandiFan1290 Apr 2015 #2

Florida, like a lot of states, are extremely "Political by Area" BlueJazz Apr 2015 #4

Except for Tallahassee TBA Apr 2015 #13

Your words are true. My bad. Forgot about that BlueJazz Apr 2015 #49

My home town. Grew up in Tally. I miss it so much. Lochloosa Apr 2015 #57

Don't blame you. Was there a few years ago for a Red Sox spring training game. Nice! merrily Apr 2015 #30

Florida is still a pretty red state. Most of inland Fl is red. We couldn't Fla Dem Apr 2015 #82

yet Obama carried Florida TWICE DrDan Apr 2015 #119

Perhaps more impressively, he carried even Indiana. But not twice. merrily Apr 2015 #138

Florida liberalmike27 Apr 2015 #20

I grew up in Florida. I would never move back. Atman Apr 2015 #58

You were almost named after benihana? Scootaloo Apr 2015 #3

I will always love my southern home. In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #5

You are a very fortunate man, WilliamPitt. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #6

Thank you WilliamPitt. DamnYankeeInHouston Apr 2015 #7

"...just to see their terror" WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #9

In Texas, you have to be friendly or they'll shoot you. DamnYankeeInHouston Apr 2015 #11

LOL. Reminded me of George Carlin's suggestion that we KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #25

I also call Houston home by choice, fell in love with friendly here. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #33

Me too. You know those,"I wasn't born here, but I got here as fast as I could" stickers? ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #94

If you got here around the 80's there were bumper stickers which said Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #108

People I've never seen before say hi to me on Boston streets. One day, merrily Apr 2015 #34

How did Texas miss out on this? PDittie Apr 2015 #8

So you don't feel left out... GummyBearz Apr 2015 #23

Well said. obxhead Apr 2015 #10

Born and mercuryblues Apr 2015 #12

Thanks, WilliamPitt Thespian2 Apr 2015 #15

We need to be vigilant against broad-brush put-downs in all its forms Martin Eden Apr 2015 #16

I wish that I could BlueMTexpat Apr 2015 #65

Thanks Martin Eden Apr 2015 #80

TX also produced my maternal grandmother, LOL. BlueMTexpat Apr 2015 #90

"mandatory national service for all US citizens" Martin Eden Apr 2015 #95

Definitely. BlueMTexpat Apr 2015 #135

I live in the South and bash it nearly every day. No sweat. mmonk Apr 2015 #17

Me too. secondvariety Apr 2015 #24

I do as well. fleur-de-lisa Apr 2015 #52

I like the bashing mitch96 Apr 2015 #18

Is that why you guys have no protection from discrimination in employment for LGBT people too? Bluenorthwest Apr 2015 #85

Naw….. mitch96 Apr 2015 #140

From What I Can Tell liberalmike27 Apr 2015 #19

Too bad we don't commemorate all of the Native American massacres B2G Apr 2015 #21

As one who has been guilty in the past of some good-natured (I hope) South bashing, I KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #28

Exactly B2G Apr 2015 #32

Because the south still clings to their ante-Bellum mentality. BillZBubb Apr 2015 #100

Bullshit B2G Apr 2015 #110

You hate the south much? 'not all', 'on a one on one basis', 'they'. Who are you to talk? appalachiablue Apr 2015 #117

Be Black in South Boston (Southie) on St. Patrick's Day. WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #37

Most folks west of the Rockies would never allow such a thing. Zorra Apr 2015 #50

But they did. It's their history. B2G Apr 2015 #53

Your point is hard to follow. It's a good thing that no one commemorates these massacres. Zorra Apr 2015 #93

Let's all bash Wisconsin HelenWheels Apr 2015 #26

And don't forget which state gave us Senator Joseph McCarthy (of KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #31

I am sorry Helen Kalidurga Apr 2015 #38

Feel free to bash Wi. old guy Apr 2015 #124

No red state for me MaggieD Apr 2015 #29

I'm from Delaware treestar Apr 2015 #35

"Why is this still a thing?" WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #39

By that same token treestar Apr 2015 #42

"it's been over a hundred years" WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #44

They are still resenting that down there? treestar Apr 2015 #48

That's like saying 'slavery ended over a hundred years ago', so B2G Apr 2015 #51

I'm aware of it, but you're talking about the suffering of white southerners treestar Apr 2015 #55

How do you know how they suffered? B2G Apr 2015 #59

OK I'll listen though you didn't need your last condescending part treestar Apr 2015 #62

I wasn't trying to be condescending B2G Apr 2015 #66

That tactic always comes off condescending treestar Apr 2015 #74

So you choose to write a manifesto B2G Apr 2015 #109

+1 BeanMusical Apr 2015 #115

Yeah that pattern of not actually discussing the issue and instead making you the issue Rex Apr 2015 #122

"But it didn't take the National Guard to enforce the take down." BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #67

Wow, I didn't know about this at all. BeanMusical Apr 2015 #114

Jim Crow originated in the north BB_Smoke Apr 2015 #83

+1 Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #75

Perfect BB_Smoke Apr 2015 #79

Wilmington gets bashed alot BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #40

What's a Fluffian? treestar Apr 2015 #43

That's how we Philadelphians pronounce "Philadelphian". BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #54

I worked in Philly one summer treestar Apr 2015 #56

It's part of the "tristatearea" (one word) BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #69

too right treestar Apr 2015 #77

Having no state sales tax has its benefits! BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #96

Bashing southerners or the south is no better than bashing people for any other reason. Kalidurga Apr 2015 #36

But generally accepted here, pecwae Apr 2015 #121

Thanks William Sedona Apr 2015 #41

Thanks, WilliamPitt stonecutter357 Apr 2015 #45

I lived in North Florida for 5 f@$#ing years (2005-2010)... Strat54 Apr 2015 #46

This white southener.. BB_Smoke Apr 2015 #88

Thanks Will, but we're used to it. trof Apr 2015 #47

Yes and Yes again. Some of my friends are like your's. We can talk about anything but we tend ... BlueJazz Apr 2015 #63

And the REASON this great writer and thinker LEFT THE SOUTH ? vkkv Apr 2015 #70

Haters are everywhere, that's obvious, but somehow the mountain grammy Apr 2015 #71

They 'never paid a price'? B2G Apr 2015 #72

What I meant was mountain grammy Apr 2015 #76

Agreed, and right now the South is rewarded for being backwards vkkv Apr 2015 #78

Yep mountain grammy Apr 2015 #86

Thank you. BB_Smoke Apr 2015 #73

Tell that to South Carolina police depts! n/t vkkv Apr 2015 #87

Ferguson happened in a Union state BB_Smoke Apr 2015 #91

150 years ago. My how things have changed. vkkv Apr 2015 #103

Painting an entire region and its people with the same brush is uggly. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2015 #81

Who creates these "policies" ? vkkv Apr 2015 #89

Their Government formulates policy, but not everybody supports the government of their state, Agnosticsherbet Apr 2015 #99

But enough to make it very ugly. n/t vkkv Apr 2015 #105

Painting everyone in a region by the same brush is called prejudice. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2015 #118

Well, as a Southerner, I think we need and deserve a lot of criticism. I grew up with George Wallace Hoyt Apr 2015 #92

It isn't bashing if it is the truth n2doc Apr 2015 #97

Yes. And causing a great war to keep slaves is CELEBRATED, not repudiated. BillZBubb Apr 2015 #101

Time to get off the Moral High Horse. bvar22 Apr 2015 #132

There is only one state that was first to elect a black governor in the 20th century carolinayellowdog Apr 2015 #125

And Virginia has this n2doc Apr 2015 #127

one anecdote doesn't justify ignoring a great many indisputable facts. carolinayellowdog Apr 2015 #129

+1 Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #131

Frankly, Scarlett, I too no longer give a damn mountain grammy Apr 2015 #128

Born in Mississippi walkingman Apr 2015 #102

My family (father's side) has been in Florida since 1850... steve2470 Apr 2015 #104

let's call it what it is . . . bigotry DrDan Apr 2015 #120

Here's another perspective to compare from a war from 70 years ago Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #106

I won't bash the south, Blue_In_AK Apr 2015 #111

LEAVE BRITTNEY ALOOOOOONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t tazkcmo Apr 2015 #126

Randy Newman agrees Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2015 #130

Thanks, Will. bvar22 Apr 2015 #133

I'm from the part of the South that's really the Western Carribean. nolabear Apr 2015 #134