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I'm sure it's like other things, and it offends people simply because they think it's SUPPOSED to offend them.If that simple word offends maybe you just shouldn't live in the South. Thoughts?
My mother's name is "Dixie." No joke. She was born in 1946 in, what was then, Leaksville, NC (three towns consolidated to present-day Eden, NC). Her older twin sisters decided on the name because they liked the song. Back when this latest flag controversy went down, I told my mom, "you might live to see the day that your name is considered offensive." It might happen sooner than I thought. This is one nutty country.
True story:
Grew up with a black lady named "Dixie" in the neighborhood. Never gave it much thought then, certainly won't give it much thought now.Indeed! Know some other women named "Dixie" as well.
Great song. Listened to it today
How 'bout this one, @UNC71-00?
My next door neighbor when I was growing up was like a grandfather to me and my sister. He used to play this in his house all the time. I remember going over there just to see what he was doing and he'd be in his basement listening to this (on a record player) and reading while sitting in his chair by the fireplace. And whenever I came into that room, he made me salute the picture of Robert E. Lee he had hanging over the mantle. Every. Single. Time. He was from Plum Branch, SC, was a fighter pilot in WW2 (was shot down), was a Shriner who regularly performed as a clown at children's hospitals and had more "Southern Pride" than anyone I've ever met. This brings back memories.
Exactly.I always thought dixie was a common term denoting the south, not the political entity known as the confederacy
All in favor? AYE!Side note- how great would it be if yankees had to clear customs when traveling to Va or south of that?
All in favor? AYE!
It wasn't until all these Yankees and Rust Belters moved here that driving became a miserable experience. The hell with 'em.
That reminds me of the guy that owns The General Lee vowing to take the Confederate Flag off of the top (or changing it). Why buy it to begin with?Truth be told, that had to have been one of the reasons he liked it! That helped set it apart visually as much as the "01" and the hugger orange! Now it's suddenly bothering you? Sell it! Don't deface it!I swear, this was my first thought when I saw "Dixie." If you can direct your eyes right of the distraction, you'll see it...
That reminds me of the guy that owns The General Lee vowing to take the Confederate Flag off of the top (or changing it). Why buy it to begin with?Truth be told, that had to have been one of the reasons he liked it! That helped set it apart visually as much as the "01" and the hugger orange! Now it's suddenly bothering you? Sell it! Don't deface it!
I guess (assuming they let the film stay on network cycles), the railway scene of the wounded soldiers in Atlanta, in Gone With The Wind, will be shortened to block-out the final pull-back shot:
Although, technically, this flag would NOT have been flying over that scene. The national flag, at that time, was this:
I get it that the antebellum South was enslaving people against their will. I just don't think the display or visibility of images from that time is going to miraculously compel white people to force blacks back onto plantations. You can't rewrite history, but you can affect the present and future by not repeating it.
I swear, this was my first thought when I saw "Dixie." If you can direct your eyes right of the distraction, you'll see it... U.S. Grade A Southern ........
Which virginia ? Anything north of Richmond is northern.Exactly.
These jacklegs should have just let us secede since they obviously dont want us around anyways.
Side note- how great would it be if yankees had to clear customs when traveling to Va or south of that?