User talk:96.244.19.51

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[edit] Southern Hypocrisy

"I think it's a bit rich that we're defining Maryland as "Southern" on this page. That to me seems to be a fairly radical reworking of the demographics, economics, politics, and geography of the region, particularly for an encyclopedia that says it is not a database for "original research."

I for one actually am a Southerner and find this classification to be not only inaccurate but borderline insulting; Maryland shares very little in common with the rest of the South, and I speak from the perspective not of a Texan, Floridian, or South Carolinian, but rather as a Virginian.

This really, really bothers me. From a cultural perspective (rates of church attendance, religious identification, household income, voting tendencies, music, cuisine, etc) it just doesn't make sense."

This coming from someone who uses their own subjective views to state what they believe, yet criticizing others for supposedly doing the same thing. I'm really sick of people using outdated Civil War politics to determine what is "Northern" & "Southern". Sounds like a lot of people need a crash course in 2008.

"Borderline insulted" and such? Good lord, take a chill pill. It isn't that serious. If you knew anything about Maryland, which you obviously don't, you know that it shares many similarities with both the(historic) North & South. I guess in your clearly limited Virginian view of the world, every Southerner is a poor, gun-toting, bible-thumping, Confederate-loving, Republican-voting, country bumpkin with a country accent to boot.

Oh and you lost all credibility when you said you were a Virginian. Southern-like in history(just like Maryland)it is, but is becoming a hybrid, just like Florida(!!), Texas(!!), & everywhere else in the country. In fact, if you wanna get really technical, a strictly defined North & South, etc. doesn't exist anymore. to really segregate the regions of the US in this day in age, it would be urban/suburban vs. exurban/rural. With so much relocating and redefining of boundary lines, how can you possibly say one is "this" and the other is "that"?

A REAL Southerner(not one who defines it as an old government that was defeated over 130 years ago) would know that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.244.19.51 (talk) 00:01, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm Virginian? I care? Keep this in the proper forums. --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 01:02, 9 June 2008 (UTC)