I'm so lucky I didn't grow up in the South

thedabara:

bowlingalleylawyer:

dcwhip:

joemuto:

Or else I’d have to deal with nonsense like this:

Community members are rallying around Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School cheerleaders after they were banned from displaying signs with Bible verses urging fans and players to “commit to the Lord” and “take courage and do it.”

The banners — the paper ones that football players crash through at the beginning of games — have been common sights in the school’s football stadium since 2003, local officials say.

“The cheerleaders are not trying to push a religious cause, to shove religion down someone’s throat,” said local youth minister Brad Scott, who was LFO High’s class president in 2004. “The cheerleaders are just using Scripture to show motivation and inspiration to the players and the fans.”

Catoosa County Schools spokeswoman Marissa Brower said a Fort Oglethorpe resident lodged a verbal complaint to Superintendent Denia Reese last week, saying that the display of a Bible verse on the football field is a violation of federal law.

A school system statement released Monday said the message constitutes “a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution for signs with Bible verses to be displayed on the football field.”

Mr. Scott said the ban prompted a rally tonight in support of the cheerleaders outside the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Battlefield Parkway so people can show their support for the cheerleaders and their signs.

Y’all!  Get in the truck!  We’re headed down to the Chick-fil-A to support them Jesus-lovin cheerleaders!

HEY ASSHOLE.

we’re so lucky YOU didn’t grow up in the south. then we’d actually have to be nice to you.  it’s something we try to exhibit - kindness.  you know, one of them ole’ Jesus traits they teach us about in our bible-toys in the kids’ meals you can’t get on Sundays at Chick-Fil-A?

but now that you’ve mocked my homeland, my people, and my god, i still don’t feel towards you the provincial hate you obviously feel toward my neighbors.  actually, you’ve got my pity instead.  those god-fearin lessons you hate?  sincerity? kindness? not being a complete tool?  you obviously didn’t get those growing up.  but as an ex-pat dixiecrat, decade-long new yorker, LIBERAL FEMINIST… let me just point out the one thing you’ve missed: ignorance clearly runs on both sides of the mason-dixon line.  (you complete little shit of a yankee.)

So, this one time many moons ago I was working at a cash register. I was about 17. Anyway, this woman was visiting the south-town-in-which-I-live and asked me where was the nearest notary public.

I asked her, “What is a notary public?”

She explained, and then turned to her travel companion and made a comment that I didn’t know. Then, she began talking about the “quality of the schools in Florida.” I informed her that my school was a national blue-ribbon school, and pointed out that, based on her description, I had no reason or opportunity to deal with a notary public.

“Oh, I didn’t mean you…..”

I shot her a big FUCK YOU look, complete with eye-daggers.

and they wonder why we still use the term ‘damn yankee’??? i HATE that during the election, people would cry to me about how much they love america and how the south just isn’t voting in the way that’s RIGHT for them.  as if they, in all their northern liberal glory, know better.  i even pushed a friend on this once.  and she admitted yes, she did think she knew better.

and she’s never even been south.

and this is why, even in new york, even after ten years, i insist on dating men who hail from someplace south of the mason-dixon line.

damn yanks.  i don’t think they have any idea how ignorant or offensive they are.