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Tag Archives: Southern
Stupid is terminal, there is no cure
I stumbled on to a site called SORRYANTIVAXXER.COM that describes itself as “a repository of stories of anti-vaxxers who died or came close to dying of COVID needlessly from their own scientifically un-sound and stubborn beliefs.” Yes, there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts
Tagged cancer, Carolina, confederate flag, COVID-19, deplorables, Dylann Roof, Evangelicals, Gov. George Wallace, Ku Klux Klan, MAGA, Proud Boys, QAnon, Science, South Carolina, Southern, Stupid, Trump, vaccine, white nationalist
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King of the rednecks
“You might be a redneck if the blue book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.” “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Be Best, Clemson Tigers, Dale Earnhardt, deplorables, Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg, Hershey, Jesus, Melania Trump, NASCAR, Pennsylvania, Rally, Rednecks, Southern, Trump, White
7 Comments
Gregg Allman
“Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same. And no one knows the gypsy’s name, And no one hears his lonely sighs, There are no blankets where he lies. Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies, With … Continue reading
Courtesy
I work out at one of those big, ten-dollar a month gyms. For what I am interested in doing and getting out of it, it works great for me. There are always plenty of treadmills and elliptical machines available. But … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged civility, courtesies, Courtesy, Golden Rule, Jesus, Karma, Manners, politeness, Southern, Willie Nelson
7 Comments
Bread and milk
Snow is in our forecast. The run on bread and milk in my city has begun. Snow in the south is, at best, a joke to those of you that live an area that measure it in feet rather than … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged bread, cold, forecast, milk, snow, South, South Carolina, Southern, Weather, Winter
8 Comments
An ugly American history
I am reading a book called Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips. The book details how the white citizens of Forsyth County, Georgia, beginning in 1912, drove out the African-American population through murder and intimidation. It is … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged African-American, Black, book review, Forsyth County, Georgia, history, Jim Crow, Slaves, Southern, White
7 Comments
I am not nasty enough
It has been brought to my attention that I may be too nice, not mean enough. I thought about this today. How can I be more controversial, more contentious, more disagreeable, nastier. A little background. I am southern, about as … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts
Tagged Blogging, Compassion, contentious, controversial, disagreeable, mean, Mother, nasty, Nice, Southern, Trump
11 Comments
Homogenized language
I graduated from a college located deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I worked the cash register at an appliance store after class to make a little extra beer and gas money. This store sold ovens, refrigerators, televisions and stereo … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged accents, Creative Writing, dialect, Greenville, language, Southern, southern accents, Speak, Talk, Words, Y'all
15 Comments
A white southern male-my story
I am a 50 + year old white southern male. Now with that very simple description here are some things you might infer about me; I like to fish and hunt.- I don’t, I hate the way deer meat taste … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Acceptance, Compassion, confederate flag, heritage, LGBT, Love, Racism, Southern, stereotypes, Tolerance, White Male
26 Comments