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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
It's the work of a party that finds itself teetering on the brink of losing its social identity: it's not for anything, just against stuff.
Regarding the EgyptAir flight that went down, while there's no proof of terrorism yet, it would statistically be the most likely cause of the crash. All fatal commercial aviation incidents that led to fatalities in recent memory have been due to malfeasance of some sort.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!""Scuttlebutt is that all these bathroom bills are an attempt to distract attention away from something bigger or otherwise more controversial."
That's probably true, but I don't doubt that many of these Southern GOP types are pursuing the transgender witch hunt with absolute sincerity. They need some avenue to redirect all that pent up homophobia, now that that bigotry is becoming unacceptable.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."Well, with all of the bullshit over transpeople in bathrooms here in NC lately it's allowed the state government to quietly push several insane proposals through. Most recently, we're looking at a possible blanket ban on wind and solar energy, and a proposed axing of support programs for critically disabled children.
Ugh. I think some states have crossed the line from regular villainy into Cartoonish Supervillainy.
EDIT: Here's an article
that the previous poster was alluding to.
edited 20th May '16 7:18:17 AM by speedyboris
Oklahoma might not really be "Old-School South", but it's probably about as capital-S South as Texas.
538 did a survey about what is the South a couple years ago.
I've always hated the idea of "cultural Southerness". It seems to be reliant entirely on stereotypes and confuses politics for culture. It's almost as nonsensical as the idea of cultural decades.
EDIT: That was poorly worded. To be clear, I don't like the idea that southern culture consists entirely of rural conservatism and that Oklahoma's reactionary swing somehow makes them Southern, while Maryland and Florida's progressive stances somehow make them Northern.
edited 20th May '16 10:50:33 AM by PinkElephantOnParade
"I wish that Mark Twain was still alive so that I could say 'oh hai, Mark' to him."Georgia is a weird case. The Atlanta area is a Democrat stronghold, through and through. The rest of the state, while quite conservative, has a much more libertarian (in the classic sense) slant than the rest of the "South", from what I recall. A lot of that can be attributed to the popular presence of Neal Boortz, whose radio show was very influential on Georgia politics for a few decades. The very northern-most part (the bottom of the Appalachians) tends to be a religious right stronghold.
Obviously, I can't speak nearly as well for other Southern states, but I don't doubt they have their own complexities in their political makeup.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)Just when you thought it couldn't get any stupider.
Reuters: Oklahoma introduces measure to impeach Obama over bathroom rights
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To me, the Deep South has always been South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The Upper South, meanwhile, is North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and sometimes Missouri (Its position on the other side of the Mississippi and protruding from the rest of the region makes it difficult to categorize).
EDIT: That was poorly worded. To be clear, I don't like the idea that southern culture consists entirely of rural conservatism and that Oklahoma's reactionary swing somehow makes them Southern, while Maryland and Florida's progressive stances somehow make them Northern.
Basically, you're defining "Southern" as stereotypically as possible and then rejecting that stereotype, while ignoring the fact that that's not what everyone means when they talk about "the South".
edited 20th May '16 11:12:11 AM by NativeJovian
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.The thing with Atlanta is relatively recent though. Historically, Georgia is part of the deep south core. And you don't have to go too far from ATL to see it (Macon, Rome, I'm looking at y'all).
A better example of a state thats south but not deep south is Tennessee.
EDIT- I say this as a long time resident of both states. How I've managed, I do not know.
edited 20th May '16 11:13:16 AM by FFShinra

Like Virginia's voter ID laws being upheld
?
The GOP is really trying to screw over everyone they don't like, are they?
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