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It is like eating air. I want to fit in when I'm in the South so yeah I'll order grits, but come on give me a little flavor. I ended up adding so much sugar and butter I was actually eating a potato bisque.
I mean granted it's more than made up for by the best bbq pork on the planet especially that Carolina perfect mix of vinegar and hot mustard, but until we as a nation can address this grits issue and put it behind us so the healing can begin I submit a rift will always exist between those who eat grits and those who wonder why the hell anyone would. It runs deeper than politics, economics, and racism, grits are a veritable fissure in even this melting pot US heterogeneous culture.
Fix it, now.
I'm not even from the South and I LOVE grits. Best way I've ever had them was the same way my grandmother used to fix cornmeal - cook the night before, chill in a loaf pan, slice and fry, serve with gravy. YUM!
1. Y'all is not a word
2. Football is not as important as people think it is
3. NASCAR is not a sport
4. Phoney Christians. you say you go to church, but haven't learned a damn thing.
5. Humidity
The south is very "Christian" which, in real world terms, means they are very intolerant. I dont like intolerance, and I despise racism. No matter how much the south likes to think they are on equal terms, when, as an entire block they continue to vote in favor of intolerance (i.e., Republicans) then I will try and reserve my disrespect for their politics (in such stereotypical terms as this entire thread) to myself, as I realize a good many southerners do vote Democratic, and that many fine Republicans do exist in the south. But a true progressive independent in the south? Please.
But all states have their drawbacks, in the north, in the south, and in the East and West. Southern hospitality and charm is oft times second to none in the U.S., and the feeling of wanting to help others is most often sincere. I like that part of the south. I've been made to feel welcome in the south when I felt different than those around me. I can only hope to return the favor if I ever get the chance.
With that said, in regards to their POLITICS (i.e. this is a POLITICAL forum) I thought you might get a laugh from this. If you are southern, please, this is called COMEDY, and there are stupid people EVERYWHERE.
I didnt exactly mean to come off arrogant. How is my question any different than anyone saying "Why do people hate California so much" or asking why ppl hate any other area? I was just curious.
We are over-educated? Heads filled with too many theories?
Let's go all the way back--Thomas Jefferson--what did he really mean--about anything and he kept slaves and he had a mistress/children with the mistress who was a slave.
We are still having Tea Parties today.
I'd say it's time to take a magnifying glass to the west and southwest, but it will always come back to Thomas Jefferson.
I know of a place in the desert between LA and Las Vegas--a nice blend of people there--relatively sane. It should be studied and emulated.
The south is very "Christian" which, in real world terms, means they are very intolerant. I dont like intolerance, and I despise racism. No matter how much the south likes to think they are on equal terms, when, as an entire block they continue to vote in favor of intolerance (i.e., Republicans) then I will try and reserve my disrespect for their politics (in such stereotypical terms as this entire thread) to myself, as I realize a good many southerners do vote Democratic, and that many fine Republicans do exist in the south. But a true progressive independent in the south? Please.
If you want a one party state, move to North Korea or Iran. Otherwise let people vote the way they want to. Hating a place, whether it be California or the South as a whole just for the way they vote is pretty damn pathetic.
It is like eating air. I want to fit in when I'm in the South so yeah I'll order grits, but come on give me a little flavor. I ended up adding so much sugar and butter I was actually eating a potato bisque.
I mean granted it's more than made up for by the best bbq pork on the planet especially that Carolina perfect mix of vinegar and hot mustard, but until we as a nation can address this grits issue and put it behind us so the healing can begin I submit a rift will always exist between those who eat grits and those who wonder why the hell anyone would. It runs deeper than politics, economics, and racism, grits are a veritable fissure in even this melting pot US heterogeneous culture.
Fix it, now.
Those grits weren't cooked in water with enough salt.
?Polenta--that is nouveau cuisine--actually grits--corn. We charge extra for that. Next time you are in ATL go to the Flying Biscuit.
Best grits--go to the Waffle House.
How some people were nourished on cream of wheat and lived to speak of it--I don't know.
Hot sauce--that is the answer. Put enough hot sauce on anything and you no longer care.
2. Football is not as important as people think it is
Blasphemy!!!!!
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