I’m retarded? You’re the idiot that just assumed I was some poor Southern Bible-thumper. I was born and raised in Washington State, got my Engineering degree at MIT & my MS in History at UMass, neither exactly a cornpone Bible college. I never saw the South until I was in the Army, and was the first soldier ever to force the Army to put “Atheist” on my dog tags, which probably limits my invitations to Falwell’s cocktail parties. However, having done postgrad work at UVa in Charlottesville, lived in 8 different States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific Rim, I’ve gotten more exposure to more cultures – including Southern -- than the average bear.
I identify with poor Southern culture, even though some of my Thoroughbreds cost more than most peoples’ new cars, since I was raised by Southern parents, even up North, and retired to Virginia to raise horses and rescue dogs. Doing well doesn’t erase the roots.
The comment about the superiority of Southern culture was obviously hyperbole, as most should have figured out, but the point is accurate: it’s far more self-reliant and independent than any of the usual whining minority groups who never saw a welfare program or government program they wouldn’t line up for. It was true for both rural Southern whites AND Blacks, though in recent years the welfare mentality has leeched out of the cities and into the rural South, unfortunately.
It’s interesting that you claim Southern whites are racist religious zealots, sexually repressed and narrow-minded – without even recognizing the idiotic stereotype you’re perpetuating. Every culture has its peculiarities, but Southerners – even poor ones – are the best source of hillbilly jokes and the biggest consumers of Foxworthy’s redneck humor. Try bouncing a stereotypical joke into a Black, or Jewish, or Muslim audience and see how far their sense of humor extends. Or try to find some other minority group that doesn’t have a pack of well-paid organizations and “spokesmen” trying to pick the taxpayer’s pocket, or scream "foul" to the media at every opportunity. Or are you trying to sell us on the idea that poor Southern whites are so well off that they neither need nor want government programs. Maybe those are the guys you think have been running the world “for hundreds of years.” You're obviously confused enough by thinking that most Southern conservatives are Falwell 'droids.
Let me guess – your total exposure to the rural South comes from TV and some bumper stickers you’ve seen.
As you’ve demonstrated, you self-righteous left-wing flakes are so stuck with your own stereotypes that you just assume everyone else is as bigoted and phony as you are. You have the gall to refer to “subtle racism” in a group you only know through television stereotypes, but overlook your own gutless avoidance of offending your pet minority groups. You’ll rip on Christians at the drop of a hat – just like I will – but you (or at least the vast majority of socialist idiots, for whom you’ve volunteered to speak, apparently) get your panties all in a bunch if anyone goes after the truly hilarious “religions,” like Wicca or Gaia-worship, or the most ridiculous of all, Islam – though Scientology comes in a close second.
I find Squidbillies one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen, as do most of the Southerners I know who’ve seen it (both well-off and not). We know that not every Southerner is like that, but we’ve all known those who were, or heard of them, and it's funny sh**. If you can’t laugh at your culture, there’s something wrong with you. Or the culture. Just for fun, though, try to imagine the reaction if you changed the stereotypes and the squids were in blackface, drawing welfare, shootin’ dice, stealin’ chickens, in AMos & Andy accents …. or if they had Spanish accents, handlebar mustaches, sneaked across the Rio Grande, had gang tats, and drank Tequila all day. Like I said, some cultures have a sense of humor ….
None of this will make a dent in your closed liberal viewpoint, of course, but strictly for the benefit of anyone else who may read this thread and actually have an open mind, I figured I could blow a few minutes to point out your more obvious absurdities.
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