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Personally I feel what someone who isnt from the south might infer as racism, someone from the south might realize isnt racist at all. Its very hard to explain. Its just one of those things that you just have to be from the south to get.

So it is about racism like I suspected and unlike your denial earlier in this thread in trying to imply that the "southern mentality" was something else. You're all over the place with this right now.

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The removal of Dixie in my opinion shouldnt be a Ole Miss issue. I think some decisions have to be made that might upset the fan base but be for the better of the school.(such as getting rid of the confederate flag at games) So I dont expect the majority of Ole Miss fans to share my sentiments.

Surely you're not suggesting outside legislature make that decision? And you're supporting completely eradicating any inkling of Southern tradition Ole Miss has at this point because Ole Miss just happens to be a University in the South. Many have pointed out that Dixie doesn't have any racist undertones/connotations. So what gives? We've both agreed that racism will forever be associated with Ole Miss because of James Meredith and other events. So what difference is it going to make to remove a song that has Old South roots, but no specific racial undertones? You keep hammering home that Dixie isn't the first thing one thinks of when they think Ole Miss and vice versa. So what's the hurt in keeping it?

And yes, you're coming off incredibly asshurt over it.

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Posted by Doresrules

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Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:21 am to BluegrassBelle

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So it is about racism like I suspected and unlike your denial earlier in this thread in trying to imply that the "southern mentality" was something else. You're all over the place with this right now.

There is no denial. I stand by my statement that if you arent from the south there are some thing that you wont understand and might imply as racism when it has nothing to do with race. For example, if I see a guy with a confederate flag I see a guy who is proud of his heritage. Dont kid me if you dont think others who dont understand the south dont just view it as some redneck racist.

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Surely you're not suggesting outside legislature make that decision

No I'm suggesting that some decisions have to be made without a vote by our administration. Whose job it is to move Ole Miss in the right direction.

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Many have pointed out that Dixie doesn't have any racist undertones/connotations. So what gives?

If there was no racist undertones to the song this vote never would have taken place and there wouldnt be several pages of people talking about it on this site.

This is gonna be my last response to this thread because you an pick apart every point I make until the end of time. We just agree to disagree. We all want what is best for Ole Miss. I'm sure there were people who were just as upset about losing the confederate flags at games. It was a Ole Miss tradition, which set Ole Miss apart from other schools. I'm personally glad someone had the balls to go against what the majority wanted and did what was best for Ole Miss.

Once again we just agree to disagree. Good debate though.