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Pride and Prejudice: What Does "Yankee Mean to You
The Bayou....Southeast Texas From a Different Perspective ^ | 11/3/07 | Ron Francell

Posted on 11/03/2007 6:59:32 AM PDT by BnBlFlag

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Saturday, November 3, 2007 Pride & Prejudice: What does 'Yankee' mean to you?

Southerners reserve three insults for outlanders and assorted other pathetic creatures. They are:

"Bless your heart" "Y'all ain't from around here, are you?" "Yankee"

This blog is barely two weeks old, but it has already taken a few pot-shots at some sacred cows, such as "bait-and-wait" deer-hunting, litterbugs and low expectations in some local schools. The ensuing conversations have largely been delightfully rambunctious, but a few visitors have registered their disagreement by simply invoking the "Yankee" Doctrine: You ain't one of us, so shut the f*** up.

It's not always aimed at carpetbagging pantywaists from states that fought for the Union 132 years ago. Fourteen states were established after the Civil War, mostly in the West, which didn't have a dog in that fight, so there are tens of millions of Americans who never set foot on a Civil War battleground, period. And the last real Yankee has been dead for 51 years (Albert Woolson of Minnesota was a Union drummer boy who died in 1956.)

No, it seems that to a grumpy Southerner a "Yankee" is anyone who "ain't from around here." "Yankee" is never a term of endearment. That epithet is fired like a squirrel-shot at any outsider who doesn't leave his/her native sensibilities at the Mason-Dixon line ... or who doesn't agree with the insulter. ("You don't like grits? What a Yankee!")

That kind of xenophobia didn't hunt before the Civil War, it didn't wash in the civil rights era, and it's unlikely to work in the blogosphere. It might surprise those parochial Southerners who still wield the word like a revenooer's axe, but non-Southerners are rarely insulted by the term. They merely know you're trying to be insulting.

And for the record: The outlanders' habit of calling all Southerners "bubba" or "redneck" or "hillbilly" is equally xenophobic. I'm afraid the American tendency to coin a slur is infinite and knows no geographical bounds. And if you're lucky enough to be a non-Southerner living in the South, then you hear ALL of them!

So, Gator-Baiters, educate this Yankee from Wyoming who loves Texas. What exactly is a "Yankee"? Can you describe what you see in your mind when you use or hear the term? Whether you're a native Southerner or a lifelong Manhattanite, why do you think this apparently archaic term is still so widely used in the new millennium?

Posted by GATOR at 3:25 AM

Labels: epithets, insults, prejudice, Southeast Texas, Texas, Yankee

1 Gator-baiting comments: buddy said... I'm "not from around here", either, and when I arrived here nearly 30 years ago, got the 'damn yankee' comment from some of the locals. Annoying, but expected, considering some of the Gomers who live in the backwoods.

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To: stand watie
CPT Wirz was (as i strongly suspect you KNOW) guilty of NOTHING except:...

He was a convicted murderer and war criminal.

161 posted on 11/10/2007 1:37:04 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Ditter
exactly correct.

the DYs think that anyone from west of "chi-town" is naturally & permanently INFERIOR to any DY.

it's called SELF-congratulation/SELF-delusion. (i call it DAMNyankeeISM, a SELF-inflicted chronic disease of both mind & spirit.)

free dixie,sw

162 posted on 11/10/2007 1:40:43 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie
"...as for how does taunting the village idiot -----" ===> easy. because "the village idiot" then makes even more STUPID, racist,prejudiced, ignorant, statements..."

That you do Stan, that you do...
163 posted on 11/10/2007 1:41:36 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: Non-Sequitur; All
fwiw, endlessly repeating a SILLY comment, that you KNOW to be patently FALSE, just makes you look DUMB, self-deceived and/or DISHONEST. (but then, LYING is part of the "job description" of a PROPAGANDIST like you, N-S.)

given a choice of believing the LEARNED & WELL-regarded opinion of the senior, serving General Officer of the Army JAG corps & your UNknowing, personal,sanctimonious, PREJUDICED, rather SILLY opinion, i'll take the word of the JAGUSA. (fwiw, i do not believe i'll be alone in that stance.)

free dixie,sw

164 posted on 11/10/2007 1:49:29 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: rockrr
your opinion has been carefully considered, evaluated for factual data & then discounted to its TRUE value = ZILCH, NADA, ZERO, NOTHING.

PITY that you evidently are unaware of that value.

free dixie,sw

165 posted on 11/10/2007 1:51:39 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

I’m crushed, I tells ya!

My “TRUE value” means so little ;’{

Yet you continue to respond. What is it Stan? Why is it so easy to yank your chain? Were you dropped on your head as a child? Did you like it?!


166 posted on 11/10/2007 2:01:28 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: stand watie

Thanks for the FReep-mail Stan. It is every bit as irrational, incoherent, and bigoted as your other stuff.

Shine on you crazy diamond!


167 posted on 11/10/2007 2:29:32 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: rockrr
sadly, i'm coming to the conclusion that you aren't going to be the exception to the rule that the members of "the DAMNyankee coven of fools,REVISIONIST radicals,LEFTISTS,socialists, fascists, lunatics, "useful idiots", BIGOTS & other assorted nuts" are not worth trying to have an intelligent discussion with.

frankly, most of the current members of "the coven" are UNABLE to comprehend a serious discussion if that discussion conflicts with their UNthinking PREJUDICE.

N-S, the PROPAGANDIST, for all his propaganda, half-truths, deceit & REVISIONIST dogma is INTELLIGENT & interesting to debate with.

the rest of the "coven" are simply "targets of opportunity" for derision, ridicule & making the "unionist cause" LOOK stupid, MEAN-spirited,bigoted, ignorant, antisemitic & generally FOOLISH.

PITY, that you've evidently chosen to be "one of the clueLESS" & UNteachable.

free dixie,sw

168 posted on 11/10/2007 9:06:04 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: rockrr; All
i'm sorry to hear that you couldn't/wouldn't understand my rather simple TRUTH about the "current state of affairs".

should i rephrase my comments in short choppy sentences, with words of two syllables or less???

could it be that you TOO are blinded by your PREJUDICE???

free dixie,sw

169 posted on 11/10/2007 9:09:09 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

Oh jeez! You’re killin me here!

Have an intelligent conversation with a half-wit like you?! I’ve followed some of the Civil War threads and been impressed by the passionate interplay and rich knowledge of history, but NONE of that EVER came from you.

The best you have ever been able to muster is bigoted epithets. The fact that the scope of your world is painted in tattered tones of blue & gray is pitiable.

I don’t know how old you are (nor do I care) but it’s never too late to get a life.

And stop being such a DAMN YANKEE!


170 posted on 11/10/2007 9:16:39 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: rockrr
game over. you LOSE. THANKS for playing.

frankly, i don't think you're worth further bothering with.

pity.

free dixie,sw

171 posted on 11/10/2007 9:24:03 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie

You’re welcome, damn yankee...


172 posted on 11/10/2007 9:33:14 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: johnny7
fyi, i once got to meet Billy Martin at a cocktail party (about 20+ years ago).

he seemed a REAL gentleman. i was pleased to have met him/shaken his hand.

free dixie,sw

173 posted on 11/10/2007 9:40:37 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie
fwiw, endlessly repeating a SILLY comment, that you KNOW to be patently FALSE, just makes you look DUMB, self-deceived and/or DISHONEST. (but then, LYING is part of the "job description" of a PROPAGANDIST like you, N-S.)

Well when it comes to lookling DUMB, self-deceived and/or DISHONEST who better than you would know? And when it come to dishonesty, everyone on FR knows exactly whey you lie. You post a reply.

Wirtz was scum and a murderer who enjoyed shooting unarmed, helpless prisoners. He was convicted on those charges. He was hung. As he deserved.

174 posted on 11/11/2007 5:21:07 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur; All
actually, your whole post #174 is a KNOWING, INTENTIONAL pack of lies.

fwiw, NOBODY will believe you on ANY subject until you start telling at least SOME of the Uncomfortable TRUTH about the unionist FILTH that committed tens of thousands of ATROCITIES like that the DYs:

1. hanged Mary Surratt because they couldn't catch her SON (who MIGHT have been involved in "the lincoln conspiracy"),

2. established & operated DEATH CAMPS for the "final solution" to their "CSA POW problem",

3.hanged CPT Wirz ONLY because of DY vengefulness, ANTI-Catholic sentiment & because the DYs wanted to hang SOMEBODY/ANYBODY (& CPT Wirz was "convenient"), after GEN Winder died,

4. abused civilian/UNarmed "persons of colour" (like my family) by the THOUSANDS, because they COULD "get away with" abusing/torturing/robbing/raping/murdering Asians, Blacks, Catholics,Indians, Jews, Latinos & the "poorest of the poor" whites.

it's NO more complicated than you HAVE to admit what FILTH & CRIMINALS the DAMNyankees were to ever again be BELIEVED by anyone on these threads. otherwise you will (like "bubba, the LIAR") will become a SICK JOKE & "a target for common RIDICULE" for every HONEST FReeper, who reads your NONSENSE.

btw, are you trying to tell everyone here that YOU (the self-appointed "expert on every subject") should be believed over the JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL of the US ARMY???? (if you ARE saying that, you will be "RIDICULED to tears" by EVERYONE here. not even "x" (the village idiot) will believe THAT particular piece of SELF-congratulatory FICTION.)

free dixie,sw

175 posted on 11/11/2007 8:19:44 AM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: stand watie
actually, your whole post #174 is a KNOWING, INTENTIONAL pack of lies.

The only person who knowingly and intentionally posts lies around here is you.

176 posted on 11/11/2007 10:59:43 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: rockrr
I'm still trying to find out what language swattie's outbursts are translated from.

Apparently the online Klingon translator doesn't have enough Klingon or Romulan words to do an effective back translation.

The English-Smurf translator just inserts "smurfilicious" and "smurftastic" at random points in the text.

But the "Dialectizer" gives a fine version of what may be the original moron:

it's NO more c'plicatid dan you HABE t' admit what FILTH & CRIMINALS de DAMNyankees webuhre t' ebeh again be BELIEBED by anyone on dese dreads. odehwise you will (like "bubba, de LIAR") will become a SICK DgOKE & "a target f' common RIDICULE" f' ebehy HONEST FReepeh, who reads your NONSENSE.

177 posted on 11/11/2007 12:33:30 PM PST by x
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To: Non-Sequitur
The only person who knowingly and intentionally posts lies around here is you.

fyi, i once got to meet Billy Martin at a cocktail party (about 20+ years ago).

Hmmmm ...

178 posted on 11/11/2007 12:36:37 PM PST by x
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To: Non-Sequitur
would you care to bet on this one????

fwiw, there is a scholarly & academic peer-reviewed book on the "courts martial" (really a SHAM show trial) with previously available "personal correspondence", which is about to be translated from German. (CPT Wirz's family foundation & the Swiss government are funding the project.)

PITY that the DYs will be exposed for the ANIMALS & FIENDS that they were.

free dixie,sw

179 posted on 11/11/2007 12:56:53 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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To: Non-Sequitur
fwiw, when the book comes out in English, i'm sending one to JimRob as a gift.

shall i have one of "my FRiends" (that are FAR better at computers than i'll ever be) post the relevant passages from the book, exposing the DISGUSTING TRUTH about the FARCE that was the Wirz KANGAROO COURT (& rub the face of all you DYs in the TRUTH)???

once we do that, will you come on the forum & say, "All this time i believed the KNOWING lies of the DAMNyankee academics & LIARS on the left. but NEVER AGAIN will i allow myself to be made a FOOL of."???

i have had a portion of the book read over the phone to me by COL Heinrich Wirtz, Swiss Army (Retired), the great-grandnephew of CPT Wirz. to say that it EXPOSES the "lincoln coven of thieves,thugs & bigots" as exactly that, is an understatement.

even DY propagandists like you, N-S, will have to, after reading the book in English, admit that (after 140+ years) that the TRUTH has finally come out.

thus,the conspiracy against CPT Wirz & against THE TRUTH will be exposed, & the CPT's reputation will be cleared,once & for all.

free dixie,sw

180 posted on 11/11/2007 1:17:21 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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