Take comfort in the fact that every time someone types out the phrases "should of (sic) complied" or "play stupid games win stupid prizes" a spirit appears like in A Christmas Carol and shows them the future where they die alone without ever having known the love of another living being.
We hear you, we see you, and we know - as you do - that you're a miserable sorta-excuse for a human being who will never know a moment's happiness let alone be tolerable to any other person. Your existence is a cancer on the world and everyone forced to encounter you, even for a moment, is worse off for it. And unlike this woman shot down in cold blood, the moment you die will pass entirely unnoticed and unremaked upon. It will be like you never existed, and you know every word I said here is true. That's why you act the way you do and talk the way you do - because at night, when you're alone, you know all of this. The only thing that never occurs to you is that everyone around you knows it about you, too. You think your act fools anyone, and that's the scariest thing to you: the possibility that people see you for the coward you are.
They do. We do. Sleep tight. ...
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
If you're grasping for anything to feel good about right now - and that's a very difficult thing to find - feel good about the fact that not everyone is as much of a spineless, collaborating coward as our elites. Total strangers will risk their lives to stand next to you. ...
Mike says:
What percent of the South is African-American? 20%? 30%? Assuming they realize that Obama was born in the country for a second (the numbers suggest all Democrats do), where does that put whites?
laura says:
we're not all birthers. you'll be okay. come visit atlanta every once in a while. just don't look side to side on the drive over.
Bob says:
The south is an interesting place. I lived in Texas for three years and man, the stories I could tell. Yet Austin, which was only 90 minutes from me, was a great place. Little pockets of sanity are to be found in the south – and Athens is one of them. You'll like it just fine.
jazzbumpa says:
Little pockets of sanity are to be found in the south.
I never, ever, ever thought I'd say this.
I am proud and happy to be living in Michigan!
Nate says:
Hey, you and Liz will move that little blue bar up a tick or two. :)
Daniel says:
Having lived in Georgia-Carolina for several years, I think you'll like Athens. I suspect most of the 44% on that graph live there and/or Atlanta.
Mark says:
If living in the South has taught me one thing it is to smile and nod a lot. Welcome to Georgia! =)
Displaced says:
I'm just wishing they hurry up and secede from the Union. Only this time, the North should let them go without a fight. They'll slip into 3rd world status in no time. Then we should erect a tall tall border fence along the borders, especially the Texas border; see how they like it once they're on the 3rd world side of the fence.
(Although I suppose we can make Athens an honorary northern town if it makes you feel better, Ed.)
Michael says:
Raised in Boston.
Living in Birmingham, Alabama.
You will be amazed.
Penny says:
Instead of asking, "Do you believe Obama was born in the U.S.," substitute, "What the fuck! Can you believe there's a darkie in the fucking White House?" it suddenly makes perfect sense.
Admit it, white folk. You just can't believe we elected an African American president. THAT'S what this whole thing is about!!!!!
Patti says:
I've decided that people in the South will believe anything, ESPECIALLY if it can be disproved with facts.
Good luck trying to teach their offspring.
Nicole says:
Think of it more as an indicator of need … and really, would you want to spend all your time preaching to the converted? :)
Virginia S. Wood, Psy.D. says:
Y'all stop slammin' on the South. We're not all tobacco-chewin' rednecks.
Kulani says:
I've lived in Atlanta for 26 of my 31 years of life. That includes 1 year in Orlando, and 5 years in Athens. So I can tell you, although you will definitely have to deal with a lot of dumb-ass conservative frat-boys at UGA, it's not all bad. The majority of the full-time residents of Athens-Clarke county are progressive. And, it gets better the closer you get to Atlanta. You are moving in to a blue oasis in a sea of Red.
Annoyed says:
More hate groups in PA than in GA.