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Dreamer Tatum

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25. Let's face it

Sat Sep 24, 2016, 01:10 PM

Sep 2016

People here - perhaps many - see stereotypes on TV and assume it's still 1964 Alabama.

And when you say it isn't that way, they drag out some counter example which is supposed to damn the entire south.

To which I say, gee, let's go hang around Bensonhurst or Southie and see if we can find any bigots.

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Hey, you Texas-haters, Florida-haters, southern-haters [View all] TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 OP

You don't think I should be able too complain about my home state? nt Ilsa Sep 2016 #1

Do you think that is what she meant? It is NOT what she said. Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #2

See post 13. nt Ilsa Sep 2016 #14

It sure sounds like that's what she meant kcr Sep 2016 #29

And comments like this: TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #48

If you live here, you are part of the solution TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #3

I live here. I was born here. I've worked my ass off. Ilsa Sep 2016 #13

This. n/t Different Drummer Sep 2016 #17

I'm getting old, dammit, and I'm Ilsa Sep 2016 #24

That's what I was looking at until I got lucky Warpy Sep 2016 #70

And if one leaves TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #18

I won't lord it over anyone if I don't get chastized for getting out when Ilsa Sep 2016 #26

I live here and am going to let you have it (the Texas Problem) Jim Beard Sep 2016 #44

Texas is used as an ATM for the Democratic Party Gothmog Sep 2016 #68

Absolutely. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #76

And by the Republicans and by the Libertarians Bucky Sep 2016 #107

I live in Florida. Baitball Blogger Sep 2016 #61

I still live in the South, but I recognize the problems with racism/bigotry/hatred and ignorance. Hoyt Sep 2016 #4

Then, you are part of the solution. I hope, anyway. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #5

When I travel down South, and hear mainly blacks called "Boy" and also the N-word... I'll complain. TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #6

Sincerely doubt that. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2016 #11

I guess you're used to it. From the north, it's shocking to hear--each and every time. TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #15

How funny - I hear more racism in New York than anywhere. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2016 #27

Racism is prevalent in the Northeast, it just that it runs as a verbal undercurrent, not as open. TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #45

Me, neither. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #19

Let's face it Dreamer Tatum Sep 2016 #25

The hell GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #56

I lived in SC for a spell - Greenville... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #7

Thank you. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #20

Did you ever talk politics with any of them demosincebirth Sep 2016 #35

Bingo. narnian60 Sep 2016 #40

Yes, and it was half and half... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #51

Nice on the surface Jim Beard Sep 2016 #47

Not the ones I hung with the most. Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #52

my daughter lives in Greeville - what a great town DrDan Sep 2016 #72

I have been a Floridian for over sixty years. lpbk2713 Sep 2016 #8

Oh, I know it's just a minority of DUers TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #22

Region hating is stupid. There are good people in all areas. It'd be better to take this up with uppityperson Sep 2016 #9

I lived in Texas, and I tried for the 14 years I was there to help change Loki Sep 2016 #10

Thank you for your efforts. Ilsa Sep 2016 #16

I live in Texas and feel the same way. The national Democrats have abandoned us. Jim Beard Sep 2016 #49

My state can beat up your state! Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #12

LOL underpants Sep 2016 #23

Yep... deathrind Sep 2016 #65

I hit the trifecta: lived in Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #21

Yep. If there was a medal, you'd have earned it. nt Ilsa Sep 2016 #28

Same here GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #59

Same here except OriginalGeek Sep 2016 #112

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #30

Troll alert. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #31

Toothpick carving uppityperson Sep 2016 #32

Meta n/t demmiblue Sep 2016 #33

It started here warrprayer Sep 2016 #39

Thank you for the link etherealtruth Sep 2016 #97

What does META stand for? warrprayer Sep 2016 #103

Technically its a discussion about the discussion etherealtruth Sep 2016 #104

Thanks for the info warrprayer Sep 2016 #108

I moved to Florida from Indiana radical noodle Sep 2016 #34

Molly Ivans warrprayer Sep 2016 #36

Notice my Ann Richards comment? TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #54

I am Catholic warrprayer Sep 2016 #57

I loved Ann Richards, she was great, still remember her speech at the DNC convention, Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #58

I just spend three hours training poll watchers Gothmog Sep 2016 #69

Hoping! TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #75

Amen! Bigots, each and everyone of them Ishoutandscream2 Sep 2016 #37

my view also - bigotry through and through DrDan Sep 2016 #73

I have lived in both Texas and Florida. world wide wally Sep 2016 #38

They're nice to some people, not so nice to others. Mariana Sep 2016 #80

I don't hate the South-I met some wonderful people when I visited there. jalan48 Sep 2016 #41

I'm Texas Born and Texas Proud TwistedTinkerbelle Sep 2016 #42

I've lived here in Wisconsin my whole life. Archae Sep 2016 #43

If Texas goes blue.... MicaelS Sep 2016 #46

Been hearing about us turning blue since probably 2004. Ilsa Sep 2016 #60

You can add me to your "list" tazkcmo Sep 2016 #50

I didn't start the fight. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #62

Garland is must have been what messed you up on Texas LOL- Nobody moves there on purpose snooper2 Sep 2016 #117

That's how you can tell tazkcmo Sep 2016 #118

We live in a big, beautiful country PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #53

Please add me to your list. cheapdate Sep 2016 #55

I do my best not to hate anybody. LWolf Sep 2016 #63

The ugly rant is only a response TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #74

the south is full of right wing racist gun nut assholes JI7 Sep 2016 #64

Well Bless your little heart. oneshooter Sep 2016 #93

Righteous rant, my Texas friend. cry baby Sep 2016 #66

No shit back, my new Texas friend. :) TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #77

There are a ton of good Democrats working to turn the south and in my case, Texas, blue Gothmog Sep 2016 #67

Yes we are, still loving living and enjoying Texas, it is my home by choice. Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #79

On second thought, you know what? Add me to your damn list. Iggo Sep 2016 #71

Happy to oblige. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #78

It's just easier to stereotype everyone than to understand that almost everywhere is purple. TwilightZone Sep 2016 #81

You told us the problem in Texas isn't the whites, but those ... other ... people muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #82

No TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #89

Yes. I quoted your words. You were the first to bring race into that thread muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #92

So, people who hate the south TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #94

You were also the first person to claim it was about 'hate' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #96

thanks for posting and showing what this is really about JI7 Sep 2016 #95

Well, those other people Mariana Sep 2016 #99

Speaking of other people..................... Jim Beard Sep 2016 #83

I'm from New Jersey. Glassunion Sep 2016 #84

Oh, I agree with the humor. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #90

Meh PasadenaTrudy Sep 2016 #85

I was born and raised in the TX panhandle littlebit Sep 2016 #86

I grew up in the South. I went to elementary school, junior high school, high school, college, and BigDemVoter Sep 2016 #87

From SC. Thanks for this thread. I feel your pain. nt raccoon Sep 2016 #88

Why do you CARE? LeftyMom Sep 2016 #91

A lot of Texans seriously identify with their state. Mariana Sep 2016 #105

How many other states / regions do you MicaelS Sep 2016 #110

Believe me, I know exactly how it feels Mariana Sep 2016 #111

How many Texans and southerners ON THIS BOARD TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #116

We're going to punish those red staters's once Hillary is firmly in power. ileus Sep 2016 #98

Speaking as a southerner, I'll just say this: linuxman Sep 2016 #100

I would like to start a group for those who sympathize w/Michigan. JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #101

Lived in Oklahoma and currently in West Virginia. a la izquierda Sep 2016 #102

ha-ha. I'm a proud Southerner from Texas. But I do kinda hate Florida. Bucky Sep 2016 #106

It takes a special brand of blind dogma to pretend that ignorance or racism is held in place by imag LanternWaste Sep 2016 #109

Fuckin' A, TMWAH. Many thanks for the much-deserved slap-down. Paladin Sep 2016 #113

Pfft. Florida doesn't hold a candle to my Pennsylvania town's heroin ODs Orrex Sep 2016 #114

Given your fine example of Southerness whistler162 Sep 2016 #115

I'll wait for the translation. RonniePudding Sep 2016 #119

Guess I missed something? Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #120

Why so hostile?? womanofthehills Sep 2016 #121

My Governor can eat his own ass... lame54 Sep 2016 #122

I live in Florida TSIAS Sep 2016 #123