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Aerows

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172. It does
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 05:22 PM
Oct 2013

and I am not being facetious in the slightest. I'm an openly gay woman in South MS. Try that one on for size.

I'm from the south. [View all] rrneck Oct 2013 OP
I'm sorry, this just doesn't make much sense to me cali Oct 2013 #1
I'm with you, but I still live in the south TxDemChem Oct 2013 #4
If you read the post carefully, you swiftly discern cali Oct 2013 #10
Maybe we need to adjust our "plumage" to make sense of it. bunnies Oct 2013 #17
er, um, yes. AlbertCat Oct 2013 #19
what you just wrote doesn't have anything to do with what I pointed out in my cali Oct 2013 #24
what you just wrote doesn't have anything to do with what I pointed out in my... AlbertCat Oct 2013 #63
I can parse. cali Oct 2013 #74
What on earth do you think one blogger is evidence of? AlbertCat Oct 2013 #80
Do you see posts on DU Aerows Oct 2013 #117
What are you saying Hutzpa Oct 2013 #156
My point is that on DU Aerows Oct 2013 #162
Have you ever seen me post anything like that? No and you never will cali Oct 2013 #330
I condemn the South because I lived there for some years and I know southerners. Granted JDPriestly Oct 2013 #31
I condemn the South because it sends characters like Ted Cruz and Lindsay Graham, etc. to Congress. AlbertCat Oct 2013 #59
The South also sent John Lewis and Alan Grayson to congress. And I think you'll find a lot of Erose999 Oct 2013 #78
I live in MS Aerows Oct 2013 #122
I condemn California because Sissyk Oct 2013 #69
California also has 38 million people coldmountain Oct 2013 #165
So over 80 hate groups Sissyk Oct 2013 #181
Yeah, and don't forget that tiny little state of New Jersey, with its 51 hate groups. That whole Ghost in the Machine Oct 2013 #230
Per capita Tennessee has 5 times as many hate groups as California and you brag coldmountain Oct 2013 #233
Yeah, that's what the other exploding heads went on about, too.. per capita,, blah blah blah.. Ghost in the Machine Oct 2013 #267
How is "per capita" not "real numbers"? cui bono Oct 2013 #352
What then is precise per capita percentage from which we may extrapolate LanternWaste Oct 2013 #356
You are correct. Sissyk Oct 2013 #236
Thank you, Sissyk :-) Ghost in the Machine Oct 2013 #269
We also had Washington, dgibby Oct 2013 #89
Unlike dgibby Oct 2013 #224
As I said, I lived in the South for some years, was educated there. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #298
I grew up in Virginia, dgibby Oct 2013 #302
As someone who went to high school with Terry... TheOther95Percent Oct 2013 #333
You're welcome. dgibby Oct 2013 #350
You must have been a hermit then. Texasgal Oct 2013 #235
I've heard good things about Austin and have a friend there. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #299
Didn't get out much, did you? cordelia Oct 2013 #244
I'm not claiming that a utopia exists. But Vitter and Sessions, please! JDPriestly Oct 2013 #297
"They haven't changed," "I condemn the South." The seed bed of prejudice. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #268
I'll believe that they have changed when Don Siegelman gets out of prison and is sitting in the JDPriestly Oct 2013 #296
Yea, the South elects people like Bachmann, Santorum, Walker.... HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #294
"USED to be" is key here eridani Oct 2013 #304
Yeah, it starts off good . . . brush Oct 2013 #327
It starts off good because rrneck Oct 2013 #334
Glad to have you aboard . . . brush Oct 2013 #343
Hey, I'm a liberal. rrneck Oct 2013 #344
I'm not getting it either. PotatoChip Oct 2013 #8
I'm an ex-Southerner too and find the OP to be ridiculous. dballance Oct 2013 #23
I don't know how it is where you are rrneck Oct 2013 #33
So liberals aren't allowed to LondonReign2 Oct 2013 #45
We're not allowed to rrneck Oct 2013 #51
Because I have a 401K and the fund manage invests in something I don't like AAO Oct 2013 #60
Well, that and because you don't live in the South, according to the OP. Squinch Oct 2013 #99
I didn't say it was easy. rrneck Oct 2013 #123
bunch of hippies old and 2nd and even 3rd generation cali Oct 2013 #52
I like logic too. rrneck Oct 2013 #72
I'm speaking of applying logic to whatever case someone is trying to make cali Oct 2013 #96
Liberals are human and humans aren't perfect. rrneck Oct 2013 #111
Cali, Yes, it seems to me as well that... nikto Oct 2013 #183
And how does it matter? What is constructive about highlighting those "distinctions?" Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #278
Oh, I don't know... nikto Oct 2013 #300
Well, yes you do. What is the purpose of your assertions? Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #301
On 2nd thought, perhaps not.. nikto Oct 2013 #374
What's wrong with liberal celebrities? coldmountain Oct 2013 #171
Nothing. rrneck Oct 2013 #194
Here is some meat I can chew on.... Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #360
There isn't really a specific list of do's and don'ts. rrneck Oct 2013 #361
I've lived in the South all of my life Aerows Oct 2013 #35
We do continue trying. kentauros Oct 2013 #79
In order for southern liberals to be respected here on DU, we Jamastiene Oct 2013 #92
That sucks about your voting methods being changed. kentauros Oct 2013 #105
I wish our voting laws were standard nationwide. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #140
I agree. kentauros Oct 2013 #147
I hate to say it Aerows Oct 2013 #112
If it is the same post I remember, it was Hurricane Earl and Jamastiene Oct 2013 #145
I'm doing my best to change hearts and minds here Aerows Oct 2013 #151
Ah yes, the famous magic wand. I think Obama has it & isn't sharing... Hekate Oct 2013 #184
Hear hear! nt ncgrits Oct 2013 #258
My favorite Aerows Oct 2013 #115
I've seen those same posts and it's made me ill, too. kentauros Oct 2013 #134
This was recently Aerows Oct 2013 #153
I've been told, today even, that it's all wishful thinking, kentauros Oct 2013 #163
I know Aerows Oct 2013 #166
I remember too, trying to get people to understand kentauros Oct 2013 #173
I remember all too well Aerows Oct 2013 #177
The most I've gone is a week, after Alicia in 1983. kentauros Oct 2013 #186
There are a lot of Southerners on DU. dgibby Oct 2013 #192
I wish I *couldn't* agree Aerows Oct 2013 #197
**** NCarolinawoman Oct 2013 #241
What gets me is the condemnation comes without any stated purpose... Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #275
Some people NEED to point fingers. bvar22 Oct 2013 #336
Better to talk with people than to point fingers at them. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #368
You must be very strong nikto Oct 2013 #167
It does Aerows Oct 2013 #172
You must have... nikto Oct 2013 #204
Yeah, I think we have to go back to trying to win ALL seats, especially now. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #362
From the north...always lived in the north....but visited... Hulk Oct 2013 #118
My nephew and his wife are living in an expat community dgibby Oct 2013 #202
The OP lost me at "liberalism handed to them on a silver platter". stlsaxman Oct 2013 #174
They're all "isms". rrneck Oct 2013 #257
Dude- you're all over the place.... stlsaxman Oct 2013 #353
That's fascinating. rrneck Oct 2013 #354
Brave post Boom Sound 416 Oct 2013 #2
I'm from Appalachia and have spent all my life here. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #3
The only thing that will change the South is immigration coldmountain Oct 2013 #6
The South declared war on America first AlbertCat Oct 2013 #21
At the same time, I think you'll see a backlash against the old white establishment by the young, Erose999 Oct 2013 #83
i hope you're right, and this is anecdotal on my part, but some of my young, distant realitives from dionysus Oct 2013 #179
lol! Sissyk Oct 2013 #154
Thanks to in-migration, my county in Arkansas Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #225
You must have a short memory Texasgal Oct 2013 #238
Short memory and a lot of hate. cordelia Oct 2013 #246
Immigration will help. My Mom was a Cracker "immigrant." Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #279
have spent all my life here. AlbertCat Oct 2013 #25
I don't get it. But then I wasn't educated in a southern school. AAO Oct 2013 #65
I wasn't educated in a southern school. AlbertCat Oct 2013 #68
Don't be so touchy. You are proving the opposite of your point. Jakes Progress Oct 2013 #132
Wow, really? You win because the poster DirkGently Oct 2013 #199
Hey, I know it's off topic Aerows Oct 2013 #210
Hey -- check mail. 8) DirkGently Oct 2013 #212
Glad you're back! dgibby Oct 2013 #218
I come not to kick butt, but to share thoughts with DirkGently Oct 2013 #220
An unfortunate comment - it was inteneded to be tongue in cheek. AAO Oct 2013 #369
I live in the South Aerows Oct 2013 #203
Sorry I was not being serious - should have used the sarcasm thingy AAO Oct 2013 #372
The internet has helped a lot. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #40
Please read, Deer Hunting with Jesus cadaverdog Oct 2013 #49
Thank you n2doc Oct 2013 #5
Spent most of my life in the South...now gladly in the North... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #7
Thank you. brer cat Oct 2013 #9
So if you didn't grow up in a liberal environment, IrishAyes Oct 2013 #11
Its pretty fucking insulting. bunnies Oct 2013 #15
As I said, perhaps the old skin hasn't been fully shed yet. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #207
I think the OP was just explaining how difficult it is to be a liberal ... dawg Oct 2013 #16
but that's clearly not all the op is saying cali Oct 2013 #26
I can't speak to that. dawg Oct 2013 #36
Not really. rrneck Oct 2013 #260
It could've been expressed that way, but it wasn't. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #201
If you were born and raised in rrneck Oct 2013 #55
So your liberalism is better? And what was that you said about idiological arrogance? Squinch Oct 2013 #84
Nope. rrneck Oct 2013 #114
I don't think it gets handed so much as it is a starting point - but after that, NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #85
Lol, not on DU. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #95
Absolutely. rrneck Oct 2013 #120
So anything you didn't invent yourself is bogus? What a crock! IrishAyes Oct 2013 #198
"old-line liberals" rrneck Oct 2013 #261
TROLLISH! stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #75
Sure there are limo liberals in the world. But that still doesn't give anyone the right IrishAyes Oct 2013 #195
So liberals are born, not made. rrneck Oct 2013 #259
Your dogged determination to twist my words IrishAyes Oct 2013 #266
It has to come from inside, deep in your bones. rrneck Oct 2013 #273
It's late at night and this is starting to bore me since I do not trust the purity of intent IrishAyes Oct 2013 #287
Well, okay. rrneck Oct 2013 #289
BS. You've wasted my time long enough and haven't left the pretzel factory behind you yet. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #292
If this is a waste of time rrneck Oct 2013 #293
I'm from the South, too. dawg Oct 2013 #12
After the Ted Cruz fiasco, after the votes are tallied on vote after vote, what are we supposed to JDPriestly Oct 2013 #37
what are we supposed to say about Southerners? AlbertCat Oct 2013 #71
Texans pride themselves on their Southern affiliation. They are right next to Louisiana and JDPriestly Oct 2013 #126
And I live on the Gulf Coast in one of those neighboring states Aerows Oct 2013 #150
Good luck. Liberal Southerners are heroes, not scum, but unfortunately, liberal Southerners JDPriestly Oct 2013 #208
Texas rebelled against Mexico because of slavery then rebelled against the USA over slavery coldmountain Oct 2013 #144
Whatever you say, tell it to John Lewis as he's a southerner too. Hell, so is Hillary C and Erose999 Oct 2013 #88
That's correct but all Northerners shouldn't be blamed for them. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #102
If you'd ever been in Boehner's district, you would know that part of their problem is that JDPriestly Oct 2013 #127
Bohener's district is Cincinnati, right? Thats hardly Gerogia or Tennessee. One might say that citie Erose999 Oct 2013 #170
You have to go there and watch the local TV to believe it. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #211
Ohio has the "accent line" and southeast Ohio identifies with the South as does WestVirginia nowdays coldmountain Oct 2013 #180
My extended family are from West Virginia. They get more snow in one day than we get in 10 years, Erose999 Oct 2013 #318
Hillary was born in and raised in Illinois and went to Wellesley and Yale coldmountain Oct 2013 #152
There was no "Ted Cruz" fiasco. dawg Oct 2013 #103
You forget Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky (let's hope we get more Democrats there) JDPriestly Oct 2013 #124
Actual conservatives aren't Tea party but Southern states are proud to send scum to DC coldmountain Oct 2013 #159
lol! Sissyk Oct 2013 #161
Speechless. LOL!!! cordelia Oct 2013 #247
As does the bashing of Northern liberals as being whatever it is we're being Squinch Oct 2013 #82
Well, take your head out of the sand and listen to the fact that there Jamastiene Oct 2013 #135
To whom do you think you are speaking? You are, supposedly, making a point about Squinch Oct 2013 #143
So let me see if I have this right. bunnies Oct 2013 #13
Actually, no. rrneck Oct 2013 #262
I'm from the North Progressive dog Oct 2013 #14
Apparently you have to be born in the South to earn it. Personally, I was born to conservatives Squinch Oct 2013 #61
When you work for something you earned it. rrneck Oct 2013 #263
I call regionalism 'Place of Origin' bigotry, expanding the term to include the spirit of the law. freshwest Oct 2013 #18
I lived in the South a number of years. I think the bashing is perfectly justified. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #39
I saw a white lady wearing a poodle skirt today. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #64
When Southerners stop electing jerks like Vitters and Sessions and Lindsay Graham, the Pauls, Ted JDPriestly Oct 2013 #106
So you are judging the South on your experiences living here before MLK's "mountaintop" Erose999 Oct 2013 #90
And a better reply. I look forward to your OP. nt rrneck Oct 2013 #41
Thank you for a great post, I wish I could rec this Fumesucker Oct 2013 #245
Maybe if you gave examples of the liberal bigotry you're talking about pnwmom Oct 2013 #20
Well there is a lot of south bashing going on around here. nt rrneck Oct 2013 #107
Didn't you make an OP just recently wanting to send everyone in the South off to cordelia Oct 2013 #248
No, I didn't. n/t pnwmom Oct 2013 #252
Yes, you did. cordelia Oct 2013 #255
You're putting words in my mouth. n/t pnwmom Oct 2013 #256
No I'm not. n/t cordelia Oct 2013 #307
ah, my god. Bravo. Raffi Ella Oct 2013 #22
really, you know that people are pretending not to understand? cali Oct 2013 #28
Could you please be more specific aobut what you meant by the "ugly kind of bigotry beneath JDPriestly Oct 2013 #27
I confess, I don't even think it sound great. It sounds like an entry cali Oct 2013 #30
Ideology is a product like anything else. rrneck Oct 2013 #98
I agree with you procon Oct 2013 #29
ack. not according to the writing rules I strive to live by cali Oct 2013 #32
Why are you so habitually adversarial procon Oct 2013 #91
It also seeks to absolve themselves and their own regions BainsBane Oct 2013 #34
Northern Whites were 3 to 4 times more likely to vote for Obama than Southern whites coldmountain Oct 2013 #42
North, meaning if you ignore the West? BainsBane Oct 2013 #43
Onlly D.C. and HI had higher winning margins for Obama than VT cali Oct 2013 #54
Wow, thanks for that cool map of LSD usage in the United States. klook Oct 2013 #56
My county in NC and several of the counties around it are very rural and vote consistently blue. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #70
Bummer that you keep getting gerrymandered by the Republican legislature klook Oct 2013 #94
That is exactly what they've been doing. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #101
Once again look how red the lower right quadrant is coldmountain Oct 2013 #176
A few other areas, too klook Oct 2013 #182
That's not LSD! That's my endoscopy! Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #284
This is an interesting animation also. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #113
+1 Go Vols Oct 2013 #323
Very cool. Thanks. nt rrneck Oct 2013 #328
Thank You. bvar22 Oct 2013 #331
I think I know what you mean Bradical79 Oct 2013 #38
It's tough to do. rrneck Oct 2013 #46
TO HEAR ALL THE WHINING FROM SOUTHERN WHITES ONE WOULD THINK THEY'RE THE MOST DISCRIMINATED AGAINST! coldmountain Oct 2013 #48
Just because of people like you. cordelia Oct 2013 #254
(not most discriminated against, just the most sanctified target.) Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #286
I'm from the South, and I'm opposed to both South-bashing and North-bashing. klook Oct 2013 #44
BINGO! ntt rrneck Oct 2013 #47
This! ^^^^ nt ncgrits Oct 2013 #265
You got it! Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #288
Good post -- thanks for saying this Chiquitita Oct 2013 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2013 #53
I was born out of the left side of my mothers double uterus and have been a lefty ever since AAO Oct 2013 #57
Lots of LINOs around, Liberal In Name Only Fumesucker Oct 2013 #58
So some liberals are better than others? And it is due to region of origin? Squinch Oct 2013 #66
No, but it is very hard to be a liberal when you are surrounded by conservatives. n/t Jamastiene Oct 2013 #73
So the liberalism of someone in a conservative area is better than the liberalism Squinch Oct 2013 #76
No, that is not what I am saying at all. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #86
The assumption implicit in the OP and in your post that those from the South are the only Squinch Oct 2013 #93
It's not for me. stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #81
It is not for me any more. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #87
I live in Shelby CO. Alabama so yes i am right in the middle of it and i give them Hell stonecutter357 Oct 2013 #160
Yup. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #185
Welcome to DU! Fumesucker Oct 2013 #214
So because others are making judgments about who is the better liberal, so must you. I see. Squinch Oct 2013 #270
Your mentalist schtick is not at all convincing Fumesucker Oct 2013 #272
It's not mentalist schtick. It's called paraphrasing. And it is an accurate paraphrase of your post. Squinch Oct 2013 #276
Bless your heart Fumesucker Oct 2013 #277
I living in the South now, namely Georgia, but I was born in Philadelphia, PA, RebelOne Oct 2013 #62
Atlanta is far different than rest of Georgia. coldmountain Oct 2013 #110
I can believe that, but not Cherokee County where I live. RebelOne Oct 2013 #116
Yes, DeKalb did. But you hate us. We're in the South. Don't you remember? cordelia Oct 2013 #251
Golly! pecwae Oct 2013 #305
LOL! My profile has always stated I live in a purple pocket... Phentex Oct 2013 #311
DURec! bvar22 Oct 2013 #67
That is a gorgeous garden you have there. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #77
Plenty of more liberal places to support than Louisiana which whites voted 1 in 10 for Obama coldmountain Oct 2013 #119
I love you bvar, but voting patterns throughout the south cali Oct 2013 #121
...which does not justify sneering at all the people who DirkGently Oct 2013 #209
+1 justabob Oct 2013 #229
I love you too, Cali. Living BLUE in a RED area is not for everyone, bvar22 Oct 2013 #338
Thank you, great post! eom cry baby Oct 2013 #281
Feel free to expound more on the bigotry aspect of it DaveJ Oct 2013 #97
Politics is just another religion. rrneck Oct 2013 #240
When the South quits electing bigots every election cycle, the bashing will stop. Until then, Hoyt Oct 2013 #100
+1. When a state flies the Confederate flag as its state flag, it deserves ever bit of scorn. nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #125
Georgia threw out a good Governor like Barnes because he wanted the State flag to not be Confederate coldmountain Oct 2013 #187
+100000000000000000000000000000. Hoyt Oct 2013 #191
Balony maindawg Oct 2013 #104
Well it doesn't get any better than that. ntt rrneck Oct 2013 #136
thank you for understanding ! maindawg Oct 2013 #221
I think you misunderstood. ntt rrneck Oct 2013 #222
I see this in Berkeley all the time Prism Oct 2013 #108
Have you ever lived in a small Southern town? The kids grow up aspiring to be prison guards coldmountain Oct 2013 #130
But we're talking about an assumption of cultural problems Prism Oct 2013 #139
"idea that having certain politics makes you defacto more intelligent".Think baggers don't feel that coldmountain Oct 2013 #234
A solid portion of them absolutely do Prism Oct 2013 #283
I agree completely. ncgrits Oct 2013 #271
I was born and raised in a small Southern town, dgibby Oct 2013 #228
I was raised in a small Southern town. None of the kids there grew up aspiring to be prison guards. cordelia Oct 2013 #242
It's a thing of beauty here...to see our "perfect Northern friends" sputter ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #109
I'm not sputtering. I don't hate the south. I don't bash the south cali Oct 2013 #128
I'm not "claiming." I'm merely "commenting." ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #190
I've had the same sig line since I joined up. rrneck Oct 2013 #131
This message was self-deleted by its author coldmountain Oct 2013 #137
"morally better" rrneck Oct 2013 #138
K/R and look out, progressives don't like to be called out on their imperfections. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #129
Gee, in the era of the Tea Party shutdown, progressives are being called out for their bigotry coldmountain Oct 2013 #141
One word for you. rrneck Oct 2013 #148
Spot on. I a good bit of lack-of-real-world-experience in this thread Link Speed Oct 2013 #133
How could an atheist know about good? How could born Liberal know about___________? Tikki Oct 2013 #142
Forgot to mention I'm an atheist too. ntt rrneck Oct 2013 #146
Atheist here too. RebelOne Oct 2013 #149
Hang in there...A person is 'who they are' by their deeds, words not as much... Tikki Oct 2013 #158
I think you struck too close to home for some (tongue firmly in cheek). Good job! n/t X_Digger Oct 2013 #155
There are condescending assholes of every demographic. IronLionZion Oct 2013 #157
rrneck, I sorta' get you, I think nikto Oct 2013 #164
I think that rrneck Oct 2013 #243
Never mistake refusing to accept RW ideology and/or policy as arrogance and bigotry by liberals. Zorra Oct 2013 #168
What about accepting left wing ideology that is little more than treacly boilerplate? nt rrneck Oct 2013 #319
Could you please post some specific examples of what aspects of left wing ideology are little Zorra Oct 2013 #322
Generally speaking rrneck Oct 2013 #324
OK, thanks, I believe I see where you are coming from now. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #329
You're welcome. rrneck Oct 2013 #332
I can't speak for everyone in the South Aerows Oct 2013 #169
You got that and the fact the very nicest people I've met anywhere are have been in the South. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #178
Thank you! dgibby Oct 2013 #231
BRAV- freakin' -O, rrneck!!! Whiskeytide Oct 2013 #175
Well said, dgibby Oct 2013 #232
True. But I think maybe... Whiskeytide Oct 2013 #249
Okay, the "lawn darts" bit just made me Laugh. Out. Loud! kentauros Oct 2013 #264
Hear, hear! nt ncgrits Oct 2013 #274
I think liberals are frustrated to see so many people voting against their own best interests. alarimer Oct 2013 #188
What are "their own best interests" YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #217
I think you are due beer and travel money and many experiences. nt madinmaryland Oct 2013 #189
I'd take it. rrneck Oct 2013 #193
Well said. Beautifully written. DirkGently Oct 2013 #196
I've heard that song before 1..2..3 Zorra Oct 2013 #200
Which was a direct response to this song. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #206
Yes it was. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #213
Which reinforces the point that regionalism only serves to divide and that in turn Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #216
Bingeaux klook Oct 2013 #226
Yes it does. Zorra Oct 2013 #227
... Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #250
P.S. Here's another song from Lynyrd Skynyrd where they sing against racism. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #219
"When ideology becomes an affectation it also becomes a product. " This.... YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #205
I'm from Kentucky and think many southerners are to sensitive about this stuff. TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #215
ok the South has plenty of RW idiots and Republicans steve2470 Oct 2013 #223
You would like reading Joe Bageant...he says what you say. riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #237
I love Joe. rrneck Oct 2013 #317
Gee... I dunno, maybe you've mis-classified, I've lived deeply in the south and north... MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #239
Anybody that makes less than about $100,000 a year is a liberal. rrneck Oct 2013 #253
Oye... MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #280
The 100k was more or less arbitrary. It might be 250k. It doesn't matter. rrneck Oct 2013 #282
Your phrase "I'm from the South" reminds me of one of my nieces who heard that at camp. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #285
LOL rrneck Oct 2013 #290
Girls can be mean. I learned that many years ago as a young boy. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #291
HA! Growing up in Florida, my brother, when cut off in traffic... Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #295
That is hilarious riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #335
Uh huh Scootaloo Oct 2013 #303
Um, no. rrneck Oct 2013 #316
Yep. That's about the size of it. Squinch Oct 2013 #320
#310 is still waiting for you. Did you forget? U mad bro? nt rrneck Oct 2013 #326
If you wanna' understand the South, BellaKos Oct 2013 #306
Human beings are tribal critters. rrneck Oct 2013 #314
Does everyone belong to a "tribe"? Martin Eden Oct 2013 #337
Aside from the rare mountaintop aesectec rrneck Oct 2013 #339
The "tone" of my first response to you in this thread ... Martin Eden Oct 2013 #341
"This" tribe is critical of "that" tribe for good reason. rrneck Oct 2013 #342
Was this reply intended for me? Martin Eden Oct 2013 #345
I'm posting from a phone rrneck Oct 2013 #346
Ah. Yep, I'm a dumb ass. rrneck Oct 2013 #348
Judge not, lest ye be judged Martin Eden Oct 2013 #308
That's very true. rrneck Oct 2013 #313
Excellent Post. bvar22 Oct 2013 #340
I've never engaged in regionalism on DU, because I think it's stupid. It never occurred to me Squinch Oct 2013 #309
There was no value judgement. rrneck Oct 2013 #310
Mississippi (admittedly a few years old, but worth a mention) nolabear Oct 2013 #312
Absolutely. rrneck Oct 2013 #315
Well, at some risk, BellaKos Oct 2013 #321
The Tea Party rrneck Oct 2013 #325
Honestly, you might as well give up now. ladyVet Oct 2013 #347
Unfortunately rrneck Oct 2013 #349
Not all DEMs are equal, but it's better to give specific examples. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #351
A specific example would be an accusation. rrneck Oct 2013 #355
I'm not sure I understand your reasoning. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #359
I could come up with all kinds of specific examples rrneck Oct 2013 #363
I never thought there were "hard and fast rules" about being a liberal. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #364
Well, generosity and tolerance are not liberal values. rrneck Oct 2013 #367
Interesting discussion Ruby the Liberal Oct 2013 #357
Yep. rrneck Oct 2013 #358
Gobbbledegook. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #365
"Guns in my screen name" rrneck Oct 2013 #366
People use lower case r because it looks like a gun. If you didn't, I was mistaken. But the rest of Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #376
Funny thing about symbols and association... rrneck Oct 2013 #377
What? Who's got guns in their screen name? Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #375
I think I love you. renie408 Oct 2013 #370
And I love the fact that so many of the people responding are illustrating the fourth paragraph renie408 Oct 2013 #371
Southern Democrats need a big tent, not a tiny politically correct tent saynotoplutocrats Oct 2013 #373
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