Why you should never live in Alabama.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

^This. End of thread.

Mr. Moral Superior sticks his neck out again.

I'm still here with the axe, Flagpole. Did you think I was kidding? You are scum. Human trash.

It's not merely that you're better than noone, it's that you're worse than everyone. I'm singling you out, from everyone on this board, as the most toxic, stuck-up, self-righteous POS around. You are nothing but ego and self-image, and your bigotry is beyond the pale. You believe you're successful, but as a human being you're the poster child for complete failure. A sick soul.

Get a life, dude.

Hmm...I don't take kindly to threats. I suggest you walk that back and fast or you will soon see how quickly I can get some legal action headed your way. Better act fast, brother. I mean it.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

^This. End of thread.

Mr. Moral Superior sticks his neck out again.

I'm still here with the axe, Flagpole. Did you think I was kidding? You are scum. Human trash.

It's not merely that you're better than noone, it's that you're worse than everyone. I'm singling you out, from everyone on this board, as the most toxic, stuck-up, self-righteous POS around. You are nothing but ego and self-image, and your bigotry is beyond the pale. You believe you're successful, but as a human being you're the poster child for complete failure. A sick soul.

Get a life, dude.

Took a screen shot of you threatening physical violence against me. I have two attorneys in the family and a good friend who is a prosecutor that I can contact first thing tomorrow. You'd better walk that noise back dude. And you'd better do it quickly.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

^This. End of thread.

Mr. Moral Superior sticks his neck out again.

I'm still here with the axe, Flagpole. Did you think I was kidding? You are scum. Human trash.

It's not merely that you're better than noone, it's that you're worse than everyone. I'm singling you out, from everyone on this board, as the most toxic, stuck-up, self-righteous POS around. You are nothing but ego and self-image, and your bigotry is beyond the pale. You believe you're successful, but as a human being you're the poster child for complete failure. A sick soul.

Get a life, dude.

Threats of physical violence can end up with a federal charge and up to 5 years in prison. You'd better do some backtracking and it had better be satisfactory, and you'd better do it soon.

Flagpole wrote:

Threats of physical violence can end up with a federal charge and up to 5 years in prison. You'd better do some backtracking and it had better be satisfactory, and you'd better do it soon.

He's Canadian.

Alabama has the second poorest vaccination rate. Enough said.

Flagpole wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Mr. Moral Superior sticks his neck out again.

I'm still here with the axe, Flagpole. Did you think I was kidding? You are scum. Human trash.

It's not merely that you're better than noone, it's that you're worse than everyone. I'm singling you out, from everyone on this board, as the most toxic, stuck-up, self-righteous POS around. You are nothing but ego and self-image, and your bigotry is beyond the pale. You believe you're successful, but as a human being you're the poster child for complete failure. A sick soul.

Get a life, dude.

Threats of physical violence can end up with a federal charge and up to 5 years in prison. You'd better do some backtracking and it had better be satisfactory, and you'd better do it soon.

You can thank Weldon for starting this thread

Cons: the weather extremes. The hot humid summers with the devastating flooding and tornadoes occurring periodically. This applies to most Southern states.

Give me the north with the worst being some cold and a blizzard once a winter or so.

Flagpole wrote:

I see you have a soft spot for Alabama. That happens sometimes. Did you ever live there? Just curious. I won't excoriate you no matter what you say there. I agree that Gulf Shores is a nice place to take a vacation. HOWEVER, as I said before, there are just too many racist redneck people with backwards thinking there for me to ever want to live there or spend much time there. Just too many hateful people...again, that doesn't mean they all are...just means too many are.

No, I've been living in the state just to the West for 19 years, and enjoying it mightily. As an ex-NYer, I'm quite familiar with life in both places--metro East Coast, Deep South--and I'm also well aware that many people who crack on the South not only haven't lived there but haven't even visited there. Those who do visit, in my view, are often surprised, and pleased. "The South" and "Alabama," as things, aren't just one thing. There are many micro-regions, many oases. Birmingham, too, has its bohos, its great restaurants, its weekend activities. Even a minute's worth of research will make this apparent:

Sure, there's a steep gradient once you leave the metro regions and head into the hills. Getting your ears blown out at Talladega isn't everybody's idea of a great time--although you'll suddenly understand what NASCAR is all about in a way that watching a race on TV doesn't begin to communicate.

As for the race thing, raised by one Af-Am poster: black people have been flooding back INTO the South for two or three decades now. Reverse migration is a major thing.

Asheville, NC is in the mountain South. Great town. I had a friend who taught for years at the U. of Montevallo, which is art of greater Birmingham. He ended up moving on, but life was sweet and he enjoyed it--and he was an Ivy grad with many metro tastes.

As for the "too many racist redneck people with backward thinking": sh-t, you can find that in south Boston, in Queens, in parts of Philly and Baltimore. I consider myself exquisitely attentive to overt manifestations of racism--not because I'm a SJW, just because I intensely dislike people who broadcast such attitudes. I've lived, worked, and traveled in the South with my mixed family (wife & son)--including half a dozen vacations in and through Alabama. If things were so horrendous down here, you would think we'd have to be constantly on guard, ready for the next slight. The truth is, we have never been overtly disrespected. Trust me, I'm looking for it! Hasn't happened.

So I'm skeptical of those who haven't lived in the Deep South and perhaps haven't ever set foot in Mississippi or Alabama telling me how bad things are. I know the statistics; statistics don't tell you much about the actual texture of day-to-day life. Nor does the news, which jumps on specific kinds of easily digestible stories, because they monetize well, and leaves the rest alone.

rollertideball wrote:

I know more than one runner who went there for College, in Tuscaloosa. They loved it and yes the Summer running was tough but you acclimate and adjust. I visited the campus and thought it was absolutely amazing.

I've been to Gulf Shores as well, and that place was fantastic. I think there are rural places and urban places that are run down a bit, but I think all states have that.

Sorry, I'm not making fun of a homeless person or someone overweight, life is tough enough and I don't feel the need to knock someone down less fortunate. There are areas that were beautiful and rundown areas, like anywhere else.

+1

I hate Alabama mainly because Interstate 59 is a horrible highway to travel, and their football fans are arrogant pricks, but to trash someone for being different seems to be allowed by the left when done by the left, and never when done by the right. People come in various forms, and they are all God's creation.

mayeroff wrote:

We should never make generalizations about people based on where they live or where they are from.

There is a certain percentage of conservatives in San Francisco just as there are percentage of Bernie Sanders supporters in Mississippi and Alabama. I don't know anyone in Alabama, but I have some close friends of Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana. Some are conservative, some are "moderate" and some are liberal.

We often want to "pigeonhole" people based on their race, nationality, skin color and where they live. This only deepens the social and political divide that is ripping this country apart.

We are one family, on one planet. Life is too short.

+1

I shopped at the Sack O Suds once and pocketed a few cans of tuna

Flagpole wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Mr. Moral Superior sticks his neck out again.

I'm still here with the axe, Flagpole. Did you think I was kidding? You are scum. Human trash.

It's not merely that you're better than noone, it's that you're worse than everyone. I'm singling you out, from everyone on this board, as the most toxic, stuck-up, self-righteous POS around. You are nothing but ego and self-image, and your bigotry is beyond the pale. You believe you're successful, but as a human being you're the poster child for complete failure. A sick soul.

Get a life, dude.

Threats of physical violence can end up with a federal charge and up to 5 years in prison. You'd better do some backtracking and it had better be satisfactory, and you'd better do it soon.

Bad Wigins,

My ducks are now in a row.

I suggest you pull back this threat of violence.

+1

I live in rural south. It is not uncommon to see mixed race families here, and they are as accepted as any other couples. I saw more racism in the North than here.

KudzuRunner wrote:

As for the "too many racist redneck people with backward thinking": sh-t, you can find that in south Boston, in Queens, in parts of Philly and Baltimore. I consider myself exquisitely attentive to overt manifestations of racism--not because I'm a SJW, just because I intensely dislike people who broadcast such attitudes. I've lived, worked, and traveled in the South with my mixed family (wife & son)--including half a dozen vacations in and through Alabama. If things were so horrendous down here, you would think we'd have to be constantly on guard, ready for the next slight. The truth is, we have never been overtly disrespected. Trust me, I'm looking for it! Hasn't happened.

I could be wrong on this, but you might have served as a "shield" for your wife and son. I have experienced both overt and subtle disrespect, some of which are probably race based. This has happened in the South, in the Northeast, in the Midwest, in the West... in other words, everywhere. Some people are better at disguising their bigotry than others. People in the South, especially old white people in the rural South, are probably less sophisticated in hiding their prejudice.

One experience that sticks out about Alabama is what I saw at the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery that another poster mentioned above. If I remember correctly, there was a metal detector and the sign that explained why it was necessary. That was so contrasting with the very friendly young lady at the visitor center.

Having said that, it is worth visiting Alabama, just like all the other 49 states. Those who say "I will never spend any time in Alabama because of racist a-holes" are very close minded.

55YO wrote:

mayeroff wrote:

We should never make generalizations about people based on where they live or where they are from.

There is a certain percentage of conservatives in San Francisco just as there are percentage of Bernie Sanders supporters in Mississippi and Alabama. I don't know anyone in Alabama, but I have some close friends of Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana. Some are conservative, some are "moderate" and some are liberal.

We often want to "pigeonhole" people based on their race, nationality, skin color and where they live. This only deepens the social and political divide that is ripping this country apart.

We are one family, on one planet. Life is too short.

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Yeah, and you just pigeonholed people into left vs. right in your previous post.

You're right about all this. Please understand that people like Emily Swatches may have had *specific traumatizing experiences* w/ overt, perhaps even violent racism in Alabama that make this kind of kumbaya impossible. That doesn't negate the truth that Alabamans in general deserve the benefit of the doubt and it doesn't negate all the good experiences that people of all races have every day in Alabama. Some folks, however, have been through a lot and for them there can be no turning the page. That is legitimate, too.

The obesity, racism, horrible weather, ugly landscape and third world economy isn't what makes Alabama such a nasty place. It is the overwhelming stupidity of the people. There is no reason at all to keep Alabama and the other welfare sucking, America hating, Jesus hating states in the Union. Get rid of them.