Splatter Phoenix
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:40 PM
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I need serious advice here. |
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Part of an Air Force family, and we're moving down to Georgia. I don't know if I'll be able to stand it. Mother says we should just "lie low", but I really don't like doing that. I know it makes for a quieter life, but...
I dunno, really. It kinda feels like I'm betraying what I believe in when I don't speak my mind and when people say obviously stupid things: "Bush is a guud prezdent" and "the war on Iraq was completely right" and things like that...
It is on the other hand a chance to make a completely fresh start, maybe make some pseudo-friends who won't know enough about me to reject me immediately.
What do you guys think?
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:42 PM
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you'll be happier with the new friends you make and your new life.
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Splatter Phoenix
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:44 PM
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Mm...I suppose. ^^ and if not at least I'll be happy with myself, the whole honesty thing...>.> right...?
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:43 PM
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Edited on Wed Jun-22-05 04:44 PM by chickenscratching
just taking things slowly. Keep an open mind and you'll find friends I'm sure.
Welcome to DU! :hi:
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:52 PM
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And that's good advice as well. >> I try not to rabble-rouse on my very first day. Heh...
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:44 PM
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4. Georgia is not 100% Republican. You will meet many new friends |
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that will add to you knowledge of different cultures. Just make a game of observing classmates before you accept new friends. My guess is you'll be pleasantly surprised.
To what base are you going?
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:49 PM
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Mother said we were going to the one near Macon, I believe. Can't recall the name... :D That's really good advice, thanks.
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Wed Jun-22-05 05:13 PM
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17. Warner Robins AFB. A wonderful assignment and a number of |
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excellent communities in the area.
You will have a great time and meet new friends.
Good luck to you! :hi:
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Wed Jun-22-05 05:17 PM
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Thanks very much, yeah, that does sound like the name.
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Wed Jun-22-05 05:25 PM
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19. Are you leaving Dover AFB for the new assignment? n/t |
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:45 PM
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5. Don't go in with preconceived notions -- such as |
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Edited on Wed Jun-22-05 04:46 PM by bertha katzenengel
imagining you will hear anyone say "Bush is a guud prezdent." That is insulting. Southerners are neither stupid nor illiterate, and that quote sounds like that's what you expect to find.
Their politics may be more conservative than where you're moving from, but remember, that's just a generalization. Get to know individuals, and don't project who you've always assumed Southerners to be onto the people you meet. You'll be fine.
Where are you moving from? (edit: never mind, just looked at your profile)
Welcome to DU.
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:50 PM
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...that's what I hear HERE, in a supposed "Blue" state! >_< I dunno, I guess you're right, I've never been to Georgia before...
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:55 PM
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12. "that's what I hear" -- then "I've never been to Georgia" -- |
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Edited on Wed Jun-22-05 04:56 PM by bertha katzenengel
I fell in love w/ someone on line. We corresponded for months. Then came time for that first phone call.
She had a heavy southern accent! I knew she was originally from Tennessee, but -- my God!
Prior to that moment, I had always "thought" that Southerners were backward, ignorant, inbred, stupid, and ultra-conservative across the board.
Ten seconds after I heard that accent, I realized what a non-thinking asshole I had been up to that point.
I repeat: Southerners are nothing like how they are frequently portrayed, any more than African Americans are ghetto-loving crack-addicted million-baby-having welfare-robbing chronically unemployed losers.
PS THINK before you just accept everything you hear as fact. You'll get along swimmingly!
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:46 PM
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6. From a veterans point of view, you should not change one thing... |
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Edited on Wed Jun-22-05 04:54 PM by ALiberalSailor
...because more than anything else, everyone on that base has dedicated at least a part of their lives, and in some cases their entire lives to ensuring you have the right and responsibility to speak your mind. Sure, most of those you'll find will lean to the right, but if you look real hard, you'll find people like us. On an Air Force Base, I suspect you would find more than say on an Army Post or a Navy Base.
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:53 PM
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Wow, that was really deep. :D And true, as well. ^___^ Thanks much.
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:57 PM
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13. It's something I feel strongly about... |
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...I tend to get "emotional" about the military and my service to this country.
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:53 PM
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11. Well not everybody in Georgia voted for Bush!!! |
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Wed Jun-22-05 04:59 PM
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14. I have a few friends that moved to Georgia last year and they really like |
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it. They are VERY anti-Bush so you won't be alone.
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Wed Jun-22-05 05:07 PM
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15. Check out Georgia in the DU state threads |
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and you might meet some people in advance of moving there.
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Wed Jun-22-05 05:13 PM
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>.> I had no idea such a thing existed. *wanders off to try it* :D Thanks.
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Wed Jun-22-05 05:30 PM
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20. be very afraid. there are cannibals in georgia, one bit off my arm |
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but it got better.
actually, i have seen some georgians wear clothing, and a few with footware, but not many. most run around buck nekkid.
you may not survive, best buy yourself a gun.
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