Was it Bash Alabama Day?
Oct. 19th, 2005 08:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shipperxWhat the hell was yesterday? Was it "Bash Alabama Day" and people forgot to announce it? First, The Amazing Race and its stereotypes. Then The Amazing Race contestants, the Bransens, who made disgusting comments about the state just to be "cute." Then I read TWOP (which is always a mistake) and there was some poster wondering why in the hell all the Southerners on the board were pissed because "C'mon. It's just Alabama" and how "Reconstruction didn't last long enough because they should have been edjimuncating [Southerners] more" (and then he used the trite red state/blue state cliche bullshit that has become a pet peeve of mine.)
Then this morning when my radio alarm went off, the local alt_rock station was complaining about "The Daily Show" having ragged on Alabama (last night?) You know, the state is not a wealthy one for many reasons. It's by and large a disadvantaged state, but John Stewart and cohorts bashing it and calling it "the Ukraine with banjos" isn't helping! In fact, it's OFFENSIVE! (And where in the fucking hell are these show digging up all of these "Deliverance" banjo music clips?! For the love of god, WHY? It's in no way actually representative of the South (we have more rock stations than country and even country stations don't sound like THAT, you stereotyping assholes.)
I'm pissed and disgusted now. I usually like "The Daily Show," but in an addendum to last night's pissed off rant about against "The Amazing Race" -- screw you too, Daily Show.
I guess it's always in style to bash the South. Since it's offensive to stereotype anyone else, glad Hollywood (etc) has this offensive stereotype to cling to so damn tenaciously.
Then this morning when my radio alarm went off, the local alt_rock station was complaining about "The Daily Show" having ragged on Alabama (last night?) You know, the state is not a wealthy one for many reasons. It's by and large a disadvantaged state, but John Stewart and cohorts bashing it and calling it "the Ukraine with banjos" isn't helping! In fact, it's OFFENSIVE! (And where in the fucking hell are these show digging up all of these "Deliverance" banjo music clips?! For the love of god, WHY? It's in no way actually representative of the South (we have more rock stations than country and even country stations don't sound like THAT, you stereotyping assholes.)
I'm pissed and disgusted now. I usually like "The Daily Show," but in an addendum to last night's pissed off rant about against "The Amazing Race" -- screw you too, Daily Show.
I guess it's always in style to bash the South. Since it's offensive to stereotype anyone else, glad Hollywood (etc) has this offensive stereotype to cling to so damn tenaciously.
