That’s What I Fear About the South

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 12 Oct. 2007 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[puroresu]

....and Eastern Tennessee

Thank you!!!!!!

[WesternPacific]

“I hope you like NASCAR.” And, “You’ll miss indoor plumbing.” And generally referring to Southern males, including me, as knuckle-dragging uni-brows.

Being one who was born and raised in the South I take these references with a grain of salt. They are almost as witty as some of the euphemisms we use to refer to our Yankee neighbors living in the fridged north. We have always laughed at our Yankee cousins and sometimes embellished some of their foolish beliefs.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I personally couldn’t give a sh-t what people think of the South. I don’t have anything to explain to them and hope they stay home.

[sportutegrl]

I don’t believe I said you were Jewish.

[SuziQ]

Oh dang! I forgot about Mr. Shelby! He made the entire 11 hours of Ken Burns’ Civil War series SO enjoyable! I do believe Martin Sheen fashioned the accent he used for Robert E. Lee in Gettysburg after Shelby!

[TexanToTheCore]

Yes, I think they are afraid of the South and I am not real sure I want to change that.

[TexanToTheCore]

“can ride the stud horse and I’ll ride the mare (in season).”

Wise guy. Very funny.....

[Zionist Conspirator]

I don’t believe I said you were Jewish.

You sure as blazes assumed I was a damnyankee full of anti-Southern prejudice and thought you had to set me straight!

I've lived "white trash" poverty, sister, and nobody cares about those poor folks--not conservatives who are wedded to social Darwinism and not liberals who assume that poor whites are uncivilized barbarians who skin people alive who are "different" (or hang them from lampposts, I forget which).

Sorry I jumped down your throat, but the assumptions in your post just came from nowhere to me!

[Congressman Billybob]

You know, when you think about it, on a purely political basis I agree with you.

John / Billybob

[Mr. Jeeves]

Blame Hollywood. For a significant percentage of Americans, "Deliverance" and "The Jerry Springer Show" are the true face of the South.

[chasio649]

You gotta purty mouf...

;)

[jonascord]

F1 drivers wear frilly silk underwear and hug each other a lot. You try to swap paint in formula one and there is a cloud of carbon fiber, and some spoiled child furriner who can't speak 'murrican explaining how it wasn't how it 'is fault.

I have yet to hear an F1 driver tell the world that he was in over his head and Daddy, who bought him a seat, is out a load of cash.

[TexanToTheCore]

Try as I might, I can’t see any downside to “Fear of Southerners”.

There just isn’t any downside that I can identify....

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL

[beckysueb]

No, we are most certainly not poor and no, we do not lack indoor plumbing.

I live in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee and the only place I ever lived where I didn't have indoor plumbing was in Minnesota.

[BKerr]

So, here’s my offer: I challenge the New York Times to send a reporter chosen at random, to spend a month here on our mountaintop in the Blue Ridge. We will take him/her everywhere we go, to meet everyone we know in this small town. We’ll feed and water that reporter handsomely. Most of all, that reporter will come away with a real knowledge of real people in the South.

Well, considering the south isn't really the south anymore - except geographically. Most people in the south nowadays are transplants from the northeast who come down and build ugly houses on the sides of once forested-mountainsides, dilute the culture and dialect, and make southern states more liberal as they constantly talk about how they did things up north as if anybody asked them to come down in the first place, let alone bring their flawed wisdom.

[beckysueb]

Sounds exactly like Tennessee! LOL

[JamesP81]

Southerners are as intelligent, and more sociable, more hospitable, and more dedicated to culture, food and music, than any other population group in the nation.

All uniquely American forms of music, with the exception of Western (and rap, now that I think about it, but some don't consider it music) has roots in the South. Country, Jazz, Blues, Bluegrass, and Rock all have significant roots in the South.

[JamesP81]

I like chicks with southern accents. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

This is one of the greatest benefits, for me, of being a resident of the South.

[JamesP81]

As a northeasterner, how do you guys feel about Formula 1 and rally racing?

Personally, I got no problem with it. I'm not a huge racing fan (more of a football fan, myself) but I don't view Formula 1 and Rally as beneath me.