Southerners/SEC Fans have a deep inferiority complex

#27
#27
DC Vol said:
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.
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#30
#30
The only time I get an inferiority complex is when people treat me as inferior because I'm from the south.

I went to visit my cousins in NYC when I was a kid. Here was our conversation.

"You wanna watch a movie?"
"Sure, what's on?"
"Well, we have this thing called a V..C..R. It hooks up to the TV and plays tapes that have movies on them. We also have this store at the end of the block where we can borrow different movies if we give them money."
"Ya, we have that in Tennessee too."
"Really. That's amazing."

This was 20 yrs ago but sadly some peoples opinion of the south hasn't changed.
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#35
#35
DC Vol said:
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.
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I've spent 2 winters in New Hampshire, they still have a polite attitude.

ONLY place I've been on assignment where I was invited over to my client's house for dinner. That has never happened anywhere else in the country (I've worked in 24 of the 50 states).
 
#37
#37
It's true in Alabama - I think during Bear Bryant's time it was the only positive for the state.

I've never met a collective group of people that is so paranoid and so convinced that the rest of the world is taking shots at them then native Alabamians.
 
#40
#40
kptvol said:
You don't call it paranoia if it's true.
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Haha. There is definitely some truth to what the professor said. You just have to look at how the South is perceived in other regions and realize that people who come from that kind of background will likely take some of it to heart. I don't believe it would be a conscious thing, but you could find plenty of examples to support the idea. There is a reason we make fun of residents of other Southern states by referring to stereotypes that were really more applicable 100 years ago or more. Who cares? Only the truly ignorant and uneducated would actually believe these things are true of the majority.

Half of my family is from Detroit, so you can imagine the things I've heard. Did you know they have cable tv up there? I don't think they make fun of any place after the recent economic developments though. I shudder at the thought that I could end up there after I graduate in mechanical engineering at UT.
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#41
#41
droski said:
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."
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Droski,

You're too intelligent to associate yourself with idiots like this guy.
 
#44
#44
I've lived from Rhode Island to Hawaii and a number of places in between, and I love Tennessee the best! (Hawaii is incredible, but it's a much better place to visit than live)
 
#46
#46
droski said:
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."
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And here I thought it was just an aspect of being competitive.
 
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