You're truly reaching here. A few people do NOT represent the region but because of ignorance like yours, the reputation of southern racism continues. It's sad that people like you refuse to face the truth, instead continue to spread lies. Once and for all, ajax, the reputation you perceive as truth exist solely in the mind of ignorant people.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Aw, give him a break, Mrs. M. He read somewhere that this is how all of the South is.

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I am an American. That's the way most of us put it, just matter of factly. They are plain words, those four: you could write them on your thumbnail, or sweep them clear across this bright autumn sky. But remember too, that they are more than just words. They are a way of life. So whenever you speak them; speak them firmly, speak them proudly, speak them gratefully. I am an American. ...a tradition

I hope you understand that you are using prejudice to form your opinion.

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One day, I will sneak across the border into Canada and be an illegal alien. It will be fun.

Ajax, try just a little harder, could you? Let's see how this works with other people.

I'll base my opinions of those living in the North on some Yankee fans I know.

Alright then - everyone in the North is a complete douchebag.

I'll base my opinions of everyone living in California on those people I see on TV and hear about in the news.

Aright then - everyone in California is certifuckinfiably nuts and needs to be locked up.

I'll base my opinions of people in the Midwest on the people I have read about in Kansas, who don't believe evolution is real and want to see creationism taught in schools.

Alright then - everyone in the Midwest is a complete idiot, I'll make sure to scan future teachers and make sure they aren't from that area.


See how much sense that all made? Absolutely none.

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"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell." - Oscar Wilde

What about Coloroadans?

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When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

Pfff....based on you? Y'all are completely screwed.

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"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell." - Oscar Wilde

Leave it you, Pram, to mess things up for me. We have a nice kid as an intern at work...a real gem. I was all ready to think everyone in CO is pretty great, but then you reminded me you are from CO. Thanks a lot.

(jk)

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I am an American. That's the way most of us put it, just matter of factly. They are plain words, those four: you could write them on your thumbnail, or sweep them clear across this bright autumn sky. But remember too, that they are more than just words. They are a way of life. So whenever you speak them; speak them firmly, speak them proudly, speak them gratefully. I am an American. ...a tradition

LMAO @ both of you.

We are kind of screwed up. We have no accent. We have some remarkably conservative areas, and yet one of the most whacked-out bastions of liberalism ever. Other than Columbine, our only other claims to fame are the Air Force Academy, Focus on the Family (both in Co. Springs), and students rioting because they couldn't drink under age.

Go figure.

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When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

I'm with you most of the way. Of course racism exists in other parts of the country. But to deny that the region definitely has a worse history such as with Jim Crow, KKK, and lynchings is sort of trying to bury things also.

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"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Racism will always be a problem, or as long as people make it one. After all it's a state of mind that has no basis in reality. That being said, those who are indeed racist are clearly becoming a minority in their own right. Or at the least they're shutting up about it because its become taboo to insult or prejudge anybody. Whether a political correct America is a good thing though, I dunno.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. In the case of the Jena 6, they should be punished accordingly to the crimes that they have committed. No more, no less. Of that I would say most people agree on, the problem is that there are about 10 different views of this story. From the mother who proclaims complete innocence of her boy, to the side who says they should be punished just not for attempted murder and etc.

People will always find reasons to hate each other, and if we run out the human race will surely invent some more. Though you have to remember that it wasn't long ago that people rioted in LA over racisms (In which case 32 people lost their lives, of almost every race in the world). So no doubt even though it's the 21st century, its still an issue and always will be. Personally part of the problem is that we see ourselves as black or white in the first place, first most we should count ourselves as the same species, human.

You forgot The Rev. Ted Haggard. But don't feel bad, we had Jesse Helms in the senate for 30 years.

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"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell." - Oscar Wilde

Yes, for approximately 2 years.

Macon, GA. For a year when I was 7. Altanta for a year when I was 10.

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Is our children learning? -George W. Bush

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

No, partofme, I've never denied that the south has a worse history because I know better. I was in grade school when segregation started here and was pulled out of public school because of it. My dad didn't like the idea of the government busing black children in to meet a quota nor did he like the idea of his children going to school with them. Thankfully, Dad changed his mind in later years and is no longer the prejudiced person he once was. It's the same for many in this area. We intermingle with blacks on a daily basis, and many of the younger generation are in interracial relationships. So while we may have racial roots, we're changing all the time and it's time the rest of the country recognizes that.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

I think I'm a better authority on the south then since I've lived here for almost 47 years.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

It goes both ways. Due to your attachments you may be blinded , conciously or unconciously, to the problems of the region. I'm not saying you are though.

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Is our children learning? -George W. Bush

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004