Why is Indiana considered " backwards " ? (Fort Wayne, South Bend: university, live)

[noahp45]

Originally Posted by Serious Conversation

Maybe for Indiana standards, but not overall.

That's a good thing! you want real diversity to be a great city.

Too much progressive is cancer.

[Chadro77]

Originally Posted by Manigault

If you have a monument to veterans then fine. Why add to (subtract from) it by draping it for a holiday? I think such is in poor taste. Didn't they have any Jewish veterans from IN?

It was originally intended to honor those Hoosiers that served during the Civil War, around 210,000 of them. I would imagine they'd be ok with their memorial serving a Christian Holiday as they were probably almost all Christians.

Almost 75,000 Hoosiers were killed or wounded defending the Republic in case you need to be reminded.

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by Chadro77

It was originally intended to honor those Hoosiers that served during the Civil War, around 210,000 of them. I would imagine they'd be ok with their memorial serving a Christian Holiday as they were probably almost all Christians.

Almost 75,000 Hoosiers were killed or wounded defending the Republic in case you need to be reminded.

I've seen monuments to Civil War dead and other war casualties in many towns and cities. Mostly I've seen floral wreaths on Memorial Day as the only extras.

Draping a monument to the war dead with Christmas doodads is in poor taste, in my opinion.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by Manigault

I've seen monuments to Civil War dead and other war casualties in many towns and cities. Mostly I've seen floral wreaths on Memorial Day as the only extras.

Draping a monument to the war dead with Christmas doodads is in poor taste, in my opinion.

Why do you say it's "in poor taste" to decorate the monument with Christmas "doodads" ? It sounds like the real problem is you simply don't care a whole heck of a lot for the City of Indianapolis and you're on a personal vendetta to trash/insult the City and get "under the skin", of the residents who live in and/or love Indianapolis.

I doubt there's anything in the world the city could have built in place of the Soldier's and Sailors's Monument that would have met with your approval, except for maybe something such as a multi-million dollar homeless complex or a high rise ghetto project building that ruins the appearance of the entire city center.

[Chadro77]

Originally Posted by Manigault

I've seen monuments to Civil War dead and other war casualties in many towns and cities. Mostly I've seen floral wreaths on Memorial Day as the only extras.

Draping a monument to the war dead with Christmas doodads is in poor taste, in my opinion.

A huge democrat that is possibly African American pissing all over a monument celebrating soldiers of one of the most important states to the North is in poor taste, in my opinion.

[Manigault]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

I doubt there's anything in the world the city could have built in place of the Soldier's and Sailors's Monument that would have met with your approval ...

Wrong, actually. And my approval is not the issue.

Originally Posted by Chadro77

A huge democrat that is possibly African American pissing all over a monument celebrating soldiers of one of the most important states to the North is in poor taste, in my opinion.

The aesthetics of the statue is the issue. Let's not get ad hominem.

[afshanbashir1990]

I was born and raised in Indiana, but I don't know why it's considered backword.

[OneDawg]

Originally Posted by afshanbashir1990

I was born and raised in Indiana, but I don't know why it's considered backword.

Me too

Originally Posted by edwardianlady

I have heard the term used to describe Indiana, from time to time. I have read occasionally online and off but have never heard a straight answer .Ditto in conversations off line .I have never thought until now to ponder the answer.So my question is why ?

Backwards?
Hardly. I live in one of those real backwards states - still fighting the civil war
Indiana by comparison is in the 21st Century

[UrbanAdventurer]

I know it skews a tiny bit conservative compared to Illinois or even Ohio but I never found it to be "backwards" unless your frame of reference is some utopia (not) like the Northeast or out west where everything is liberal nanny state politics. Indiana has always seemed like a pretty even keeled center-right state.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

In my circles at least, Mike Pence is carrying the baton here --- as a former governor he's very associated with his home state, and some of his practices (like refusing to eat dinner with women and supporting conversion therapy) are seen as cartoonishly backwards.