[rockrr]

"Now, is the problem with the open and welcoming community, or the yankee kids with chips on their shoulders?"

My guess is that it was members of the "open and welcoming community" who, in roving bands of thugs, would set on unsuspecting persons who were minding their own business.

I believe the "chips" came afterwards...

[stand watie]

actually, based on my experience the NASTY, anti-southern comments & superior DAMNyankee attitude came first.

then came the whipping by "a good 'ole boy", who took umbrage at being called a filthy name and/or having his family/religion/state/region insulted.

face it, either the north generally only sends us the most arrogant & loutish of their "throwaways" or once in dixie, the DAMNyankee emigres decide that they are SUPERIOR to everyone/everything in dixie.

i have a LOT of friends in the north, but they are decidedly NOT DAMNyankees. instead they are ladies & gentlemen, who just happen to be from the north.

all ya'll ("ya'll" is singular. "all ya'll" is plural.) are WELCOME to come for a visit or to stay, but leave the negative, arrogant, loutish attitude/comments/behavior at home.

free dixie,sw

[MacDorcha]

Reading your story I can almost take a stab that your family’s close ties might have brought about the experience more than anything. Y’all “stuck together” instead of trying to get in with your school buddies.

A turtle that shells up is going to get poked with alot of sticks down here.

If he doesnt shell up, the fun of poking it goes away, but now you have something new to ponder.

At least, thats how we do things by the river.