Posted on 06/17/2013 7:34:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
One hundred and fifty years after twin defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg destroyed the Souths quest for independence, the region is again on the rise. People and jobs are flowing there, and Northerners are perplexed by the resurgence of Americas home of the ignorant, the obese, the prejudiced and exploited, the religious and the undereducated. Responding to new census data showing the Lone Star State is now home to eight of Americas 15 fastest-growing cities, Gawker asked: What is it that makes Texas so attractive? Is it the prisons? The racism? The deadly weather? The deadly animals? The deadly crime? The deadly political leadership? The costumed sex fetish conventions? The cannibal necromancers?
The North and South have come to resemble a couple who, although married, dream very different dreams. The South, along with the Plains, is focused on growing its economy, getting rich, and catching up with the Norths cultural and financial hegemons. The Yankee nation, by contrast, is largely concerned with preserving its privileged economic and cultural positionwith its elites pulling up the ladder behind themselves.
This schism between the old Confederacy and the Northeastern elites is far more relevant and historically grounded than the glib idea of red and blue Americas. The base of todays Republican Partyonce the party of the Northnow lies in the former secessionist states, along with adjacent and culturally allied areas, such as Appalachia, the southern Great Plains, and parts of the Southwest, notably Arizona, largely settled by former Southerners.
In almost every species of conceivable statistics having to do with wealth, John Gunther wrote in 1946, the South is at the bottom.(continued)
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Stop acting out. There are plenty of good conservatives moving here to Texas from other states all the time, and you know it.
I don't care for transplanted liberals any more than you do, but I'm not going to arbitrarily insult every newcomer, just because they're from elsewhere in the country. I'm at least going to take the time to figure out which side of the fence they're on before I make up my mind about them.
I also had four, so we both are doing our part :)
If I have to explain that you’re beyond hope.
Oh, really? Don't bother to spell out your point of view, if you have one.
oh, sure they CAN. But too many DON’T.
The South is littered with former NY/NY/New Englanders who couldn’t get away fast enough but then settled in, telling the locals how much better they do things ‘back home,’ and continue to vote the same way they did ‘back home’ in an effort to make the place they escaped TO the same as the place they escaped FROM.
Personally, I moved from NY to VA many years ago and the very last thing I want to see is a duplicate of the Empire State crop up in the Old Dominion (tho that does appear to be happening).
I guess the point is they can state the obvious even if it is not pertinent to the subject at hand...
If it’s any consolation. The Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania used to be be very conservative, until the liberal bastards from New York and New Jersey started moving here and brought their ways too.
The point is Americas flag is the Stars and Stripes, not the Stars and Bars. The Stars and Stripes is the flag that was attacked on Dec.7, 1941 and 9/11. It’s the flag that are men and women are serving under.
Plenty of liberals in Dallas.
That makes no difference to a region of the U.S that once had its own battle flag, and that has come to mean the southern culture of mutual courtesy, loyalty and valor. By far, most of the men who have ever served in our military come from the south, and certainly recognized and continue to recognize the primacy of the American flag in foreign wars. The Confederate flag represents the battle for their homeland when it was invaded almost a century before Iwo Jima. The two things do not cancel each other out, as you implied.
You are very quick to judge and label people without truly understanding what they are saying, or even what you are saying. As the founder of this site advises, do not make personal attacks. The least that can happen is that others will call you on your own shortcomings.
And you’re quick to judge me, Madame. I’ve studied history too. And I’m quite able to understand what people say here, particularly on the Civil War(my people fought for the Union.) On those threads I’ve been called every name in the book. I’ve even had my life threatened.
Congratulations. The thread is now officially about you.
Says you. Run along Madame and find some one else to annoy.
Sometimes just walking away with a slight shake of the head is the most sane action one can take...
Amazing, innit? :-)
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