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How the south skews America
Politico ^ | July 3, 2015 | Michael Lind

Posted on 07/04/2015 7:04:51 AM PDT by ripnbang

Every year the Fourth of July is marked by ringing affirmations of American exceptionalism. We are a special nation, uniquely founded on high ideals like freedom and equality. In practice, however, much of what sets the United States apart from other countries today is actually Southern exceptionalism.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/how-the-south-skews-america-119725.html#ixzz3evoOFM1c

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: america; dixie; south
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To: ripnbang

this definitely got my “Southern” up - are the progs asking us to secede? ‘cuz it might work this time, ha ha!


21 posted on 07/04/2015 7:26:09 AM PDT by avital2
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To: Da Coyote

> I plan on moving south after the successful completion of civil war II.

We accept no West Coasters, particularly southern Californians, Illinoisans, or NE quadranters unless they display non-Yankee traits. If you voted for Obama twice, absolutely no admittance...:)


22 posted on 07/04/2015 7:29:06 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: MUDDOG

:-)


23 posted on 07/04/2015 7:29:50 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: ripnbang
According to the FBI in 2012, the South as a region, containing only a quarter of the population, accounted for 40.9 percent of U.S. violent crime.

Gooolly, I wundr how that thar cud be mabee caws us ignerint ole sutherners aint got anuf ejikashun?

Or could it just be possible that the stats are skewed by the higher percentage of non-white citizens in the south compared to that of the other states?

Naw, it's got ta be cawze us foks down here aint got nuff ejikshun soz usins yuzly votes fer uther foks kinder lik us awl

24 posted on 07/04/2015 7:33:28 AM PDT by epow (What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? MK 8:36)
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To: jsanders2001

Thank you, a picture is worth a thousand words and in this case is a real eyeopener.


25 posted on 07/04/2015 7:35:03 AM PDT by JayGalt
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To: ripnbang

God, these people hate America.


26 posted on 07/04/2015 7:36:30 AM PDT by moovova
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To: dowcaet

New Deal liberalism?

There was nothing liberal about the New Deal!

(Unless by “liberal” they mean statist)


27 posted on 07/04/2015 7:36:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ripnbang
We’d be less violent, more mobile and in general more normal if not for Dixie

That's a pretty definitive conclusion to draw from a mere subjective interpretations of empirical evidence. The Liberalectuals consistently present their subjective interpretations of observables as proof of scientific fact.

28 posted on 07/04/2015 7:37:38 AM PDT by Fhios
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To: dowcaet
It is time we “hit” these liberal RINO socialist at every turn we can!

Excellent post my fellow American!

29 posted on 07/04/2015 7:40:27 AM PDT by paratrooper82 ( 82nd ABN DIV. 1/508th BN "Fury from the Sky" Civil war is coming)
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To: JayGalt

> Thank you, a picture is worth a thousand words and in this case is a real eyeopener.

You can spot a faggot from a thousand paces. They just have that “look” and if you watch their eyes follow boys rear ends and crotches it confirms it. Sick, vile, and disgusting creatures.


30 posted on 07/04/2015 7:40:32 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: ripnbang
If the south is so bad why do so many northerners move here?

One guy was telling me, on and on, about how much better thing were, where he was from that I finally interrupted him and asked 'so why did you move here ?' Well he says crime was so bad we weren't safe even in our home. BooHoo.

31 posted on 07/04/2015 7:40:40 AM PDT by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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To: ripnbang

Hey, this is a wonderful article! And there is an obvious solution to the author’s dilemma: an amicable divorce between the South and the rest of the country. It’s time has come!


32 posted on 07/04/2015 7:41:55 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("Inside every 'Liberal' is a totalitarian screaming to get out!")
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To: Fhios

The violence is concentrated in the liberal cities


33 posted on 07/04/2015 7:41:55 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: ripnbang

The author can KISS MY GRITS !!

Tennessee Twinkie here.


34 posted on 07/04/2015 7:44:06 AM PDT by Twinkie
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To: jsanders2001

Well..........bless his heart.


35 posted on 07/04/2015 7:45:42 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: epow
"...accounted for 40.9 percent of U.S. violent crime."

The city I live near should be in the top ten murder cities BUT.

The Feds merged that cities crime stats with a nearby suburban town so the fore-mentioned liberal city would look so bad...

36 posted on 07/04/2015 7:46:01 AM PDT by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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To: ripnbang

“White Southerners are more likely than white northerners to respond to insults with increased testosterone and aggression, according to social scientists. According to the FBI in 2012, the South as a region, containing only a quarter of the population, accounted for 40.9 percent of U.S. violent crime.”

What they fail to mention is that ‘Southern States’ have very, very, high Negro populations. That is where the crime stats come from!


37 posted on 07/04/2015 7:46:36 AM PDT by Beagle8U
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To: ripnbang

Um, the southern states have a relatively high population of a group that cannot be identified any more that skews crime rates to the high side.


38 posted on 07/04/2015 7:47:55 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Da Coyote

South is cheap and has great weather. The only thing that the South needs to do to improve themselves is stop taking more federal welfare then they give. That is really the only negative that the South has. They can’t survive without the federal government which is a shame. I think they can work on that though. It would be difficult because their taxes are very low which is another reason why the Northerners come down. The homes are sold at a high price and they come down South and buy a mansion for what a town house costs up North. Pensions that employees get are higher in the North and get more purchasing power in the South. The Weather is number one reason people relocate....it does wonders for arthritis and other ailments.


39 posted on 07/04/2015 7:47:58 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: ripnbang

We fought a war to get away from people like you, Mr. Lind, but y’all loved us so much y’all fought to keep us. Go figure. I say, “To Arms!” If we don’t do something, this whole country is going down the toilet.

TAW


40 posted on 07/04/2015 7:50:11 AM PDT by Malichi (!)
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