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Originally posted by angelove
Snaps to krazy. Why do people get so offended if a person even mentions race, but it's okay to make fun of people who were born or live in the South? Guess what - we're not all racists, we don't marry our cousins, we wear shoes except when we're on our beautiful beaches going into our warm water, we don't eat dirt, and I've seen as many trailer parks in the Northeast and out West as I have in the South. Monet, we don't steal cable anymore than any other racial or ethnic group. It's admirable that GeekyPenguin has "tried really hard to stop making fun of the south." I could just imagine the reaction if she said she was trying to stop making fun of a particular racial group.
What we need to do is stop stereotyping individuals on the basis of race, gender, geography, hair color, sexual preference, religion, etc. Instead, we should all make fun of Ron Wilson, who sounds like an idiot no matter where he lives or was born. Ridicule him for his policies and platform, but don't lump every other southerner in with him.
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(I couldn't help myself!)
You're inferring things from my argument that weren't there. People in Wisconsin do stupid stuff all the time too, like stuff themselves into vending machines and stand in shorts for four hours in -20* weather to watch a football team, and shoot each other while they're hunting, and if you guys want to make fun of that, it's fine. Nowhere did I say "every single person from the south ever is stupid." I have a lot of relatives in the south and they make fun of people like this just as much as I do.
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