Southerners/SEC Fans have a deep inferiority complex

[droski]

according to this guy:

BCS dominance, fierce fans make SEC football nation's best - Andy Staples - SI.com

"There's something called Southern exceptionalism, where [Southerners] feel different from other people," University of Oklahoma history professor William Savage told The Oklahoman last year. (Savage, who earned his bachelor's degree from South Carolina, probably isn't welcome back in Columbia anytime soon.) The professor went on to offer, "There's a deep-seated inferiority, left over from the 19th century. It's an aspect of wanting to win something, [and it] doesn't really matter what it is."

 

[BloodRUNZOrange]

what a boob....and oh yeah the south should have won!:rock:

 

[DC Vol]

I love these kinds of debates.

 

[EconVol92]

Well personally I wasn’t around in the 19th century, so I don’t know what possible inferiority complex I could possibly have left over. I think that having his degree from South Carolina says about all that needs to be said about that. I wonder if he is actually from the South or just went to college in the South?

 

[orangeblooded2]

I'm not going to argue against it. I kinda like it. The assumptions and all.

 

[golfballs]

what an idiot. :crazy:

 

[joevol320]

i wonder when the last time this guy stepped off of campus. these 'professors' build themselves up in their world. they've never had a real job and they could never do what the teach.

 

[utvolpj]

I think that having his degree from South Carolina says about all that needs to be said about that. I wonder if he is actually from the South or just went to college in the South?

does it matter? All his football watching was from the losing side in the SEC

 

[golfballs]

interiority... right. because there aren't any legitimate reasons why the south is the best! :crazy:

 

[droski]

interiority... right. because there aren't any legitimate reasons why the south is the best! :crazy:

football and. . .

 

[utvolpj]

football and. . .

manners

 

[golfballs]

the people!

 

[droski]

manners

so ohio is a great place too?

 

[TXA&M07]

How'd I know droski would be in here stirring the pot?
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[DC Vol]

interiority... right. because there aren't any legitimate reasons why the south is the best! :crazy:

You forget that there are people that actually think that people in the South don't have shoes, only wear overalls and have a menial grasp of the English language.

People in the South show their ignorance as much as any other person in any other region it's just more publicized because it reinforces something people want to believe.

Combine this with a prevailing global opinion of Americans and the South might as well be the world's cesspit.

 

[golfballs]

so ohio is a great place too?

Ohio??

 

[utvolpj]

so ohio is a great place too?

why Ohio? OE lives there

 

[droski]

good football and manners.

 

[golfballs]

good football and manners.

I live in Ohio. I can debunk that myth. In fact, people up here LOVE Tennessee! They love visiting, they say the people are so nice and it's so beautiful. Every weekend there is a mass exodus to Tennessee.

 

[DC Vol]

Upper New England, in my opinion, exceeds almost all Southern locations in charm and politeness.

 

[droski]

Upper New England, in my opinion, exceeds almost all Southern locations in charm and politeness.

sarcasm?

 

[DC Vol]

sarcasm?

Not at all. Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine (Upper New England) were all extremely enjoyable when I was up there.

The rest of New England is terrible in those regards.

 

[sjrobert]

so ohio is a great place too?

Of course it is, in many, maybe most, of the small towns there. That is true even in some parts of California.

 

[droski]

Not at all. Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine (Upper New England) were all extremely enjoyable when I was up there.

The rest of New England is terrible in those regards.

you'd think the horrible weather wouldn't make people very happy.

 

[DC Vol]

you'd think the horrible weather wouldn't make people very happy.

Canada and Scandinavia are home to some very polite people. The food and weather in Scandinavia is terrible so I guess it's the women that balance things out.

I was there in the fall though. Maybe their attitudes turn sour with the weather? I don't know... and this is only based on my personal experiences.