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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:40 PM Original message |
Why all the hate for the South? |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Let's hear it for the South!!! |
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cspanlovr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hear, hear! I'm glad to see this thread. It hurts to see your friends bad- |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thank you both for you kind words. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. There are a lot of transplants to the South |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
90. Not for the better, as you seem to imply |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #90 |
108. Well, I didn't mean to imply better or worse |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. R&K |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. All we have to do is swing 5 - 10 % of the voting pop. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. I lived in NC while Jesse Helms ruled the state. Enough said about the past... |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:19 PM Original message |
Yeah, now we've got Burr and Dole representing us in the Senate. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. No way two Repugs truly represent NC |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yah! What has the south ever done to anybody! Haters! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't hate the South |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
117. IN MEMORY OF ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES AND COUNTLESS FREETHINKERS WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Awesome! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. "We can't have ____ in our platform because of conservative southern states" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I'm ok with bashing them, when bashing is deserved.... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
85. I agree |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
96. Very well put. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
178. Bluebear, I know that line well |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. Agree with you. But, why is Edwards still in a fight to win his own state? nt |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
158. Huh? Edwards won the 04 NC caucus (and SC primary) and consistently leads other Dems in 08 polling |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Regional Bigotry |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The south does not have a monopoly on racist, biggeted, people. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Save your pixels Simply |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Not a monopoly like Microsoft is not a monopoly. nt. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Don't forget one of the worst race riots |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. "remember" it? People *live* it. Sheesh. Damn racism-deniers. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
102. Like I just told IndianaJones, the KKK was big in Indiana too! n/t |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Sorry, but no |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
79. I Apologize, SimplyB, My Wording Was Ambiguous |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #79 |
116. Thank you. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. And justified by the treason ca. 1861-65. Don't forget that the |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
173. Exactly. It was treason. Nothing less. nt |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
146. I would love to have 'regional bigotry' defined... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't hate the south...just rednecks...some of the in the North too |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Deleted message |
BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Southern Defense Brigade DEPLOY!!! |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Just stating a fact that racism is pervasive in the United States. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Show me **1** person who EVER said "it's just the South" - Just ONE.... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. And your engaging in being an Assclown. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Yah - by pointing the finger somewhere else. With friends like you who needs enemies? |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
106. Yeah, let's tell it like it is, right? The South is obviously filled |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because we ran out of Porn |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
54. mmmm....redneck porn |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. SNORT! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
82. SSSSOOOOOOU UUUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. Mostly, it's generalizations. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm Texas-born to an all-Southern family, but I admit, I've done my share of |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
139. It's OK... |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Gimme sweet tea, a Faulkner novel, music from Louisiana, and southern cooking |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Give me W.T. Sherman and U.S. Grant any day of the week |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. And just how many Native Americans did your ancestors kill. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. ancestors? the 1960's? nt. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #55 |
152. Time fer some schoolin' |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #152 |
163. The Trail of Tears removed thousands of Native Americans |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #163 |
181. That *death march* began in the North more than 100 years earlier.... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. No, the trail of tears began in Georgia. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #182 |
185. All Southerners did this? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. You strongly implied that the South had no history of genocide |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #186 |
191. You strongly inferred whatever you wanted to infer |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #191 |
199. Andrew Jackson pushed for it, insisted on it when the Supreme court |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #199 |
202. My family would die laughing if they could read this thread |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. What - no Georgia peaches.? |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Keep up the good fight, Simply. You can't get much farther |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. I must not have been here long enough |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. From your handle, |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
110. Appreciated, but not necessary |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
118. Driving? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. How can you call that the South? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. LoL! |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. Speaking as a Southerner, raised mostly in the South, and currently living in the South |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I agree |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. My husband is a sixth generation Texan |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
71. After the Rethuglican reign of terror |
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skiddlybop (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sorry, but the radical right |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. I understand that the radical right demonizes Massachusetts. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
134. sorry to say you are right |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. If many Dems could resist the need to South bash, we'd run the country for the next 50 years |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. We've had a hell of a lot wose than this to deal with. |
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Vodid (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. I shudder when I hear so-called progressive... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Great post. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. Few reasons |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. yeh |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
99. I don't know where you and reply #38 are getting your numbers so |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #99 |
159. OK, conceded |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. W, Cheney, and Rove are not southerners. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
95. But they present themselves as Southern n/t |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Don't forget that the South fired first in the U.S. Civil War -n/t |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Yes and Northern troops raped southern women. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I was responding to the post "Few Reasons" and adding a |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
98. True enough, but... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
112. So what crimes did your great^nth grandparents commit? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
93. Mr. Brit, Rapture theology began in Britain of all places |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. Ok, in order... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #93 |
103. Good points |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
140. And don't forget this little gem of the south |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #140 |
160. That might be unfair |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Don't hate the South & voting Edwards BUT.....something that irks me.... |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
113. Virginia is the birth place of English speaking America. Then Maryland, |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. I thought we hated She Who Must Be Nominated. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. Tommarow it will be whatever I decide to post on I guess. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. lol. careful there. nt. |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. No, that ain't the South sucking. it's the wind blowing toward the NORTH. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. If the wind is blowing toward the North, it's because the South BLOWS |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. You'll notice there ain't any "Northern Comfort." |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
76. We don't need it. We already live somewhere good enough not to need strong drink |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
65. This thread has brought out the most hateful group on DU - |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I beg to differ on that. nt. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. You're so full of hate and bigotry aimed at southerners, that's what I would expect of you. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. lol. one time...at band camp. nt. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
101. Really, I was surprised too. I'm a native Hoosier and I about died |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. No it should be aired... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. South bashing? now I've seen it all. nt. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. sure --South-bashing |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
161. There is a difference between bigotry and criticism |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
68. It is a perceived characteristic that Southerners extol their region to the |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
72. Some people are attempting to continue the Civil War |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
73. Stereotyping, scapegoating, misplaced concreteness |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Well said.... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #80 |
128. Nice link. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
78. The South holds the rest of the country hostage, because they |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. "the South holds the country hostage..." |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. As far as Presidential elections go, it's true. Look at all the calculations |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #100 |
167. I agree. And I'm tired of it, too. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
81. Paging Skinner |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Nothing is outside DU rules here.... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Yah! No matter WHAT happens down there! Never bash our great great heritage! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. OK what do you want |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
105. who is bitching here? |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Agreed. This is most divisive....what purpose does it serve? |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
86. Cuz it's so damn hot. Although, we are having a heat wave up here. . . |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
87. Well said SIMPLYB! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
94. The "South" is no longer a geography thing |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
104. I don't think people hate the South, at all. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
107. it would help if you would even consider voting for a President who is not from the South |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #107 |
121. That's hysterical! |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #107 |
122. Who is the "you" you're addressing? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #107 |
130. As I have said in other posts. |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:23 AM Response to Reply #107 |
141. That's hilarious! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #107 |
172. As a native Pennsylvanian, that rant was so fucking satisfying and funny! |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #172 |
187. it's been around for awhile, its a true gem |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #107 |
177. "You had to have your fucking orange juice." |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
109. It's not the South--it's the politics. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
111. Just a generic reminder to all members - re: region of residence. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. "Do not post messages that are bigoted against......region of residence." |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #111 |
155. People violate the religion one all the time |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #155 |
165. I've seen some place of residence bashing |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
115. Because of the people that live here? |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
120. if anyone has had to endure the Legal System in the South |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #120 |
136. Arbitrally (sic) bashing the South. . . |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. my fucking pleasure |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:55 AM Response to Reply #138 |
148. Where's the line? Maryland US, Virginia THEM? |
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Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
123. Hear! Hear! and a big Amen!!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
124. We should set the South -- and especially Southern women -- FREE -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Laughter is liberating and I think the "red neck" comedians . . . . |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Really? I'm enslaved? By whom? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Well, let's see. . . a system of Segregation existed for more than 100 years . . . |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
129. yep--and Edwards is one way to do it. If he aint on the top of the ticket, he should be VP |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
131. You, and I mean all of you, left New Orleans to die. |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
132. cause The South will Rise Again... |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
133. Southern States Will Play An Important Role In The 2008 Presidential Election... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Well, they have played an 'important role' in many elections. |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. It just means we cannot afford to ignore the South if we want to win...n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
142. What hate for the South? |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:26 AM Response to Reply #142 |
151. Let's compare notes on north/south prejudice |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
143. I think it's because a self-anointed 'intelligentsia' claimed |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
144. I didn't hate the South |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
145. IMPEACH!! |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
147. I don't know, but now I want some grits and cornbread! |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
149. And here we go, right onto a Yankee Bashing thread. n/t |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
150. The South were willing to kill their fellow Amwericans so they could keep their slaves. How's that? |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #150 |
157. Get an education. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #157 |
164. The South didn't support slavery? |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #164 |
170. That is not what I said, and if you bothered to get an education |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Living in ethnic neighborhoods is a damn sight different |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #171 |
179. I know how you feel. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #179 |
180. Yep. Remind me again who won the civil war. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #180 |
184. Lincoln should have crushed them. |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #184 |
189. Amen, kill the fuckers |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #189 |
192. Seriously "kill the fuckers"??? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #189 |
195. lol! Though they are largely abominable, that's going too far. |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #171 |
188. By all means, go ahead. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #188 |
196. Hint:: the southern states are on the short end of the literacy stick... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #150 |
175. And their redneck descendants control our political process. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
153. ... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. Everything goes in cycles |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
156. What's all this REALLY about? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #156 |
162. Perhaps because there is legitimate reason for complaint? |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #162 |
168. No --raise all the points you want... |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. But when that "type" is concentrated in one locality |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #169 |
176. Well... |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #176 |
183. Oh, don't worry about that` |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #156 |
166. For sure, repuke rednecks and freepish fundies live all over the US |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
174. I see WAY more "Why do people hate the South" threads than "I hate the South" |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #174 |
190. Horsecrap, you can't wade through the moronic polls |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
193. Born in Georgia to |
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aquaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #193 |
201. Small world.... |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
194. I think it's because it's "acceptable" bigotry. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
197. The people there consistently vote against their best interests, and vote for the worst candidates? |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
198. Thank YOU! |
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demobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
200. We don't hate the South. We just like to tease y'all sometimes. |
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