I am a Virginian with deep rooted southern roots, and I am distressed by the continued migration of northerners into our southern communities.
It smells of carbetbags, a stench upon my nostrils.
There is a scourge upon our lands, and the devils approach from places named, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and parts thereabouts.
They move and speak at a quicker pace, many are arrogant and rude, and they care not about our southern heritage.
Had I been of age in 1860 I would have joined the Northern Army of Virginia and those northern heathens would have been my sworn enemies. Virginia soil is sacred ground, containing the blood of my forefathers. Deep inside my core I feel compelled to resist these northern invaders.
Should not southern soil remain unsullied by northern tracks?
It may have escaped your notice, Danny, but the Confederates lost the war. Your supposed military leader, General Lee, signed some papers that you might want to take a look at. General Lee reconciled with the Yankees, and so should you. We don’t want to have to burn Atlanta again.
Yow. I’m a proud southerner, and I do lament the quickened pace and fading prevalence of southern accents and culture. I also semi-joke about all the dang Yankees areound here.
However, please know that Stormfront-style xenophobia is most certainly not something I wish to have associated with my southern heritage. Oh, and Virginia soil also contains the blood of my forefathers. Please let me know where yours are, so I can move mine to the “non-hating” section.
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Bolding mine.
The irony. It burns.
By the way, I left my South Korean tracks upon your blessed Virginia soil once. Might want to arm yourself with a cross and some holy water before you dare approach those. :rolleyes:
In the 1960’s, the communities of Norfolk and Virginia Beack didn’t like having military bases around those parts. While the members of those communities were conservative types who surely supported national defense in the abstract, they just didn’t like sailors. Landlords would refuse to rent to them, restaurants would give them shitty tables, some bars would be just welcoming to locals only.
It was at that time that the Navy decided one payday to pay its personnel using only two-dollar bills. Then, as now, those weren’t much seen. So when they turned up in great profusion in local cash registers, local businessmen and merchants got a real clear picture of how much of their economy depended on the spending of the local sailor. Attitudes shifted a bit as a result of this.
Similarly, the prosperity of Virginia today depends on people like me, who was born in Pittsburgh, but has now lived in Virginia for years, loves the state, and does not want to leave.
Kick me out, and my two-dollar bills leave with me. And trust me, you don’t want that.
I am an Algonquin with deep rooted southern roots, and I am distressed by the continued migration of Europeans into our Rappahannock valley communities.
It smells of smallpox, a stench upon my nostrils.
There is a scourge upon our lands, and the devils approach from places named, York, Jersey, London, and parts thereabouts.
They move and speak at a quicker pace, many are arrogant and rude, and they care not about our heritage.
Had I been of age in 1607 those European heathens would have been my sworn enemies. Algonquin soil is sacred ground, containing the blood of my forefathers. Deep inside my core I feel compelled to resist these European invaders.
Should not Algonquin soil remain unsullied by European tracks?
Not even “him!” People who lived in the same place he does now, 140 years ago. dandrews02, you think people in the rest of the country walk around grumbling about the [del]Civil War[/del] War Between the States like this? Just deal with it. There’s nothing sacred about Virginia.
