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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]westerebus
(2,976 posts)108. Grammar, not semantics.
"so much" is a modifier of "hated" not of "in the south".
I'm from NJ and have lived in Virginia for twenty years.
All I can say is from my experience, you have judged many good people harshly.
The case is true that some people only see the man's skin color.
It really has nothing to do with geography.
Those slave owning white men of the 18th century in the south included gun owners and bible owners George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
History has many strange bedfellows.
And they have slept just about everywhere.
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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
OP
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