Why Elitists Dump on the South

NEWSMAX ^ | 4/19/02

[uncbob]

Ironic isn't it but the stronghold of left wing anti American types is in the Northeast, Yankee land
And the stronghold of patriotism is the South ( who were dragged back into Union by force of arms ) and West

[Grut]

the South tends to be represented as violent, racist, poor, intolerant, xenophobic, and dim-witted...

...and dreadfully prone to misspelling 'Bubber' as 'Bubba'....

[Soul Citizen]

bump

[Corin Stormhands]

They can say what they want to about us as long as they stay the heck up North...

[aomagrat]

"Hail Boston! Hail Charleston! Who stinkith the most?"

[Libertarianize the GOP]

fyi

[Dan from Michigan]

The elitists dump on us too. According to them we are a bunch of "gun nuts that play soldier in the woods, burn crosses(my county has a bad rap because of one Klan member who has been dead for 20 years), kill all the defenseless animals, and pollute everywhere in our assault SUVS...."

[Ditto]

Ironic isn't it but the stronghold of left wing anti American types is in the Northeast, Yankee land

Ya --- sure.

[JohnGalt]

You beat me to it.

[lugsoul]

Also ironic that the "dim-witted" South is the only region of the USA with a distinctive contribution to the arts, i.e. music (jazz, blues, bluegrass, country, rock and roll - all born in the South), literature (Welty, Faulkner) etc., folk art, and so on.

[warchild9]

It's jealousy. Yankees are jealous that we have a culture that isn't based on massive television exposure and sports.

[bourbon]

The author makes an enormous error in this article. The Mind of the South was not written by C. Vann Woodward during Vietnam but by W.J. Cash in 1941.

Ah, journalistic research strikes again!

[mafree]

What a motley crew! (No insult intended to the group Motley Crue)

[Ligeia]

Thanks for the post. It's and interesting read.

[Dan from Michigan]

Yankees are jealous that we have a culture that isn't based on massive television exposure and sports.

Jealous? We got huntin' fishin', football, and hockey. Without sports, there's nothing.

[Middle Man]

"Woodward's landmark work, "The Mind of the South," was published in 1969..."

Even the fact-checkers and proofreaders knock off when the subject is the South.

"The Mind Of The South" was written, not by C. Vann Woodward, but by W.J. Cash and was published posthumously in 1941, not 1969.

[Dan from Michigan]

BTW - At least we didn't give the country Klinton, John Edwards, Gore, LBJ, or Jimmy Carter....

[Zambian]

Growing up (as well as currently residing) in the northeast I can attest to the validity of the authors remarks. I, as well as most people I grew up with, had a very negative impression of the south. Backwards, racist, intolerant, uneducated, etc.

The amazing thing is that I have found the south to be just the opposite, broadly speaking. I personally consider the south to be the last vestige of sanity left in our country. Hopefully I will be able to facilitate a job transfer through my employer to either Georgia or Florida (nothing south of Orlando) in the near future.

[sinclair]

You notice how all the people those pictures represent are all JFK wanna-be's.