Big Tex Sounds Off
I am sick and tired of purusing other blogs and seeing prejudiced thinking towards the South and Texas in general. In accordance with that, I will offer my response to many "opinions."
Myth 1: Texans and Southerners are Uneducated Slobs.
BiT: What? Please. This is narrowminded East Coast thinking. Lumping people into a group is not an intelligent way to form an argument, and thinking that we are not educated is absurd. I went to a 4 year college and am in graduate school. Do you have the stones to apply or even go to graduate school? I enjoy the work of William Faulkner. Have YOU heard of William Faulkner. He is not one of the best Southern Writers, he is one of the best American authors. Why do you think we are uneducated slobs, becuase some of us like to live in small towns? There are many southern small towns I would rather live then some of those bloated Yankee cities.
Myth 2: People in Texas open doors for women becuase they are misogynic.
BT: Huh? DO you actually know the meaning of the word "misogynic"? Obviously you do not. Reread Myth 1. We hold doors open for women becuase that is what is expected of CIVILIZED people. We also stand up when elderly people walk in and offer our seats to them on the bus and train. I know that many of yall do not. I have seen you on the CTA.
Myth 3: Texas cities all sound alike.
BT: Get a Map! Where else in the country(or world) can you find cities like Grapeland and Grapevine. One is a small East Texas town and the other is a suburb of Dallas/Fort Worth. We also have Athens, Paris, Palestine, Rome, and many other towns and cities with names you should remember like Luchenback, Cut-n-shoot, Mesquite, Mexia, Nacogdoches, Noonday, Bullseye, Onalaska, and Perfect. Yall have any perfect towns...yeah didn't think so.
This is just the first installment, stay tuned as Big Tex rants some more later.
1 Comments:
BT,
I am glad to see you standing up for yourself and your fellow southerners - godspeed. But, I would like to raise one issue related to the giving up of seats on public transportation.
Now, I think it is pretty much a given in everyone's mind that the elderly and pregnant women should be given priority seating. However, I do no beleive that men should have to give up their seats for younger women. Why? Well, women have fought hard to enjoy all the benefits once only reserved for men and have been quite successful. But, with those new priviliges come responsibilities. So, if a woman can go to work and do the same job as a man - she can stand up on a crowded train or bus as well.
Being kind is one thing, but letting women have their cake and eat it too is something else entirely.
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