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GoneFishin
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North vs South
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6/2/2005 2:12:28 PM
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I was raised in the Connecticut, lived in New Jersey, Atlanta, and Birmingham. I now live in the Florida Panhandle with a second residence on Lake Martin. I can attest that people are indeed generally friendlier in the South. A one finger redneck wave in the North can get you'll shot. I do indeed see Southern folks more capable of smiling at ya while they knife ya in the back.
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lamont
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North vs South
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6/2/2005 2:50:36 PM
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In my travels, I have found the rude ones to be confined to Connecticut, Jersey, New York, etc. Spent a lot of time in the midwest and found those folks to be just like Southerners, just with funny accents. Just one mans opinion mind you.
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Feb
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Clearance Sale
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6/2/2005 2:58:01 PM
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Is Russell Home Improvements in Alex City having a big sale on "Broad Brushes"?
Hope its a clearance sale, and they run out soon.
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SBsigmapi
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Clearance Sale
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6/2/2005 3:19:40 PM
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Why are you so darn scared of generalizations? I could say "man its frickin freezin in Alaska" and some smart@$$ on this forum would spout off about me painting with a broad brush--after all, Alaskan summers produce temps in the 60s---how dare i say its cold there. If you are from the north and you complain about southerners' generalizations, arent you proving those generalizations to be correct? Geez people lighten up.
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Feb
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Clearance Sale
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6/2/2005 3:52:51 PM
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You are studying to be an attorney, and the best you can do is come up with that lame argument. I know you are much better read and more intelligent from reading some of your other post. Making generalizations about weather is significantly different that making generalizations about ones character or manners.
Wouldn't one from the South be proud of the fact that we are friendly and courteous to others as opposed to someone that belittled others just because they are from a different place?
Oh come on - That is not generalizations. It is vindictive and ugly, and not what I or you consider a Southern Genleman or Lady.
Up until your post, I considered most of this thread somewhat humerous with a slight dark side to it. Think of how we feel when someone from another part of the country says we are slow or even stupid just because we are from the South. Not everyone from other parts say that either, but we know some with ignorant views have made that broad brush generalization.
Lets not stoop to that level ourselves.
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SBsigmapi
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Clearance Sale
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6/2/2005 4:24:47 PM
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I welcome the barefoot and ignorant southern stereotype so long as it continues to serve as a deterrant for yankee settlement. Credentials serve to overcome this stereotype in the job market--elsewhere it doesnt matter. I too hear the "stupid southerner" generalizations, but they make me laugh. I have never been in the presence of a northerner that used that generalization AND could get more pieces of Trivial Pursuit pie than I could. I doubt that their are many Yanks that can say that they have never been in the precense of a southerner that was both more kind/polite than him/her AND used a stereotype about rude northerners. My point is, If you know the definition of a generalization, then why take personal offense to one? I can dance. . .I dont pout, whine, or complain everytime I hear a joke about white guys' inability to dance.
If
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Feb
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Clearance Sale
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6/2/2005 4:50:12 PM
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You Sir are not helping your cause with me on this debate.
I must be missing your point; because I do not see it. If there is a point, it makes no sense to me. I will let others speak for themself.
I will attempt to simplify my point (not inferring that you require simplification) by stating that we do not make or prove a better person of ourself or our associates by putting someone else's character, manners, morals, upbringing and etc. down.
A person of character does not and does not feel the need to belittle another to make themselves feel good about their self importance. I would argue that applies when one attempts to do so with groups of other people.
I have presented this the best I can, and see no further need to continue my position. You are welcome to the "last word".
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SBsigmapi
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Clearance Sale
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6/2/2005 5:31:12 PM
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Well, If I am welcome to it, I guess I will take it. I do not know how to simplify this any more than I already have. Southerners GENERALLY are more polite and friendly than northerners. If someone makes this observation (whether they be from above or below the Mason-Dixon) this does not mean that they are being boastful or hateful. It simply means that they are stating a generalization that tends to be agreed upon by both sides. The reason it is agreed to by BOTH sides is that ,because it is a generalization, a northerner can agree to it with out being personally held to being impolite or rude. Likewise, a southerner can agree to the generalization even if he or she knows that they, personally are a huge jerk. They know that there are exceptions to generalizations. Being that I used to work for Sherwin Williams Paint Supply, I would like to take this back to the original analogy--painting with a broad brush. When someone paints with a large (broad) brush, such as a 4" brush, there tend to be small spaces in the middle that aren't covered very well. This happens because of unequal paint distribution on the brush. A lot of paint is applied at once, making this brush effective in large areas, but small lines do get missed. The same thing is true of generalizations. Rather than taking the time to say that 3,523,956 people in Alabama, 4,567,396 people in Georgia, 1,978,347 people in Tennessee, etc. are polite, we use a broad brush to paint the word HOSPITABLE on the the south. Sure there are a couple of lines (people) missed by this stroke, but for the sake of convenience, we will let them slide. The same holds true for the north--well almost. We dip the broad brush in the rude and inconsiderate bucket when we paint New England. . .sure we could use a smaller brush and be more fair and accurate about it, but that would take a lot of TIME. Remember, MOST of these people wont take the TIME to hold a door open for you. The people up north who are polite could complain about this ugly colored paint being applied to their geographic area, but why do that? When such an ugly color is applied to everyone else, to simply go untouched by the paint (to be considered to be polite) would make your pleasantness that much more appreciated.
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Ok. I lost track. I'm not studying to be a lawyer.
Most would agree that most of us Southerners are polite. Most would agree that SOME of us are not polite. Some of us are smart. Some of us are stupid. Some of us only APPEAR stupid to "Northerners".
I guess most of us are where we want to be, doing what we want to do. I like "Northerners" ok. Not sure if they like us.... But, what does it really matter?
Same road goes out that came in.
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joyrider
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Clearance Sale
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6/2/2005 8:21:23 PM
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CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
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| Name: |
lamont
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geeeeeessssssh
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6/3/2005 7:13:56 AM
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Someone needs to lighten up and discover a sense of humor. I also laugh at generalizations of dumb southerners. Does not bother ne in the least. I sat next to a lady from Maine last night at a Southern all-you-can eat place. We were having a great time bantering back and forth in a very stereotypical way regarding the differences between Northerners and Sotherners. At the end of the meal, I told her I had to get back to my double-wide to make sure it was tied down properly for the upcoming storms. She told me those things aren't even allowed where she lives. I suppose I could have been offended but instead, I laughed. I guess my point is that some here take themselves way to serious. A sense of humor will cure what ails you. By the way, she didn't even order sweet tea with her meal. That, my friend, is no way to go through life!
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ShoeFly
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geeeeeessssssh
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6/3/2005 9:30:28 AM
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pass the popcorn please
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joyrider
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geeeeeessssssh
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6/3/2005 10:36:59 AM
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Eating at a Southern All-U-Can-Eat, next to someone who mentions living in a doublewide and "NOT" drinking sweet tea????? O my Gosh!
What was she thinking??? hehehehehe
My mother in law is from the North,.... Boston to be exact. My husband used to say "Why can't you cook peas like my mother"? (as you can imagine,... that erked this southern girls grits! So one weekend, I cooked a big sourthern supper with "peas" (not dinner-SUPPER) fixed his plate and put it in front of him. He immediately said "what the he!! is THIS!!!" I said "PEAS! You wanted me to fix the peas like your momma's and since I didn't know how she does it, I made them by taste!" On his plate was a big pile of boiled peanuts,.... cause that is just what his momma's taste like! Uncooked, Non-seasoned peas! He's never said anything like that to me again! The funny thing is that the next time we went to his parents house, i told his momma what I did. She didn't laugh to much, but my father-in-law fell off the couch laughing,..... he understood,.... he's from the south and has wanted to say that for years.
Pass the sweet teas guys and lets move on!
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Feb
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geeeeeessssssh
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6/3/2005 12:10:54 PM
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Now all this talk I can appreciate, enjoy and laugh about (which I did joyrider). Speaking of differences in cultures and things of that sort are both interesting and often times humorous. Amazing how many folks outside of the deep South have never even heard of boiled peanuts or chewing sugar cane. Remember the first time I was introduced to pork roll. Found out that Walleye is just as good as catfish or crappie if maybe not even better. Also nice to speak in a complimentary manner of others, and enjoy hearing complimentary comments about your culture/background.
I'll have a glass of that sun made sweetened ice tea please & thank you.
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ChrisCraft
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To summize....
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6/5/2005 11:19:50 PM
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Look, let's just generalize and summize this by saying that most, if not all, people who are from the "north" are pretty much jerks by southern standards (just analyze the foundation of their personalities). Hey, we'd all be jerks of we came from there...
People raised and from the "southern" part of the U.S. have no reason to be anal retentive. We know an a$$ when we hear one....
Just my humble suthun opinin-un.
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