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In reply to the discussion: South-bashing [View all]yuiyoshida
(41,878 posts)136. Once while driving across UTAH ..I saw
A sign that actually said.. Don't Californacate UTAH... someone paid to put that up. It made me angry...because it was many Californians who came to Utah to Skii, and brought tourist money. I really hated that sign.
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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
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
When they sent young mental health professionals into the north woods
Jackpine Radical
Apr 2015
#123
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
Don't blame you. Was there a few years ago for a Red Sox spring training game. Nice!
merrily
Apr 2015
#30
Me too. You know those,"I wasn't born here, but I got here as fast as I could" stickers?
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2015
#94
Is that why you guys have no protection from discrimination in employment for LGBT people too?
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#85
As one who has been guilty in the past of some good-natured (I hope) South bashing, I
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#28
You hate the south much? 'not all', 'on a one on one basis', 'they'. Who are you to talk?
appalachiablue
Apr 2015
#117
Your point is hard to follow. It's a good thing that no one commemorates these massacres.
Zorra
Apr 2015
#93
Yeah that pattern of not actually discussing the issue and instead making you the issue
Rex
Apr 2015
#122
Bashing southerners or the south is no better than bashing people for any other reason.
Kalidurga
Apr 2015
#36
Yes and Yes again. Some of my friends are like your's. We can talk about anything but we tend ...
BlueJazz
Apr 2015
#63
Their Government formulates policy, but not everybody supports the government of their state,
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2015
#99
Well, as a Southerner, I think we need and deserve a lot of criticism. I grew up with George Wallace
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#92
There is only one state that was first to elect a black governor in the 20th century
carolinayellowdog
Apr 2015
#125
one anecdote doesn't justify ignoring a great many indisputable facts.
carolinayellowdog
Apr 2015
#129