# Should we kick out the south? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124 "2018-04-25T21:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/1 "2018-04-25T21:32:34Z")
Can we agree that the country would be better if the south seceded again? Imagine what we could do with all the money we’d save from not giving them money, and how much we’d improve in education and healthcare. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/2 "2018-04-25T21:33:29Z")
Where the fuck am I supposed to get good jambalaya then? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/3 "2018-04-25T21:40:26Z")
Nah, we should kick out the North. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/4 "2018-04-25T21:41:11Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Where the fuck am I supposed to get good jambalaya then? Hey, foreign food! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/5 "2018-04-25T21:42:05Z")
You do realize that Washington DC is south of the Mason/Dixon line? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/6 "2018-04-25T21:43:11Z")
Also, did you forget [this mod warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843020)? (Not “warning” in the “you’ve got a warning” sense, but a warning in the “don’t do this again” sense.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/7 "2018-04-25T21:52:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You do realize that Washington DC is south of the Mason/Dixon line? So that’s a plus. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/8 "2018-04-25T21:54:47Z")
**Checks the banner** Yeah, it says Café Society. Hmmm 😕 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/9 "2018-04-25T21:57:40Z")
I’ve been lamenting for years that the South wasn’t let go back in 1861, but for reasons I’ve never been able to fathom it seems to offend people. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/10 "2018-04-25T22:10:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > So that’s a plus. 😛 We got enough swamps, don’t need another.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/11 "2018-04-25T22:20:17Z")
It is nice to know that, with all the bigotries and stereotypes that are being fought against today, there are still people it is okay to bash. Since a moderator hasn’t merely noticed this thread yet, reported. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-kick-out-the-south/813124/12 "2018-04-25T23:18:57Z")
[Moderating] Not only is this the wrong forum, but you’ve already pounded this topic into the ground, and been told to stop. This is an official Warning for failure to follow instructions.