tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post690246201856555983..comments2023-10-30T10:31:57.911-04:00Comments on Days of Transition: "A bunch of Yankees"Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-71857994387912801672009-07-23T20:12:27.348-04:002009-07-23T20:12:27.348-04:00Wish it were a ghost, Ravel, but no--those people ...Wish it were a ghost, Ravel, but no--those people usually are against other non-white, non-Christian, non-whomevers that don't conform to what they think are the right "kind."Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-64582172259062947852009-07-23T20:05:48.446-04:002009-07-23T20:05:48.446-04:00So, it seems old wars are hard to die. The guy is ...So, it seems old wars are hard to die. The guy is probably against "niggers" too, etc. Phew!<br />A good reminder of how much prejudice takes forever to disappear.<br />Maybe you saw a ghost?Ravelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755037926990352029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-57228523285579880022009-07-23T16:02:38.523-04:002009-07-23T16:02:38.523-04:00Kat, you're right, of course, and my better an...Kat, you're right, of course, and my better angels seldom rise to the bait. It's best not to engage idiots. That doesn't stop you from thinking about comebacks, though.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-87483808751144299332009-07-23T16:01:11.270-04:002009-07-23T16:01:11.270-04:00Cuidado, like I said I'd always heard apocryph...Cuidado, like I said I'd always heard apocryphally about pockets throughout the South but this was my first proof. Of course, "Yankee" is exchangeable for any other word the utterer might think of to insult somebody--it's all just ignorance.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-4865025854650915312009-07-23T15:43:02.941-04:002009-07-23T15:43:02.941-04:00Ralph,
I'd wish I could let my tongue loose if...Ralph,<br />I'd wish I could let my tongue loose if I heard garbage like that, but it only causes more problems though it sure as heck is satisfying.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200177056135281932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-19897250988529041572009-07-23T15:36:17.830-04:002009-07-23T15:36:17.830-04:00I'm so sorry to hear sh** like that. It is rar...I'm so sorry to hear sh** like that. It is rare in our country but not absent. Nothing riles me more than prejudice of any sort but something so long ago as the American Civil war. Time has passed and times have changed. Lets hope they do no more harm.Cuidadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00902932984519171766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-53806947216156406492009-07-23T14:08:50.860-04:002009-07-23T14:08:50.860-04:00Guess you're right, Z&M. Fer sure, we ain...Guess you're right, Z&M. Fer sure, we ain't a-gonna be providin' the licker!Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-15461014475308693022009-07-23T13:59:40.150-04:002009-07-23T13:59:40.150-04:00That part of NC is still in the bible belt Ralph. ...That part of NC is still in the bible belt Ralph. Red neck city. And these phonies grow on trees out there. Wait till one of them gets "awl lickered up". You and Steve can dance then. Welcome to the real Southern Mayberry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-46365912447069434542009-07-23T06:57:04.705-04:002009-07-23T06:57:04.705-04:00Nan, you remind me that there can be just as much ...Nan, you remind me that there can be just as much of a negative knee-jerk reaction among northerners towards southerners as vice versa--another phenomenon that floored me when I first noticed it. The last thing I mean to do here is reinforce any stereotypes. I thought the story was worth sharing for its very oddity, sort of like witnessing a comet or some other often-described but rarely seen natural phenomenon.<br /><br />I grew up in no-man's land, DC, where the traditional culture is decidedly southern but is influenced enough by the presence of the national government and so many permanent transplants from all over that we natives were able to assimilate the best of both and discard the worst. And I went to school in Kentucky, a place I grew to love. After I've been here long enough I'll pick up a little bit of a drawl, and I won't mind it at all.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-89895234789663682009-07-23T06:01:05.423-04:002009-07-23T06:01:05.423-04:00Ralph, great post. Let's hope that lone vibe y...Ralph, great post. Let's hope that lone vibe you caught was isolated and that your experiences thus far will be the norm. In the last 15 years, so many "Yankees," have moved south that I have to think it is changing - much to the consternation of traditional types. I am a northerner through and through, I know that -- and I'll try not to let this story reinforce my own biases. Some of my best friends are Southerners.nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.com