Quote from Maverick74:
Let me get this straight, to make a point about the south and how conservative it is, you pick the blackest state in the country. The state that brought us Jim Crow laws. The state where until the 1960's black and white kids didn't even attend the same schools until the supreme court ruling of Brown vs the board of education mandated that blacks and white be allowed to attend the same schools. However up to this day, MS remains a very segregated state. Most black and white kids still are segregated, the education system is a mess because of this as most whites are getting a great education in the private school system while blacks are graduating from public high schools reading at the 5th grade level.
Of all the red states you could have picked, are you telling me you are oblivious to the history of MS and its racial problems? Are you telling me you were not aware that even in schools where white and black kids both attend, that they have separate black and white proms as was highlighted recently in a documentary done by Morgan Freeman for HBO? Are you serious?
A guy who claims to be so astute on politics and history and yet you ignore all these facts to point out how "dumb" they are and expect us to take this as a shot against white conservatives? Are you out of your f*cking mind? I mean you could have picked any number of white red states with a low IQ to make your point, instead you pick the state with the most blacks and the most violent history on racial issues and the most segregated state even to this day in the country.
Something is not adding up. That is a far reach that I'm suppose to believe that "race" never entered your mind.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
Race never came into my mind. Uneducated stupid southerners who are conservative was in my mind.
Race came to your mind right away though...
Quote from Maverick74:
But you DID NOT SAY that. You made a sweeping generalization about the south in general and MS in particular. You did the very same thing you have been accusing conservatives for years on this forum. Making very broad black and white statements that you know cannot hold up to logic due to the binary structure of the statements you are making. At worst you are convicting yourself of ignorance and at best, a hypocrite.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
Race never came into my mind. Uneducated, stupid southerners who worship the confederacy who are conservative and oppose education, put the Bible as more important than education, pork rind eating, booger eatin, dumbass Dixie lovin, Nascar watching hillbillies were in my mind.
Race came to your mind right away though...
You lost the bet.
Quote from Maverick74:
How can race not come to your mind when speaking about the most "racially divided state" in the country? That's like talking about the civil right movement and not talking about MS or Rosa Parks. Or talking about the subject of presidential assassinations and not talk about Jack Kennedy. Or to talk about neo nascism and not talk about the holocaust. Are you really this dense? Oy vey.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
I'm aware of racism, but race never came into my mind when posting the OP.
It was not a race issue in my mind, and still isn't. It is a mentality of the south, where education is not emphasized. Dixie, the Bible, and conservative values are more important than education and progressive issues.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
Race did not come into my mind, you lost the bet.
Race did come into your mind though...
Very interesting Rorschach moment you are having...
Quote from Maverick74:
Keeping saying it over and over like the talking dito heads on the left, it still won't make it so. Zzz, you could have picked any state, any state in the country to make your point about how "stupid people are" in red states. That was your point right? Did I get that wrong? Are we on the same page here?
But of all the states you pick to demonstrate how "stupid" those people are indicative by the state's IQ score, you pick the state with not only the most number of blacks, but a state dominated by black politics and probably the most corrupt state in the country.
And I'm suppose to assume you were referring to the "white conservatives" of the state? How was I suppose to "assume" that? On what basis? Even the most politically ignorant among us know that MS is the worst state in the country for education dominated by still all the black public schools and a corrupt state government.
Why did you "specifically" pick this state? You could have picked Ohio, FL, Georgia, but you picked MS to make your point. You could have just left it at the south in general but you specifically point out MS and then question why I bring race into it the equation when it is by far the most racially divided state in the country both historically and to the present. How can one think about the shortcomings and problems of MS and not think about race. That's like me wanting to have a conversation about the problems in the middle east without bringing religion into the equation.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
Race did not come into my mind, you lost the bet.
Race did come into your mind though...
Very interesting Rorschach moment you are having...