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bhoe32 t1_iupk0hg wrote

Reply to comment by GuudeSpelur in Voters can erase racist wording in Alabama Constitution by motayba

Lived here most of my life and just learned the "why".

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Claystead t1_iuqxqau wrote

It’s ‘Bama, the answer to the question "why?" is always either "to rub the nose of those Northern carpetbaggers" or "listen, it’s necessary to make sure… certain segments don’t get uppity or immoral." Sometimes both.

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bhoe32 t1_iuqyhfy wrote

The third option being so we can let corporations destroy the environment.

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h3yw00d t1_iur11gs wrote

In 1901 they didn't care about the environment but they did care about something else.

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4dxn t1_iuq4y2t wrote

clearly you never took the time to read your constitution. by time, probably a long long time

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bhoe32 t1_iuqwwet wrote

I keep moving out of state to start life somewhere else only to move back. It's odd how much the rest of the country is similar to Alabama.

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ddubyeah t1_iur3ow7 wrote

It’s weird right? I saw more rebel flags in West Virginia than I ever had in Alabama.

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russmbiz t1_iurdfjq wrote

I've been to many states, but I live in Alabama and always have. This place has so many rebel flags. What parts have you lived in? They are all over the place in the areas I've been. Definitely more than in any other state I've been to.

Granted, when traveling to other states I tend to stay on highways so I likely don't see nearly as much backwoods as I do around here.

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ddubyeah t1_iurf3mq wrote

Down on the coast in bama. But, I was working in rural areas in WV. I also had never seen poverty quite like I did in WV.

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russmbiz t1_iurfdul wrote

See, that's the way I feel about Alabama. When going through really backwoodsy places in bama, I always think "I've never seen poverty like this anywhere else."

So it seems like it's usually the poor areas with the rebel flags, regardless of what the state is.

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bhoe32 t1_iur40ri wrote

People keep trying to appropriate our culture. I will say my thick choctaw county accent really made dating easy when I was in oregon.

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lalalalovey t1_iuqzce2 wrote

Try Vermont or Oregon next - Former Alabamian

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bhoe32 t1_iuqzh9p wrote

I just moved back from cave junction. Most of Oregon was beautiful but very red. Imagine my suprise at all the rebel flags I saw in the state of Jefferson.

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lalalalovey t1_iur11pc wrote

Ah I lived in Bend.

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bhoe32 t1_iur17ta wrote

I do miss Oregon. Such a beautiful place. I also met a beautiful woman there. But I don't have either now. Maybe soon I can go back.

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lalalalovey t1_iur6u7x wrote

Or try Burlington, VT next. It’s a gem.

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bhoe32 t1_iur75ea wrote

I just went and visit a friend in coastal Maine. had a very familiar conversation with a guy about blue grass and how he feels about minorities while there. I think my next move is gonna be out of the country. I wanna go somewhere that doesn't speak the damr language as me.

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