According to the poll the second most anti-miscegenation age group after 'older than 65', of whom 56 per cent oppose interracial marriage, is '18 to 29', of whom 54 per cent oppose aforementioned.
The south will rise again! South wants secession.
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CodArk2
Annoyed dragon
You guys seem to put too much stock into polls.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/149390/Record-High-Approve-Black-White-Marriages.aspx :this polling is more in line with what i actually see in the south and the population at large than PPP's poll.
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Of course. It is unbelievable how a nationwide poll rose the average of support in respect to Mississippi.
CodArk2
Annoyed dragon
Actually it breaks it down by region, the south is a bit behind, with 79 percent supporting interracial marriage, but still more accurate than that PPP poll.
From the gallup poll page: http://sas-origin.onstreammedia.com...roduction/Cms/POLL/8w7enlhd7emror2c52uspa.gif
I tend to find those numbers much more reflective of reality than the PPP poll.
Term_the_Schmuck
Most Interesting Man on FAF
Alabama loses to Texas A&M and suddenly everyone goes crazy.
ROLL TIDE!
Love how it's the same group of people who were bitching and moaning about people threatening to move to Canada because they weren't "patriots" suddenly want to leave the union -again- since I believe this same shit happened after McCain lost.
I clearly hold superiority in all this because I call both sides idiots and gutless cowards since these are all ultimately empty threats and anyone who's actually serious, I think there are some men from the ATF who would like to talk to you.
ROLL TIDE!
Love how it's the same group of people who were bitching and moaning about people threatening to move to Canada because they weren't "patriots" suddenly want to leave the union -again- since I believe this same shit happened after McCain lost.
I clearly hold superiority in all this because I call both sides idiots and gutless cowards since these are all ultimately empty threats and anyone who's actually serious, I think there are some men from the ATF who would like to talk to you.
Shà nwà ng
Lavender Scented
Gig 'em.
lol, we buy into the myth of our capability for independence.
Just the usual post election of a Democrat tantrum.
Petitions are silly. This, however, is the real way to handle the post election fit:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/...-over-husband-because-he-didnt-vote-abrk.html
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Southern hospitality is a fucking myth. All it is is a farce to make themselves look "morally superior" which blatantly shows in the pro-southerners in this thread.
So yeah, fuck the south, the southerners, and the confederacy.
CannonFodder
Resistance is futile! If 0 ohm
People are pretty nice here in Texas though and I'm not pro-confederacy or whatever.
BrodyCoyote
Troublemaker
Gallup and Rasmussen are not good polling companies. They have flawed systems for polling, which is why they were both wrong on the presidential election, and badly, at that. PPP is hit or miss. I wouldn't take either Gallup or Rasmussen seriously until they rework the systems for how they poll people. (Rasmussen is currently undergoing a rework of their system, Gallup hasn't announced any plans to do so) There's a reason they're both generally weighted really lowly by statisticians like Nate Silver.
tmyk about polling companies
Edit: And all of them are better than American Research Group.
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Ozriel
Inglorious Bastard
I live in the south, but the hospitality thing is hit and miss depending on where you go and how progressive a township is.
BrodyCoyote
Troublemaker
It also depends on context; when I went back to my hometown, one of the ladies here brought me a bag of candy and declared I was still her favorite little trick or treater, which was adorable. But at the same time, these are the same people that kicked my mother out of the church because she had a divorce. Southern hospitality is a thread thin balancing rope, and everything tends to be blown out of proportion. Kind of like dealing with Japanese.
If it's hit and miss then I'm right. It makes no sense to claim "Southern hospitality" then say "oh it depends where you go". It's either there or it's not.
Ozriel
Inglorious Bastard
Not saying that you were wrong, but I agree that people use it as a basis to be smug and consider themselves better than "Yankees".
There's no Southern Hospitality in West Virginia. They're all assholes.
CannonFodder
Resistance is futile! If 0 ohm
*rolls eyes*
What we mean is that yes there are douchebags out there that aren't nice, however as a whole some places do tend to be nicer and friendlier than the rest of the country.
Where I live even though it's very conservative it's considered proper to treat others nicely and you can start conversations with strangers about how they're doing and such without them thinking of you strangely or looking at you funny unless you're in the bad parts of town. If you are walking through like a high crime rate area then yes people will look at you funny for acting so friendly.
What I mean by that is would you consider it weird if you were sitting on a bus and you were upset about something and then some random stranger asked you what was wrong and if you wanted to talk about it?
Toboe Moonclaw
Member
Not doubting the USA's ability to be the united states of assholes, but considering how they have been doing lately (Shrub and Barack), the promises they have been making ( trickle down economy will solve everything!!!11) and where they're most likely to lead to and so on, seing them go "secession!!!11" because they lost a vote (that was most likely won due to votes, not fraud) and going on about how he HAD to cheat for them to loose... That mental Yoga and general detachment from reality IS an interesting sight, absolutely unwanted near anything resembling power but interesting nonetheless.
Yes and it would make me uncomfortable.
Torrijos-sama
The Artist Formerly Known as Jesusfish
Texas > Florida when it comes to rates of employment, and the people here don't throw bricks with little messages like "Y'ALL AIN'T FROM 'ROUND THESE PARTS" through your window. We have the same problems that every other state has in terms of percentages of douchebags, but when I compare the service industries and the peoples of Texas to the peoples of California, or Florida, or Georgia, or Missouri, or even Minnesota, Texas always appears to be better by comparison. The only state that's really tied with Texas is Oklahoma.
CodArk2
Annoyed dragon
Yes, but this isnt about whther they got an election right, its whether they got a social question, interracial marriage, right. I think allup is closer to the markk on it than the PPP poll on it. Part of me wants to question why a question about interracial marriage is even in a poll about the presidential primaries. To me its blatantly obvious, they want to paint all southern republicans as racist with a question that was very likely not asked about its legality 9I had this poll call my house, and the interracial question was worded 'are you for ora against interracial marriages" which could be taken as a question of personal taste, like are you for or against marrying a fat person). Considering that its only 400 people polled, i dont really view it as representative.
And on presidential polls: http://www.gallup.com/poll/158444/americans-give-obama-better-odds-win-election.aspx
I know that gallup was not saying romney would win, though the race did get closer toward the end.
That said, the gallup poll on interracial marriages matches what I have seen regarding it, most people support it, some do not, but i have never run into a place where half oppose interracial marriages and want them illegal.
PPP is linked with daily kos and seiu, and was founded by a democratic polster, so it is far from unbiased either.
No one is talking of southern hospitality. Sotherners can be real assholes too. Who said anythng about the confederacy either? That was 200 years ago. But nice to see naked bigotry and prejudice toward an entire group of people based on nothing more than their geographic location. That sure is enlightened.
CannonFodder
Resistance is futile! If 0 ohm
^The problem with gallup polls is that they tend to poll the entire usa instead of state by state.
This conversation wasn't even directed at you. Southern hospitality WAS brought up. Confederacy was also brought up. Just not by you.
Also right, I've no interactions with southern people and I'm just going on location. Yup :V
Ozriel
Inglorious Bastard
If anything, they can be skewed. The same could be said for other polls, but who knows.
I also have "Fuck you, Texas" stuck in my head. I think I am going to listen to it.
CrazyLee
Biggest buttplug ever
Oh god, I love some of these:
Yea, because Obama really has time to worry about shit like that while dealing with the economy and war and stuff.
lolz.
There's a few good ones though:
Yea, I could get behind that one.
And despite the fact there's dozens of "Secede this state" petitions there's a few counter-secession petitions as well, including:
Actually, I figure that if a state does remove itself from the union that it will be also giving up ALL the monetary aid it receives from the federal government. Good luck paying all your bills, guys. :V
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...71-fan-espn-radio-affiliate-columbus/BjdlkzKm
Yea, because Obama really has time to worry about shit like that while dealing with the economy and war and stuff.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/we-request-obama-be-impeached-following-reasons/cpk4V6zK
lolz.
There's a few good ones though:
Yea, I could get behind that one.
And despite the fact there's dozens of "Secede this state" petitions there's a few counter-secession petitions as well, including:
Actually, I figure that if a state does remove itself from the union that it will be also giving up ALL the monetary aid it receives from the federal government. Good luck paying all your bills, guys. :V
DrewlyYours
Buy the ticket, take the ride
Well bless your heart. It sounds like some southerner crapped in your wheaties some time in the past.