# Go Away Yanks **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685 "2005-12-08T15:44:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dandrews02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dandrews02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dandrews02)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/1 "2005-12-08T15:44:18Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/2 "2005-12-08T15:48:13Z")
OK, OK, I’ll get rid of the tapestry luggage. Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/3 "2005-12-08T15:50:26Z")
Not an American, huh? Why do you hate Freedom? The South shall _riiiiiiiiiiiise[/_ again! ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/4 "2005-12-08T15:52:27Z")
I lived in Virginia for 2 years while I was in the Navy. You can have it. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/5 "2005-12-08T15:54:35Z")
> [@dandrews02](#): > > 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? “Go forwards, not backwards. Upwards, not forwards. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/6 "2005-12-08T15:54:38Z")
You lost the war, a long time ago. Get over it. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/7 "2005-12-08T15:56:50Z")
> [@](#): > > They move and speak at a quicker pace Remember to type slowly when responding to the OP and limit responses to one every 60 minutes. > [@](#): > > Should not southern soil remain unsullied by northern tracks? To avoid making tracks, take off your shoes before entering the bowels of Virginia, that way you’ll fit right in! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/8 "2005-12-08T15:57:23Z")
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. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/9 "2005-12-08T16:01:36Z")
[Here](http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindians.htm) are some people who might be justified in saying “Go Away **dandrews02** ”. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/10 "2005-12-08T16:02:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/11 "2005-12-08T16:03:06Z")
[QUOTE=dandrews02] . They move and speak at a quicker pace, **many are arrogant** and rude, and they care not about our southern heritage. [QUOTE] 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: ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/12 "2005-12-08T16:04:39Z")
I am outraged – outraged I tell you – at **dandrews02** use of the word “Yanks”!!! What are you, a limey? The term is “Damn Yankees”! 😃 Besides, didn’t **Bricker** already start [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348431)? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/13 "2005-12-08T16:05:42Z")
Reminds my of a little story. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/14 "2005-12-08T16:10:14Z")
Northerners trying to live in the South? The horror! Next thing you know, they might want to free the negroes! ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/15 "2005-12-08T16:17:03Z")
What is up with all the Virginia threads recently? First **Bricker** now this? Is something happening in Virginia I am unaware of? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/16 "2005-12-08T16:26:41Z")
You are proud that you would have fought to keep slavery? What real claim do you and your forebears have to that Virginian soil? How are the Yankees any different from your forebears in taking the land? Oh wait they are honestly paying for it and not just seizing it from others. I guess you dislike honorable people that don’t steal and enslave. What do you really mean by this OP? Jim ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/17 "2005-12-08T16:29:18Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/18 "2005-12-08T16:31:55Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You lost the war, a long time ago. Get over it. 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. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/19 "2005-12-08T16:35:32Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > You are proud that you would have fought to keep slavery? > Jim That was my first thought. That revered “Southern Heritage” is that of a society and economy built on human slavery. I think the OP must be tongue-in-cheek. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685/20 "2005-12-08T16:43:33Z")
> [@David Simmons](#): > > That was my first thought. That revered “Southern Heritage” is that of a society and economy built on human slavery. > > I think the OP must be tongue-in-cheek. I hope so, otherwise it is truly sad and ignorant. Jim [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-yanks/334685.md?page=2)