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Old Feb 24, 2008, 11:43 PM
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Why is the South (of the US) Ignorant?

Hello, I hope you are doing well. Please, let me explain the topic of this thread before I get attacked.

As a person living in California, it seems as if many people (not all, of course) who are raised and live in the Southern states of the US are still ignorant when it comes to a variety of issues, even though it is approximately a century and a half since the American Civil War. I am looking for an unbiased answer to this, because I really do not know much about the south and am really interested in finding out. This will be a starting point for much more research that I will conduct on my own.

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Old Feb 28, 2008, 01:04 PM   #31  
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From my experience about guns. My Southern Grandma held one under her pillow, while she slept, "just in case- dear", she would say. My Northern Grandma ran from bullets when she got off the train once because of her ethnic background, "that is why I will never be prejudice and neither will you", she would say. To me, I would rather protect myself than to ever try to run from a bullet!
To me each part of our country has its ignorant and intelligent. I do not believe one has anything over the other. Different lifestyles, different avenues of approach to a subject. From my experience, in the South, men still open the door for me. In the North, they wait till I open it. Or many of them, from my experience. Does that make either ignorant? I guess it is an opinion. For me, I would rather still have the door opened. To me it shows that he is a gentleman. The unspoken shows good up-bringing. The majority of the south are conservatives. I believe this is due to strong religious ties in their communities. Where the North, the majority are liberals. I believe this is due to the experience of different cultures and belief systems. Each have benefits and pitfalls.

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Old Feb 28, 2008, 03:43 PM   #32  
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Babram- Does texas still hold the right in its stste const. to withdraw from the USA and dive-ied it self into 3 seperate states of it's own ????


Hi F.B.E.-

Yes. But understand that any State could succeed, although that happening more than likely would cause conflicts, skirmishes, and possibly war. Texas has a unique situation because of the agreement in the Annexation Treaty that permits the State to do so legally.


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I left south West Texas when I was 14 and I can remember that being thout in school , My dad was a railroad section forman ot the southern pacific railroad. Do you know where marthon and sanderson texas is??? the section was just about 1/2 way between them ,out in gods country ( in the middle of the desart. ::: F.B.E. GOD BLESS


I only know that Sanderson is in west Texas. Marthon I'm not sure the location. Texas in it's vastness has so many towns. I never knew my grandfather, but coincidentally he retired from the RR. And may G-d bless you.
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Old Feb 28, 2008, 06:46 PM   #33  
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BaBRAM - IF you looked on a texas map and find sanderson texas, then look to the west about 55m,iles you will find MARATHON TEXAS,ON US 90 HWY. Next is ALPINE, TEXAS. The railroad went from Marathon towards Sanderson but leaveing mathron it went to the southin order to go threw a pass and valley where the section was, it came into the valley in a slight ( S) and went out the eastern end of the valley the same way Then it started swing back to the north towards HWY () AND into SandersonTexasn just mountains and desart, as I always called it ( GODS COUNTRY ) Well GOOD DAY AND GOD BLESS ;;;; F.B.E.
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From my experience about guns. My Southern Grandma held one under her pillow, while she slept, "just in case- dear", she would say. My Northern Grandma ran from bullets when she got off the train once because of her ethnic background, "that is why I will never be prejudice and neither will you", she would say. To me, I would rather protect myself than to ever try to run from a bullet!
To me each part of our country has its ignorant and intelligent. I do not believe one has anything over the other. Different lifestyles, different avenues of approach to a subject. From my experience, in the South, men still open the door for me. In the North, they wait till I open it. Or many of them, from my experience. Does that make either ignorant? I guess it is an opinion. For me, I would rather still have the door opened. To me it shows that he is a gentleman. The unspoken shows good up-bringing. The majority of the south are conservatives. I believe this is due to strong religious ties in their communities. Where the North, the majority are liberals. I believe this is due to the experience of different cultures and belief systems. Each have benefits and pitfalls.


said so nicely. to me it's hard to beat living in the south. but, there are things that i respect about the north also (broadway, movies, snow, art) but you couldn't pay me a million dollars to leave my roots behind.or God
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First off, I am going to admit that I did not read the entire thread. So, my bad if I stepped on any toes, or repeated what anyone said.

Personally I take offense to this post. I was born in Pennsylviania, raised in Ohio, Michigan, and Alaska, and currently live in Tennessee for the past 8 years. I used to have the same beliefs. As I would be made fun of (I just graduated high school the first time moving to Tenn, in 1982), just because I was a yankee.

I was harassed about the civil war, blah blah blah.......My family was overseas in Poland and Chezolovachia during the civil war. It was just because I moved down below the Mason-Dixon line that I was chastised. No one took it upon themselves to learn about me personally, they just ASSUMED.

Now, with that said, I have moved all over the State of Tennessee, and I have met some of the smartest, most knowlegable people I have ever known in my lifetime, and I have traveled the ENTIRE United States.

Have you ever visited the Southern US? Do you know us personally? Or are you just assuming?

Just because some of us talk funny doesn't mean we aren't educated.

Oh, yeah, and the Civil War, if it weren't for that, would the US be where it is today? I think not (as I look at the cannon ball lodged in the tree in my front yard for years, and I preen and take care of my slave wall every spring).

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Old Feb 29, 2008, 07:44 PM   #36  
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J_9 - For several years I worked as a field supt. for a intermational builder out of Detroit, Mich. ,And I had to work all over the real yanky land Upper Ill., Penn. NEWYORK ,Ohlo,WASHINGTON DC,AND MICH. AND i had to fight the civil war all the time, every time i said anything, or got on the phone , I would hear the same thing, ( YOU are from the South , AND I"D PROUDLY SAY YES< ANMD LIKWE YOU I have been in every state in the USA except one and thats the state of WASHINGTON, but i have flown over parts of it and dropped a few bombs on it over the years, I was USAF,back then, IT was not real bombs ,it was done elect. to certain targets, might be a smoke stack or the corner of a big building diown town. But getting back to the question,about the south, WE may talk funny or different but we get said what we mean, and NOT BE OUT OF BREATH WHEN WE GET IT SAID.::: BUT YOU WILL FIND ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE USA < NOT JUST IN ONE LOCAL< JUST AS MANY IN ONE AREA AS IN ANY OTHER STATE OR AREA> I HAVE A LOT OF FRENDS UP IN YANKY LAND < THEY STILL TEASE ME AND I THEM > I ASKED THEM ONE TIME " DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DAM YANKY AND A YANKY< A YANKY COMES SOUTH FOR THE WINTER BUT GOES BACK HOME TO THE NORTH< A DAM YANKY IS ONE THAT COMES SOUTH FOR THE WINTER AND STAYS
OH well I guess I'D better close now befor i start the civil war all over again,;; ( REBELS SAVE YOUR CONFEDERATE MONEY FOR THE SOUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN./ Good Day & GOD BLESS
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We just is, ignorant. We was born that way.





(but no more so than anyone else, from anywhere else)
Lets face it aint we all.
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(as I look at the cannon ball lodged in the tree in my front yard for spring).

That is so awesome, I wish I had a cannon ball tree. lol
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Hello, I hope you are doing well. Please, let me explain the topic of this thread before I get attacked.

As a person living in California, it seems as if many people (not all, of course) who are raised and live in the Southern states of the US are still ignorant when it comes to a variety of issues, even though it is approximately a century and a half since the American Civil War. I am looking for an unbiased answer to this, because I really do not know much about the south and am really interested in finding out. This will be a starting point for much more research that I will conduct on my own.

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I am not from the south but I think by making such a bigotted statement like you just did, you are the ignorant one.
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Old Mar 6, 2008, 01:00 PM   #40  
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VictorLy, which issues are Southerners considered to be ignorant of?
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