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REDIRECT ALERT! (Scroll down past this mess if you're trying to read an archived post. Thanks. No, really, thanks.) Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu. This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things. Wednesday, October 01, 2003
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Southern identity on decline, study says By AMBER McDOWELLIs it just me, or does anyone else get the sense that the results of the study might indicate some sort of political bias on the part of the researchers, or is it just the way the article is written? "As with other parts of the country, continuing urbanization and immigration have had an impact on the South," said sociology professor Larry Griffin, who headed the study.It would have been nice to explore exactly WHAT it is that they are supposedly rejecting, rather than speculating. You could just as well say that people with brown hair living in those 13 states identify themselves as Southerners, and come up with equal results. As for Fleming, she said she understands why conservatives continue to classify themselves as Southerners.Again, the test bias is that people are required to identify themselves as to their political affiliation--there is no objective standard. A person who is comfortable identifying himself as a liberal around here might be seen as a raging right-winger by someone in Berkley. And, there are PLENTY of liberals out there who don't like change, either--NO one, of any stripe, likes to change things they are comfortable with. It might make some folks feel better and superior to point and laugh about hide-bound, backward, hard-shell conservatives, but it really doesn't go very far in really explaining anything (other than that hypocrites come in all stripes, too). Elouise North, a 79-year-old gift shop manager at Carter House, describes herself as both a Southerner and a conservative.And just because you're a liberal doesn't mean you would do anything any different from Miss Elouise. Being a liberal doesn't mean you have to be rude or pushy. (Yeah, I know--hard to believe but true.) North was born in Gallatin, 25 miles northeast of Nashville, but moved to Franklin 44 years ago after she married. During that time, she says she's seen so many new people move here that "it's no wonder" the number of self-described Southerners has dropped.Bingo. Give that lady a chaw--people tend to identify with their birthplace, regardless of where they move to. Remember, just 'cause the cat had kittens in the oven don't mean they're biscuits.
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