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re: Ugh...Harvey Updike is a POS
Posted on 8/8/12 at 2:36 pm to Crow Pie
Posted on 8/8/12 at 2:36 pm to Crow Pie
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Dimiss the perception as you may, but outside the South.....most would see Harvey as a fair representative of the average Bama fan.
Just mention George Wallace to a "Yankee" and see what kind of opinion you get ....60 years later.
I live about as far outside the South as one can (without leaving the lower 48) and I can tell you that it's a perception of the South as a whole and not one state in particular. Alabama and Mississippi may have some more visible memories from the 50s and 60s but let's not forget David Duke was in a runoff for governor of Louisiana in 1991 and only lost because enough of us had good sense enough to realize a crook was better than a Klansman in sheep's clothing.
But I can also tell IDGAF what Yankees think about the South. 27 years of living in Baton Rouge taught me all I need to know about the people of the South. It is the people that make the South the great place that it is. The people make the food and make the culture. I love a lot of things about Oregon but it will never compete with the South when it comes to having such a rich homegrown cultural experience. There's plenty of culture here but most of it is imported from somewhere else and didn't organically evolve here.
I don't spend too much time worrying about how outsiders perceive the South. They don't know what I know and I don't care if they ever do.
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Posted on 8/8/12 at 5:44 pm to BrerTiger
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I live about as far outside the South as one can (without leaving the lower 48) and I can tell you that it's a perception of the South as a whole and not one state in particular. Alabama and Mississippi may have some more visible memories from the 50s and 60s but let's not forget David Duke was in a runoff for governor of Louisiana in 1991 and only lost because enough of us had good sense enough to realize a crook was better than a Klansman in sheep's clothing. But I can also tell IDGAF what Yankees think about the South. 27 years of living in Baton Rouge taught me all I need to know about the people of the South. It is the people that make the South the great place that it is. The people make the food and make the culture. I love a lot of things about Oregon but it will never compete with the South when it comes to having such a rich homegrown cultural experience. There's plenty of culture here but most of it is imported from somewhere else and didn't organically evolve here. I don't spend too much time worrying about how outsiders perceive the South. They don't know what I know and I don't care if they ever do.
Great post; your sentiments are so dead on with how I feel about this. I to have strayed from the south and always think it's funny when idiots on these message boards make blanket claims like the rest of the country looks down on your SEC state but not mine. We all have some pretty significant baggage.
Only thing I would add to what you just said is it is really easy for people from lilly white places like Oregon, Connecticut , and Colorado to turn up their nose on the south's racism when they have never had to face the issue. I'm not really interested in hearing those particular people's views on the matter.
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