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I fer realz hate to be the fly in the buttermilk (ahem 😳 ) but DAMN! I guess Virginia IS for lovers.
White power lovers, that is. Sons of The Confederate Veterans and all.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co … 0040604979
And remember, dominionites, I ain’t laughin’ at ya, I’s laughin’ wit’ ya: I’s orijimally from Fluraduh (empahsis on the ‘duh’). (Biographical aside — as a lil’ whippersnapper, I was so ashamed of my FL southern accent, I watched hours upon hours of Benny Hill, Python and “Dr. Who” on PBS to rid myself of any syrupy drawl 😳 ) Although I suppose that one could argue that anything below the FSU/UF maginot line is questionable — kinda like the Australia of the U.S., if you can get to that…
Anyhoo: DAMN!
I also see that MS, AL, TX, and yes, my formerly beloved FL have similar “proclamations.” 🙄 (It ain’t all rainbows up heah in S.E. Vamaunt neitha, what with the “Take Vermont Back” bumperstickers, or bumpahstickahs, excuse me, and even the odd Confederate flag truck decal, I shit you not! 😮 That’s what Howard Dean was talking about, I guess…)Oh well. It always helps to know where the idiots are.
T
MVF wrote:What the hell brought THAT on??????Have we southerners on the Board offended you in some way???
Alas, I see that the tongue-in-cheek nature of my post hath offended. ‘Twas not my intention whatsoever.
“What the hell brought THAT on?” Read the Post article — the idiot governor of VA.
No, not all Southerners are bigots…after all, I am technically a ‘southerner,’ (hence the provincialized “I’m not laughing at you, I’m laughing with you”) though the joke has always been “Are native Floridians southerners?” I was also alluding cryptically to the vote fiasco that cost Gore the presidency. SOME southerners are bigots, and therefore idiots…we know this to be correct. Some denizens of the northeast U.S. are dimwitted and prejudiced is also a valid observation.
However, no governor of any other state, save for the ‘southern’ states, has dared to condescend to the most illogical and inhumane residents of those states by (pun intended) whitewashing the Confederacy, “states’ rights,” and slavery of Africans with ludicrous ‘proclamations’ about “significance” and “heritage.” (I happened to forget all about McDonnell and Cuccinnelli attempting to take bias protection away from gays and lesbians, and the new stink about felon re-enfranchisement/de-facto literacy tests. What else would we expect from a graduate of Pat Robertson U.?)
Instead of trying to get a laugh, perhaps I should’ve just cited the article and asked what everyone thought of it. I took for granted that we all know the pros and cons of our various strategic origins, and snarked away. To me, a sense of humor about ourselves keeps us from erecting false idols, but hey, that’s just my humble opinion.
If my post rubbed you the wrong way, I am truly sorry and sincerely apologize. I don’t/didn’t take FL jokes personally — believe me, there were many after 2000 — and (perhaps?) wrongly assumed that other native residents of their respective states had/have the same sense of humor that I do about being born on a particular piece of this rock circling the sun.
Love, kisses, and sorrow —
T
As one who lives in aforementioned state (a.k.a. “commonwealth”), I can tell you that folks here aren’t all that happy with the proclamation, either. Oh sure, some are, but I guess that’s their thing.
One of the unfortunate backlashes that I’ve seen in some of the other online discussion forums, particularly replies to the posting of the news item by the Daily Press (our local news rag), is that some people are saying that it’s not anywhere near as racist as having “Black History Month” and such. So, maybe, festering under the surface, there is something to some of the out-of-state commentary. I hope not.
Personally, I see no harm in paying attention to history. The initial idea behind Black History Month was that there were significant contributions to our society and culture that had been made by a certain ethnic group that has historically been downplayed as having nothing worthwhile to offer. Regardless of the merits of demerits of that, I think it unwise for Virginia, which such a rich history going back to 1607 to overemphasize the events of such a very short period of time, especially when they didn’t go so well. And yet, I would hate to be ignorant of anything significant from that era, so I am confused on this.
What I DON’T want is for this to turn into a way of trumpeting the post-war racism that we should duly be ashamed of, and of somehow whitewashing it (borrowed phrase) into appearing as though it were somehow a good thing.
More thoughts later…. maybe
Rich
I also see that MS, AL, TX, and yes, my formerly beloved FL have similar “proclamations.” 🙄 (It ain’t all rainbows up heah in S.E. Vamaunt neitha, what with the “Take Vermont Back” bumperstickers, or bumpahstickahs, excuse me, and even the odd Confederate flag truck decal, I shit you not! 😮 That’s what Howard Dean was talking about, I guess…)
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