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As a southerner from Alabama, this guy made a video about the south from an outside perspective. He sounds like a west coaster that has stereotypical views of the south. Most of what he said is accurate, but gives very little explanation as to why. Most of the country has always looked down on the south. It was always a good thing because it kept the yankees out. Lately they have discovered the stereo types are not true or that they like our way of life better than theirs, and the south is filling up with west coasters and northerners. Most of my neighbors are yankees now. I dont have a problem with them, but its changing our old friendly southern culture. Use to people all waved and said hello to each other and now days people act like your up to something if you notice them.
It's happened in Tennessee too. People came to the Smoky mountains on vacation and decided they just had to live here. Locals wouldn't mind except they've made property prices and rent skyrocket and they can't the same conveniences to be built here that they had where ever they moved from. They call us hateful and treat us all like we're backwoods hicks. Locals are angry. We can't afford to live in our hometowns but we're expected to keep them running so the transplants are kept happy. If we say anything about the changing culture, we're called hillbillies. 🤦🏻♀️
Happening in South Carolina too. Small towns starting too get too big for their britches..😁
Yeah. Twenty years ago when I moved here my brother who arrived a year earlier said watch this and he took me down the street and people sitting on their porch or in their yard would wave at us and it was so shocking 😮 I asked him do you know them? He said nope everyone does it. But over the past three to five years that behavior has almost completely stopped. 😢 It wasn't mine nor my brother's fault I promise you. We acclimated and when in Rome. Just because a cat has kittens in the oven doesn't make them biscuits. So I get it but never was I Yankee. Nor a damn Yankee, rather ex-midwesterner. 😅
That ain't no shit..
Everyone is more than welcome here in lower alabama, just leave the laws, from whatever state you left, back there.
As a black southerner let me first say that the civil war was fought to end slavery BUT not for moral reasons! A free labor force in the south was killing the northern Industrial economy so the north wanted it abolished for that reason alone NOT because they felt it was morally wrong.
Second, southern hospitality was not mentioned but definitely should have been. Even though there are still pockets of deep racial tension like in sun down towns, for the most part, everyone gets alone and are very cordial. Up north, everyone in the big urban areas are in survival mode so they look at everyone they don’t know as a threat. So no one looks or dare speak to a stranger.
There are no sun down towns, there haven’t been any for several decades, there are infact more black areas where white people are not welcomed than vice versa.
One of my black friends in college was from Georgia and went to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving with a white friend. They stopped at a local hangout of our PA friend. After a few minutes of all quiet in the bar, the owner came to our PA friend and told him they needed to leave. Seems that northern community did not want our black friend in town. Our PA friend was so angry, embarrassed, and surprised at what he found beneath the surface of people he had known all of his life. Of course our black friend laughed at the irony of the situation. He said he had never been treated like that in GA.
I’m a southerner myself, born in Memphis, Tennessee raised and currently live in northern Mississippi, I’ve studied the history of the civil war, I know everyone is going to have their opinions, but I personally believe our country never had to have the Civil War if it were just about slavery… One of the South biggest trading partners was the UK, as they used cotton for clothing. The UK abolished slavery in 1834, the British were actually worried about their optics, and how they would be perceived, having abolished the practice of slavery while still getting most of their cotton from a country that still allowed it. The British were about to put the clamps down on the CSA hoping the lack of trade, and loss of money would force the CSA to abolish the practice on their own. The Brits even went as far as to say, they would resume trade once the South abolished the practice.
It might have taken a few more years, but I think slavery would have ended around the same time, and without a civil war.
Well said.
Wasn't it only 4% that owned slaves? It's crazy how much power a small percentage can hold. Even now, it's still true.
That man actually said Lynyrd Skynyrd was from Alabama and I spit out my sweet tea. They are from Florida.
Yea I was surprised too, they are from Jacksonville. He also said that the Allman brothers were from Jacksonville. That’s not true, they are from Macon Ga
He said they came out of Alabama and in a way they did. They were a big part of the Muscle Shoals sound.
well, the guy that wrote the song was tech from Mississippi....the rest were from Florida lmao
Tell you what, they actually live in Georgia in a town north of Atlanta, my neighbors for years. Big 'ol "bus" parked out back.
@@mistylee717you aren't wrong, but he should have been clearer that they did the majority of their recording from AL, yet from FL
I’m from Georgia. My parents from Mississippi. What’s missing is that slavery was throughout the United States, not just in the south. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in Union territories, only in the Confederate states. Congress ended slavery a couple years later.
In the North slavery was phased out. I saw an old newspaper advertising rewards for escaped slaves and those from the South offered $100 for a return of their slave, while Pennsylvania offered 25-cents if a slave was returned.
That is probably what antagonized the South over slavery. The North had time to adjust their economic model about slavery.
The South had their slave system cut off abruptly. Not only did the South have to reorganize and recover from the war, but the slave base of their economy was gone as well.
Slavery was most prevalent in the southern states. That was unfortunate.
@@catseye1009 The northern cotton mills benefited from southern cotton, Thomas Sowell said if you wanted to see a prosperous plantation, you had to find one owned by a northerner, I suppose that meant they owned slaves,
@@nemomarcus5784 and the Yankees left the newly homeless, and jobless blacks without a thought
Exactly, it's kinda funny how the fool that made that video conviantly left that part out 🤔
The implication is that the South was dominated by large slave plantations. They were certainly the most profitable but they weren't the norm. Most Southerners just worked a family farm with themselves as employees.
Stop the apologetics. Even the number of plantations that existed were enough to dominate the culture and destroy the economy by causing the Civil War.
True. I learned a long time ago the "Tara" image people have of the Antebellum era were few and far between. Most were family farms getting by just like many other regions.
They didn't like slavery either, as they were competition.
There's also the fact that the South didn't have a unified view even in the War. Large chunks of the South were in favor of remaining with the Union, necessitating the tie-up of Confederate troops as an occupying force to keep these areas in check. One of those areas, in eastern Tennessee, tried to break away to form a state. In my home state of South Carolina, there was such a section in the northwest, which gained the name "The Dark Corner". Many of those who opposed the Confederacy joined the Union Army. I've read of battalions under General Sherman who fit this description.
I mean that's like half true. Yes large plantations with 100+ enslaved workers were not the norm, but something like 20% of white southerners *did* enslave people, though typically less than five.
A doohickey is a watchamacallit or a thingamabob.
Thingamajig
A thingy☺️.
I’m 73, and grew up with ‘rat killing.’ That is nothing more than running a bunch of errands, like paying bills or going to the store, maybe the dry cleaners,etc. and ‘dinkin’ around is just doing nothing special. Like window shopping or riding around with no plans.
Not to be confused with the whoozeewhatsit
Doober
Lynard Skynard is from Florida, Middleburg, to be exact. A VERY southern area in Northeast Florida. The narrator is confused because their most popular song is called "Sweet Home Alabama“, another VERY southern state.
One thing that you’ll see pretty much only in the South is that not on the interstate highways but in small towns and country roads, most people will get off to the side of the road when they come upon a funeral procession. For the most part you have no idea who the person that died was, but it’s done out of respect for the deceased and their family.
They still do it where I live. It's a tradition I dread losing.
I come from a small town in Kansas and we and the surrounding towns do this as well. Really hope we don't lose it.
This used to happen up North too. I grew up in Illinois. When was a kid (I am 46 now) this was the standard. But it isn’t anymore. When I move to far southern Mississippi I was so pleased to see it was still done down here. ❤❤❤
Bless his heart, a guy from Oregon explaining the south is kinda like somebody from Nebraska explaining Cricket bowling strategy. BTW, Skynyrd is from Florida.
I know...what??? Lol.
Great point! 💁🏻♀️
Not just Oregon, but right outside Portland!
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This guy is clueless.
The Civil War was about state rights versus preserving the union. Slavery was a side issue.
I live in South Carolina. I think he’s a little behind in his views of the south. Our state is very much a cultural mix. Bless his heart! 🤣🤣
Native South Carolinian and I have never had anybody start talking politics with me. Weird!
Exactly! Spartanburg native here! Never used Coke for anything but a Coke. Never said "plumb". Not sure where this guy is from.
@@terrencemgentry Yeah, this guy did his homework watching Andy Griffith reruns. I'm from the Greenville area and it's shocking how the old stereotypes are somehow surviving outside of the area. Most people are stunned when they get here and see for themselves.
Awww, come on! I'm from Ohio & I've used plumb! (Tho I may well be older than you too, imo, that factors in there too ;) ) And, damn, we're Yankees! (Of course one set of grandparents were from Kentucky & the other from VA & WV respectively... but... still. @@terrencemgentry
@kimkacer782 I'm 49. The only time I've heard plumb was on TV & movies with actors doing really bad "southern" accents. 😂
I have to say the look on your face when you heard how "Bless your heart" can be used as an insult, was priceless!! Just to give you a heads up, if someone tells you that you're "special" it could be being used like "Bless your heart"!😂
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Damn I already did it to him before I read this 😂
I have to point out farming is not the “simpler life” as we work very hard. We just know the importance of taking time to enjoy life as well. If anyone thinks farming is easier, please, try it for a month and see if you can keep up with it all.
Amen to that! My family were mostly farmers and I grew up in a farming neighborhood. Many of them still farm. Farmers are literally the best people I have ever known.
Alabamian here. This guys videos are good but you can tell his bias against the south. His videos on us are always stereotypes and you can really see he’s never lived here. Which is a shame bc his videos are somewhat informative
Yeah, he talks shit about the south in every video that is remotely related to it.
@@Tbear93 exactly “the south is weird” “the south is racist”. Like our history to ppl like him is “the south had slaves and talks funny” and that’s about it. Then he even has the balls to say “what they mean by this is” and explain stuff for us that isn’t even true.
Alabama here I thought he was a bit condescending and never lived down here😡
He is, I even pointed out a flaw in some of his stats one time and he deleted my comment, twice.
He did his research on Google.
He left out that we are also the politest and most hospitable and welcoming region in the country. We take care of our families, our neighbors, our animals, and land. And if you’re a stranger in need of help changing a tire or a meal, we got you. No worries.
As an Alabamian, Amen sis! 🙏🙌
Absolutely!
Yessirree bobtail!
Mississippi here!! We are just laid back people who were raised with manners and respect and who dont take crap off anyone.
I am from Georgia and I say all the saying. Y’all is a given and I do say bless your heart, both ways lol I’m proud of my state and that I’m southern! It’s a beautiful place
Yes. We in the South are very unique compared to the rest of the country. Bless your heart.
Btw: We don't politics with strangers in the South. This isn't Twitter. We argue about college football if anything.
Well said. There is a reason people are advised not to get married in the fall. Those weekends are already reserved.
I mean, as a democrat in SC who has lived here all of my life, people talk politics all the time. You may not realize it because you agree with what the person is saying and it doesn't register, but it definitely happens. I can't count on one hand the amount of times I've politely smiled in response to comments about Biden causing inflation, said "really?", and extracted myself as quickly as possible with complete strangers. For some reason, most of these convos happen at the gas pump.
Edit: I don't necessarily think this is bad, but it happens.
@@semperaugustus661 Haha! Exactly! One of my friends got married in October which was an awful time to get married. I heard barely anyone went and most were just watching the games on their phones half of the time.
@@miraaranel It's not that I disagree or agree. It's just I don't care about politics and most of the people around me don't.
Lmaooo what??? I am born & raised in South Georgia & I work at a farm supply company & the conversations people have & my coworkers CONSTANTLY have is about politics. They swear the democrats & republicans are soooo very different & that republicans gone save us all 😂 little do they know there is no republicans vs Democrats. It’s one party. It’s a monopoly.
Growing up in Texas my Grandfather never called it 'The Civil War' it was always 'The War of Northern Aggression'.
Of course he did. And we know that's not true. It just makes it a little easier to swallow when his ancestors were on the losing side.
@@SweetThing it is true. The federal government overstepped the limits of their power. Each state was a sovereign state a separate country. United with the other states. To form the union. The states had every right to exit the union. Just as Britain did a few years ago.
Abe usurped a lot of power. In order to hold the union together. It's quite possible that Abe would have relinquished the power he'd taken. After the war was ended. As he did what he felt was right. To hold the union. Which is why he ended up freeing the slaves. An after thought not the reason the war was even fought. The war was about states rights and looking at the way the nation is today. It's a shame that the south lost and that Abe was killed. Before he relinquished the power he usurped. No longer is the United States fifty individual sovereign states. Each state is ruled by the federal government and we're on the edge of another civil war. For the exact same reasons again.
@@geraldwilliams497The South declared war on the North. No matter how much you try to twist history that fact will never change. So yes, the "War of Northern Aggression" is a lie. Why is it that you guys always say it was a war to protect state rights, but never say that the right in question was the right to own people?
@@darksaint0124 the south did not start the war. You should read a book sometime. The south seceded. The union refused to accept the states' right to leave the union. When the confederate states of America. Demanded that the union forces occupying Fort Sumter. Instead of complying. The union sent ships. To resupply and reinforce the fort.
Personally I'm glad that they held the nation together. The USA would not be the USA today. If we'd split in the 1860s, but I can't deny that the State's have the right to leave. Just as the United Kingdom had the right exit the European Union. The Confederacy had the right to leave the United States.
This nation is supposed to one nation, fifty (today) sovereign countries.
It was union aggression that started the war.
I'm glad that Lincoln held this nation together. It's a tragedy that he was killed. Before he could relinquish the party he had usurped on behalf the of federal government. If President Lincoln had not been assassinated. We'd still be fifty sovereign countries united to form one great nation. But he was killed and the federal government did not relinquish the power and now the states are ruled by a gigantic over powered central government. Which pretty much ignores the rights of the states and rules the nation. The exact opposite of how the nation was founded.
@@darksaint0124 probably because that wasn't the only right they were fighting for? If it was a Civil War, the South would have wanted to take over the US and instill their own government. As it was, they just wanted to leave the US and form their own government, as was their right, despite what Abe thought.
Representing here....southerner from Alabama....!! I've enjoyed your videos! And I've encountered many of the wild animals you've featured as the "most deadly".... no worries if you visit the states....unless you're stumbling around in the wilderness ....you'll be just fine~!!
Lynyrd Skynyrd is NOT from Alabama....tho they've spent a lot of time there....They're Florida boys!
And The Allman Brothers are from Macon, Georgia! I enjoyed a tour of their Big House Museum and Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, where Greg and Duane are buried.
South Carolinian here. I will say, I've never talked politics with anyone in public and I also have no memory of ever overhearing anyone else talking about politics. We tend to value avoiding conflict in general and just going with the flow. You should come visit. I feel like you'd love it here.
Exactly! Momma always said not to talk politics or religion with polite company. However, Uncle Earl and Aunt Bet were a different can of beans.
I spent most of my life in New England, primarily the Boston area. Moved to Georgia about 5 years ago and wished I had done it much sooner. Been all over the south these last few years and love it.
We love having you in Georgia (& yes I’ve decided to speak for the entire state) 😂
Welcome to Georgia.
dude same I lived in New Hampshire and it is heaven here the Folks are way laid back here they tend to mind their business and its not like that Northeast tude like im better then you I just been up to Maine and I got vibes like I wasnt wanted there stuck up folks up there
Welcome to Georgia
I think the weather also contributes to the laidback lifestyle in the south. It’s warm and humid for much of the year so you just take things slow.
It's so hot and wet, you either grow gills or DIE... are you kiddin'??? ;o)
Oh yeah. Especially when you think of when it developed being long before the invention of air conditioning. So you take a standard American accent and pretend you’re in a sauna with 100% humidity and you’re mostly there. 😂😂😂
@@AdoraReagan gotta let the heat out when you speak lol
I think some others have mentioned it already, but "bless your heart" is NOT usually a negative phrase, but it can be used sarcastically like other phrases can be. But the norm is that it means exactly what it says.
I feel like this was made from an outsiders perspective about the South in my Great-Grandmother's time. So much of what was stated reminded me of things that my grandparents and great grandparents would say.
I'm 75 and lived in the deep South all my life (born in Florida and live in Georgia the last 30 years), we are proud of our traditions and distrust of government or authority in general. Our food is the best, we love our neighbors, believe in treating all people with respect. We love God, the source of everything good.
Sure, sure. I totally believe everyone in the South believes in treating all people with respect. 🙄
I'm 75 years old as well and from the South, (NC) and am proud to be a Southerner. But I am also a realistic Southerner who recognizes the many negative things about the South such as the following and if you're an honest person you will readily admit it is true. And you don't have to take my word for it because the statistics are readily available. The following are many of the negative aspects of life living in the South and which we lead the rest of the nation in.
Spousal abuse
Obesity
Smoking
Teen pregnancy
Sexually transmitted diseases
Abortion (at least before Dobbs; now it would be “forced births”)
Bankruptcies and poverty
Homicide and suicide
Infant mortality
Maternal mortality
Forcible rape
Robbery and aggravated assault
Dropouts from high school
Divorce
Contaminated air and water
Opiate addiction and deaths
Unskilled workers
Parasitic infections
Income and wealth inequality
Covid deaths and unvaccinated people
Federal subsidies to states (“Red State Welfare”)
People on welfare
Child poverty
Homelessness
Spousal murder
Unemployment
Deaths from auto accidents
People living on disability
Gun deaths
As a Southerner, I am not proud of any of this and you shouldn't be either. We also have the most churches in the country which inclines me to think we are not so God-fearing but rather pretend Christians full of hypocrisy. I dare say you're also probably a big supporter of the Yankee politician pretend billionaire, scam artist, and Republican traitor Donald John Trump. It seems to me that patriotism is a thing sorely lacking in the South these days and as a veteran of the US Army and the Vietnam War greatly disappoints me.
AMEN!
@@relaxolotl_ltoloxaleryeah we do because we were actually raised right
Amen my friend, we put God and family first and we try and help those in need and yet we're looked at as weird or different, personally I think that if loving God my family and country is weird than I don't want to be "normal", I've seen what's considered normal these days and it's sad and disgusting
There is huge difference in the south between being “country” and being southern.
Very true. A farmer in Arkansas probably has more in common with a farmer in upstate New York than he does with the Governor.
I grew up in Illinois, spent about 13 years in western North Carolina, and now live in far southern Mississippi. Besides the oppressive heat and humidity, Mississippi is by far the top of my list of favorites. People are genuinely kind and compassionate here. The political space has not gone nearly as far into crazy as much of the rest of the country, and there is a pride in this nation that is more like it was in the small town I grew up in when I was a kid. Most people here are of a libertarian mind set, and value small business and self reliance. Also there is less racism and more integration here than anywhere else I have lived. When this nation ultimately fails (which is either already here or coming soon) I am glad I will be in the Deep South.
Real Bar-b-que is cooking the meat for a long time until it falls of the bone. Really good too. Potato salad and cornbread are a must as side dishes.
I’m originally from North Carolina, moved to DC (District of Columbia), Virginia and now Alabama. The one thing I love most about the south, is the food. I’ve been to California, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio, all over Europe etc…only other place where I loved the food on the same level was Japan obviously for different reasons. There are no strangers in the south. Maybe it’s not like that in larger cities across the south, but you can have a rando conversation at the grocery check out or waiting in line (queue) to get into a restaurant and it could be about almost ANYTHING. I had a lady tell me the other day that I must know the Lord because I was always smiling and always positive. Then she told me about her neighbors cat hanging out at her house because her husband gave it some 9lives. LOL, the south is community, food, well lots of food, and people expanding their community by including you in it whether you like it or not.
If you mean: knowing everybody else's business, there are no strangers, southerners are good about that. They are nosy. But there are plenty of people that are left out in the south, if you don't have an accent. The south is a lonely place to live.. if your kin wasn't born there. And it's sad, and ignorant, because a lot of people that have moved to the south, have southern ancestry; they just don't have the accent. It's their loss.
@@SweetThing I was born and raised in the USA. Sure it was the southern USA. I been here most of my life. I haven’t noticed we are anymore nosy than the people in Michigan or Ohio. I have noticed we are generally friendlier. I’m almost 70 years old and this is the first time I’ve heard say if you’re not from here it’s a lonely place.
Maybe you should look inside yourself and figure out why you think that. It’s possible it’s your demeanor or attitude that’s the reason. May not be but your MANY post sounds like you’re an unhappy person.
I'm from the South... there are SO MANY ACCENTS. You go a couple hours up the road, and it's a completely different accent. Plus the white folk southern accent and the black folk southern accent is very distinctly different.
If someone told you...Bless your heart....it was with good intentions, I can't see it being anything less. You're a good guy, I've never heard you say anything insulting,.degrading or downgrading in any way.
I cannot imagine anyone from the Southern US insulting this guy, he's so genuine and sincere. He'd love it here!
I grew up in Arkansas and still live here. A former supervisor at work used to say "special lady!" and that was the nice way to call that lady stupid lol.
which now reminds me of Dana Carvey's church lady character on Saturday Night Live saying "aren't you special?" or "isn't that special?"
The phrase "bless your heart" is used in multiple ways. I've never used it to talk down to someone. Usually, I use it and have heard it used to express empathy with someone going through a rough time. I think a lot of people from outside the South think it's used primarily as an insult or in an insincere way. That's just not my experience as a southerner. Kind of like saying ma'am or sir outside of the south is taken as an insult, and we use it as a sign of respect in the South. Not that I've never heard anyone say it when insulting someone, but never by itself. Like "Bless his heart, he don't have the sense God gave a rock." Most of the time, I hear it when discussing a hard time someone may be going through. "Jimmy lost his job, and the kids are sick. Bless their hearts."
Yeah as someone raised in South Georgia, same. It’s usually said to empathize like you said unless you add the “no sense” comment, then it’s still more like “awww he’s not the smartest huh” rather than “he’s stupid” lol
Absolutely right.
I grew up in South Mississippi. We grew our own food. We were told stories from days gone by. We new about our ancestors and can talk about them as if we knew them. I asked my Mom how her life was effected by The Depression. She said they never thought about it. They raised everything they needed.
Mississippi here also
I like the saying that Southerners are like the Chinese in that we also eat rice and worship our ancestors. 😊
I’m also in Mississippi. 😊
Mississippi here also!!!
Not in Mississippi now but from Moss Point!
Born here and will never leave. God Bless The South.
Alabama native here and slavery wasn't commonplace in the South, it was actually rare because you needed money to buy slaves and most people were barely getting by. Most southern soldiers during the civil war joined because they were attacked by Union soldiers or Confederate soldiers. They either joined to get revenge on Union soldiers or to protect their homes from angry Confederates. Also we respect the Rebel flag and statues of Confederate leaders because we know that you need to remember the bad of history as well as the good
I just found your channel about 2 weeks ago and have been enjoying it tremendously! I was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina so I'm as Southern as it gets! I've been to the UK twice and find the history and tradition fascinating. But, I do believe Southern food is truly the best. I can see you being blown away by the Bar-B-Q, fried okra, cornbread, potato salad, sweet corn, and pecan pie! Don't forget the sweet tea! Come visit sometime and stay a while! I'll carry you up to the Dairy Queen for a soft serve ice cream sundae 🙂
Upstate here!!! Love love love Charleston!!!
Sending love from the foothills!!!
Texan here…Bless your heart is used quite often. When it was said to you it was most likely meant the nice way. If you hear it you’ll know the difference.
Calling people "honey."
I am born and raised in Alabama……….Bless your Heart ❤️ not surprised it took you so long to ……figure it Out.
I have watched a lot of Briggs videos. He is a Ca native. Southern California at that which is totally different from Northern California where I lived 8 years after leaving Georgia where I was born and raised. Living and visiting the South are just as different as living and visiting California. You don’t understand the history and culture until you’re immersed in it. I currently live in Texas now and can tell you it’s absolutely different than Georgia but feels more like being home than when I lived in California. I would recommend people to live in different states to know what they truly value in their local community. I love the South but I am glad I lived in California for a time.
I can tell you as someone born and raised in the north, moving south was a culture shock. I currently live in Arkansas which is kind of a mix between the southern drawl and the western accent. Which makes sense when you realize we are situated in the middle. I've been through most of the deep south and lived in part of it for a short while. I miss Wisconsin at times but more for nostalgia, I actually enjoy living in the south... and sure don't miss the cold.
I'm from a mixed marriage. Mom Massachusetts and dad Texas. Since dad was military, I've also lived in the UP and Alabama. Except for Alabama, about which I'm disdainfully indifferent, I love each of them. The UP (and Wisconsin) have natural beauty and the winters aren't as bad as they were 30-40 years ago. Texas summers are hellish, but winters are mild and we have tacos.. If I could spend every summer in Essex County, Massachusetts, I would.
@@bretcantwell4921, why disdainfully indifferent regarding Alabama? Just curious? I know several lovely people from Alabama and they all love it and stay or love it and miss it terribly when they go elsewhere.
I'm from south Carolina and it's true. We are calmer, more relaxed, and just different from other regions
I moved to Savannah Georgia a few months ago and this all felt pretty accurate to me. Bless your heart
I grew up in Mississippi and Texas. The difference of meaning of "Bless your heart" can often be denote by the tone of voice used. Imagine a super sweet tone saying, "Awwww, well bless your heart." Usually, that is not a compliment.
I would think that probably most southerners who have said “bless your heart” to you were using it in the kind way. I’ve thought that a number of times when watching your reactions. It’s very interesting to hear your take on things in the US. Bless your heart in my case means your reactions are so cute.
It means you thought I was an idiot.
Agreed Carl
I totally agree, Bless your heart literally means I hope you’re blessed, whether you deserve blessings because you’ve been kind or because you may not have known something, but you tried and that’s what counts. I’ve never known anyone to mean it derogatorily.
MamaBear, I love your response.
@@cari4958 Thanks cari4958!! ☺️
Plumb tuckered is a very popular saying in the south. It just means I'm tired 😂
Cream crackered is British for the same . Worn out , tired . Knackered
Hmm. maybe 'cause I'm in Ohio, but never heard the pharse w/o the word 'out' at the end... "Plumb tuckered out!"
Yes! I'm tuckered out. East Tennessee here...
Exactly
I'll send this message if I "dont give out" first in the south meaning if I don't fall asleep or run out of energy
Bless your heart, context and tone is everything.
I'm from Cedartown Georgia, it's the country and there are trees and creeks everywhere. We love family and being friendly to each other..😊
There’s several different dialects of French spoken in south Louisiana. That’s way more interesting than the tired line about the civil war.
For sure man. south Louisiana is truly unique. I’ve said for a very long time that Louisiana has two heartbeats. One in New Orleans and one in Acadiana. We have a very strong French influence. In my opinion, the Louisiana purchase is what gave America the potential to be a superpower. Everything is different here than anywhere else in America. The culture, music, food, language, and religion to some degree is different.
Btw to experience the miles and miles of tailgating at LSU before a night game at Tiger Stadium is truly jaw-dropping.
I extend an open invitation and offer to be your tour guide.
My French Canadian buddy said he could barely understand the true blue Cajun dialect. Said they mixed in Englisj and had different definitions of their French words
@@visionary2g I was born and raised in Baton Rouge. I always joked that anything north of Alexandria was practically Yankee territory. South Louisiana is definitely different.
@@tracienielson7183 I grew up in Baker, moved to Lafayette for University, stayed and don't want to live anywhere else. Very early in my childhood I noticed the obvious, stark, and pervasive contrast in every aspect of culture (religion, food, music, language) between my mom's french/catholic side, from around Ville Platte/Opelousas, and my dad's strict southern babtist side. . I used to joke that since my dad was from around Oakdale he was a foreigner. LMAO
In the South we are generally just nice to others unless people start shyt. Dude sounds like a h8er
bless your heart. born and raised in Mississippi, 42 years. you ever make it over, I'll be your guide in the south lol
The look on your face when he spoke about “Bless your heart” 😂🤣😂🤣😂 awwwwww, bless your heart, we still luv ya ❤
As a Georgia boy, we are inherently proud of the fact that we are different from the rest of the USA - in culture, food, mannerisms (having manners) and language - so much so that a Civil War happened because of yes slavery but also because we wanted to form our own country apart from the USA. That was a bad idea and all in the past but we still consider ourselves apart from the USA culturally. I'm American by birth, and Southern by the grace of God!
Only 3% of southerners were wealthy enough to own slaves… most people don’t know this information. And it’s left out purposely
We had a war because although the constitution gave us the right to succeed the government decided they couldn’t let us do that. Slavery didn’t start the war, money did. Slavery became the issue because the government decided that it would rile people up enough to make them want to fight the states that were leaving.
I certainly don’t believe in slavery and no human should ever be owned but that still isn’t what started the war. The truth needs to be told and should always be told. The northern states needed us. Our cotton, our tobacco, our crops without us they would be in bad shape. Europe was supposed to back us but when the government switched it to being about slavery they backed out but we had already succeeded. We were left without the funds we thought we’d have and the northern states had money that we no longer had. We still put up good fight.
Amen, totally bro!
Wow I agree that the whole truth should be taught. I also agree it was more about money. But the south cared about money as well that's why they didn't want to give up their slaves. and if the south want people to learn the truth maybe they should stop taking the word slave out of their text books. @@Harley_Girl68
@@brendawalters3728 I certainly don’t disagree with you. I’ll have to research why they are removing the word “Slave”. I haven’t been in school in for 50 years and haven’t had kids in school for 30. I keep up with banned books and if I and my kids consider them proper reading for the grandkids I get them a copy to read. But I never really thought about keeping up with banned words. Thank you for that information.
"Southern HOSPITALITY" is a phrase one Cannot COMPLETELY understand unless you Were "Raised KNOWING/DOING IT'S MEANING!!!"😍
Which I believe is BASICALLY the "Golden Rule" but with a Southern drawl..meaning to treat Strangers with kindness and "Hospitality!!!" When I moved away to OTHER Areas of the country for work, relationships, family issues Etc. I DEFINITELY UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE of That Phrase of "SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY".... and/or The LACKING Thereof!!! 💯😘💞💛💖
It is breed into us from one generation to the other
The Deep South is a wonderful friendly place, just don't show up insulting our way of life. If you get invited in to our home, and led to the living room, we are sizing you up politely. When your invited to the kitchen table you're family. If you screw up, don't step up on the porch if you know what's good for you. 😊
@@johnnyduplantis❤❤my fellow Alabamian!!
Now here’s the question.
Auburn 🦅 or Alabama🐘??
I’m an Auburn alumni and my brother graduated from university of Alabama…..
Imagine how Thanksgiving Day is for our family 😳😂😂😂😂
God bless and take care ❤🙏🏻
Southern hospitality means drop what you’re doing and turn the kitchen UPSIDE DOWN for anyone comin over 🤣 - and we don’t let people walk and just OPEN THE FRIDGE! I’m humiliated if someone has to hunt for something they want to eat/drink!
@@johnnyduplantis I’m the class of ‘93!!!
Very awesome! Fun times!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
God bless and take care, my friend. 🙏🏻♥️🇺🇸
God bless America and WAR! DAMN! EAGLES!🦅🦅
@8:20 or thereabouts -- "bless your heart" in Southern American English has the same connotation (and, if I recall correctly, more or less the same origins) as the Scottish expression, "bless your wee cotton socks" (cotton socks being almost exclusively worn by infants and small children, who have a hard time tolerating the scratchiness of wool socks that older children and adults wear).
I’ve lived in SC for 45years and the two subjects I avoid, with people I don’t know, are religion and politics. If strangers approach you to discuss either, they usually want to argue unless you agree with them.
I grew up Republican but I more independent now because politics are more corrupt than us
Same... I vote on issues not on political party.
I usually just wind up writing in Ron Paul for everything. Although now I can write in Justin Amash or Austin Petersen for president, so I can alternate!
Politicians exist to divide the working people into camps so the rich and powerful can steal from under our noses while we are distracted fighting one another
Facts
In Southern dialect context is huge. Bless your heart can mean both something very positive or very negative depending on the context. Most things in the south have this duality to them. Whats up? can be a just greeting, or an actual question to whats going on in your life or the situation, or an invitation to a fight. Depends on the context.
LMAO ... bless your heart .... Yea, it's back handed, but it's actually done in a kind way most of the time. Will be kind of hard to translate in text, because it really depends on the tone of the voice, the expression on the face, even the gestures of the hand(s) , but most of the time it is said as a cute way to say "well now you know", while at the same time giving you a smart ass jab for not knowing before.
FYI
Skynyrd is from Jacksonville, Fla.
Allman Bros. from Macon, Ga.
This is like a vague, semi-accurate generalization of the South. And I'll bite my tongue on all the civil war stuff. Y'all're just gonna have to visit the south and see it for yourself.
Okay. But the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t end slavery in 1863. It was a wartime confiscation order that still depended on viewing Southern slaves as property.
The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal in the US in December 1865.
Have to be more specific......the Emancipation Proclamation ONLY freed slaves in the South....which was a wartime strategy to try to get slaves to revolt against their owners in the South. It did not free slaves in the north states that haven't already banned slavery, of which I think there were only 1 or 2 states that banned it.
@OoogaBoog yeah.... it was a strategic move.... the idea was to Cripple the south, not free the slaves. Seeing how Britsh colonists brought slavery with them.... then we had to figure it out..... the revelolutionists kicked it down the road and the civil war was where it ended, brother agienst brother, father against son..... 606 million life's lost later.... we are the only country to do it on that scale
Hell, during the revolutionary War. The promised indentured slaves and slaves if the fought for Britain then they would eventually be freed. The mightiest armada should have been able to end the slave trade without asking those that were already enslaved for help... just saying
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri had slaves until December, 1865@@OoogaBoog
Hey geniuses there were only slaves IN. The southern states . The natives had slaves and sovereign land ! It was like a 20 year battle to get the natives. To free their black slaves .
The emancipation proclamation did free the slaves .
But as soon as they had murdered Lincoln the rich bought congress and put us all on the gold standard , so we were All at that point at the mercy of the rich and it’s been that way ever since .
Until 1973 when gold and silver stopped being possible then they made the dollar the finite thing they’d value things by and they’ve been killing us with it ever since if not in poverty then in war . It’s a global system . So the entire world has been on it since 1945 and Ukraine is about ending that .
They have charged you for miseducating you . They told millions that a system with a debt ceiling wasnt zero sum !
When you said "WAIT." I LAUGHED SO HARD OUT LOUD!!! It depends on the way its said in the sentence. And yes we call every soda a coke... "do u wanna coke? Okay whatcha want??" 😂
Hoo wee, damn son you bout started a war in the comment section at 17.30 😂
I have lived in a few southern states and I love my South. I was born in Vicksburg, MS and I still have family down there. We have what used to be a small farm outside of Port Gibson and I still go home to my grandparents house where i sit on the front porch swing and it's like I can breathe again when Im home. We make fried chicken, butter beans, cornbread, sweet tea, fried okra. We have always had our own garden so all of the veggies are literally from our backyard. We also like our red beans and rice, gumbo, jambalaya,etc...The food is honestly the best. Yes to barbecue as well! I live in TN now and I still make these things at home but I miss things I can only get in the Deep South. I tend to say Bless your heart in a sincere way but every once in a while I'll be talking to a friend about another friend thay we disagree with and I'll say something like, "well, bless her heart" meaning that while I disagree with her it will most likely come back to bite her in the ass but it's not my problem lol. I think the video left out a huge part of our culture, which is friendliness and politeness. When walking, people always nod and say hello and even stop and talk. I hike about 10 minutes from my home and met a couple with a dog and we stopped and chatted. They had just moved here and were eager to learn the best spots to hike and eat.
That's an amazing story. It's totally relatable.
Hey Amanda i live in Vicksburg myself small world.
@@fordemery6062I’m over in Starkville. 😊
Crystal Springs here❤
I’m from Tennessee love my home state talk to everyone we feel vibes and are experts on reading people and knowing how to put them at ease. I think it’s a gift of growing up with traditions and values. I recently met a women with 2 small kids in the gas station on New Year’s Eve I love kids they were camping nearby from up north she seemed very uncomfortable I don’t know if she was not use to people in the south or running from a bad situation trying to make the best of it for her kids. She didn’t want to say where she was staying so I just recommended some places and dotted on the children told them they were going to have so much fun camping and fishing swimming and catching lightning bugs. But I could sense that the mom seemed frightened not really of me but of wherever she came from I just said May peace find you in Tennessee she grabbed my hand and looked me right in the eye and said I needed that. May those who seek peace come to the south to heal it may feel awkward all that care concern but it is healing. I think of that young mother often she had lost trust although she was smiling I could just tell she was scared and unsure of her plans and future doing what moms do putting on a brave face for her babies. Some would say I shouldn’t have continued speaking to her but I felt she needed a mom figure for a moment. Maybe she did maybe she didn’t but she needed peace that was a fact that was really the only true interaction she had with me her I needed that. We are a special place with special people for sure.
They forgot to mention that we also have our own measuring system. For instance, I had an aunt that had a big garden and would tell me all the time to go in her garden and pick a “mess of” tomatoes. Or if you’re cooking something and don’t know how much of something to add, you’ll just “measure with your heart”.
About the ingredients. My Mama always told me to add an ingredient until my ancestors whispered in my ear, "That's about right." God bless her soul.
Lynyrd Skynyrd sing about Alabama, recorded at the famed studio at Muscle Shoals, but they were from Jacksonville, Florida. Leonard Skinner was a high school coach who told them to get their long hair cut. They named the band after him as a joke
In Mississippi alone there are at least 4 different regional accents. The coastal accent which is partially derived from the New Orleans accent, the North Easter MS accent a combo of AL and TN accents (it can vary a lot), The delta region accent, and what I like to call the Mississippi Mumble that is common in the Jackson/ central MS area
AMERICAN BY BIRTH, SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD!!!!! AND PROUD OF IT!!!!! OMG!!!!! LYNYRD SKYNYRD WAS "NOT" FROM ALABAMA!!!!!!!!! Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida. The group originally formed as My Backyard in 1964 and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass guitar) and Bob Burns (drums). WHAT AN INSULT TO US BORN AND RAISED IN JACKSONVILLE,FL.!!!!!
Thank you!! He said that and I was like "WHAT? They're from Florida!"
I'm always surprised by the amount of people that think they are from Alabama. They did record in Muscle Shoals, AL, but they are definitely from Florida.
Ronnie Van Zant was born in Nashville, and their drummer lived here until his recent demise
Right? I freaked too and am reading all the comments cuz I HAD to know someone else spoke up. So thank you.
I believe only one of the original members was from Alabama
Oh my god ! You have me rolling with the bless your heart !
Bless you’re heart !
It doesn’t mean you’re dumb or stupid . It’s like when a person misunderstands or when they’re trying hard but can’t do it .
Like you’d say it often when teaching a toddler to dress themselves . It’s not that different to the way
You’re taking the piss changes connotation .
The funniest thing about this whole video is that the English are so well known for being passive aggressive . I’m sure that’s where it comes from . Lol I have a bit too . But I’m workin on it .
Now would be appropriate to say well bless you’re heart btw lol .
You’re reaction was hilarious 😂
I'd say just because YOU yourself happen to mean it in the sorta backhanded, but mostly kind or 'soft' way doesn't mean all or even most of your Southern neighbors necessarily mean it the same way. Tho I'd concur that if it was said in this channel to @L3WGReacts it was very likely meant that way (even tho I've not seen this ever here in context (minus this page/video))
The first thing my sister-in-law said to me when I was visiting was "Bless your Heart" means essentially 'f u' {in a kind way}. No one said it to me so I figured I wasn't doing anything to upset anyone.
Hi, I’m from the south, born and raised in Tennessee! I love watching you learn about America! I think someone should warn you though, not all of those things are correct. There is a lot of different people, places, beliefs, and opinions around. In a country this size, with such diversity and individualism, it’s impossible to fit us all into a limited category. Most of the people I Know do own guns, but we don’t wave them around like cowboys! I was raised with guns in my house, my Dad and Brother taught us to respect them and how to use them. I have said “bless your heart” many times but almost never in a negative light. We have the best food you’ll find anywhere! I don’t think anyone would go back to the slave years, my family was always poor, so no one had slaves that I know of. I don’t like to discuss politics at all, believe what you want and so will I, and we can still get along. Church is a big thing in the south, but we are still loads of fun! I don’t like grits, but I do love biscuits and gravy! Also if you ever get to the south, try cornbread! I hope you get to come to the States! I think you would be awestruck! I wish you the very best! I’m gonna keep watching to see if you ever get here!
Tennessee Girl ❤
If someone says that the cook “stuck their foot in the food” they’re NOT actually putting feet in food lol. It means that the cook is really good and the food is delicious!!
I'll speak about the Religion since I'm in ministry. Since the US has NEVER allowed a mix of "church & state," lots of denominations were allowed to thrive. Evangelical (trying to spread the Word to others) is popular, but so are more mainstream churches like Baptists, Methodists, Episcopal (Anglican), Lutherans, Presbyterians, Catholic, and multiple others. Another interesting observation (not made by me - I read it): Sunday mornings are the most segregated time of the week. The AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church is mostly black. In the South, there are lots of "corner churches." Someone rents a spot in a strip mall for their church. "Grassroots Christianity" as it were. Each has their own theology within the Christian tradition. My ministry is just weddings and marriage assistance. Though I'm not set up as my own church, which anyone can do, I consider it a ministry since my education was in Religion, Theology, and Ethics. As for politics (ugh), the problem as I see it is that there are 2 major parties. But many of us aren't far left or right. We're in the middle - let people do what they want as long as it's legal and not taking away someone else's liberty. The people who get on the news are the far right/conservative, and far left/progressive, who say wild things to pump up their hardline base. But, as I've seen, we actually agree on more things than we disagree on - left and right. It's sad that the media blasts the worst stuff, not the middle-of-the-road stuff. Bless your heart!! (meant only in the sweetest way!)
Until about the Reagan era, when the evangelical maniacs started pushing their religious beliefs in our government. And they're still doing it to this day... Even more now.
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Born in Florida (the conservative part), have lived in Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. Have no desire to go North of the Mason Dixon line. I love the people, the pace, and the freedom we enjoy in the South. God bless America. 🇺🇸
A lot of these videos forget that Tennessee is part of "the south" and yes, very much into politics, very republican, will stand toe to toe with anyone for that conversation. I definitely use all the terms mentioned and more. The only difference is with the "bless your heart"... is that they forgot to mention the "pea pickin" before the heart.
Louisiana here….we’re definitely different down here y’all 😁. One of my favorite sayings is Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit …..translation- just learned something
I moved to the south two years ago after 20 years in California. The people are awesome and the cost of living is 50+% less than my previous location. No regrets from me! In the rural areas, there are large parts of the south that are still segregated (either a black town or a white town). In cities, a lot of them are majority minority, and in these cities, race relations are way better than California and other liberal supermajority areas. You should look for a video on US megachurches; you'll be surprised by what they look like and how big they are.
I'll never live in California again. Tennessee is my home now :)
I’ve lived in Nashville, Tennessee the majority of my 62 years and now live in rural Tennessee. There is not any type of segregation.
@@sharoncraig6911 I relocated to Bedford county TN. I love it!
Hope yallre keeping the South SOUTHERN… we’ve been carpet-bagged since reconstruction and I have to admit I get bitter at folks who flee their dumpster fire of states and then demand the exact same things that’ll make the southern states dumpster fires…..
Here's the thing about this slave thing that the south was and is hated for. The northern states ALSO had and OWNED slaves, even presidents of the U.S.. But the north sugar coated it by calling them "Servants" instead of slaves, which lessened the dislike of the use of them because it not as harsh a word as slaves. They were treated the same way as southern slaves. They worked the fields and slaved to the Yankee masters just like the south. There were hateful slave owners in both the north and south. After the war, the north kept and maintained their "servants", when the south was forced to free them because they were called slaves. So don't let the North fool you into thinking they were innocent in this slavery deal.
14:15 ~ I would recommend looking up and doing a reaction to each of those artists he lists.
Keep up the videos, man. They're great.
Oh, and BBQs... if possible on a tour, get some from Kentucky, then Memphis, then Texas, then florida.
Also accents can vary within a state such as a mountain accent as opposed to a swamp accent as opposed to a city accent in Georgia.
OK so from South Alabama here! First off we’re not all hung up on the Civil War that was long time ago pretty much. Everybody knows we were wrong. Secondly, Southern folks are the nicest you’re going to find in America.
I second that and roll tide🐘
LA for the win! Lol...Central AL here.
I'm dead! 🤣😂🤣 Your reaction to "Bless your heart".
Around my parts in Kentucky we say “Bless ‘em Lord” same idea as bless their heart and used both ways and normal and a backward compliment.
I’m a 8th generation Georgian. Both sides of my family have been in Georgia since the late 1700’s to early 1800’s. Both sides of my family have been in America since the early to mid 1600’s and all of my ancestors were here before 1750.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Jacksonville Florida not Alabama.
Bless his Heart.....Briggs tries so hard 😂
If you look in the comments on the original video he acknowledges that
Not completely true. The band formed with members from Clay County, Green Cove Springs, and the remaing Van Zants, 38 special members all live in Clay County. Even their first two albums were recorded in Clay County called the Hell house.
@@Icybones000 Father grew up across the bridge in Orangedale. People refer to the general area as either St. Augustine or Jacksonville.
@BoneHead1776 At the end of the day, their rehearsal house and the first 2 albums were all done in Clay County while living in Clay County. Their park is here, their memorial is exhibited here, Ronnie was buried here till they had to move him to an unknown location because of idiots, Jonny and Donnie and realitives all live within a 1/4 mIle of my in-laws. It would be saying I was born in, let's say, Alabama, but all my music in my tentative years was wrote in Georgia, they would say my band was from Alabama, which is semantics, but in reality it would be Georgia. See where I'm going with this. Even Brickyard Road, which is right up the street, is in Clay County, not Duval or Saint John's county. I can't think of one song written about anything to do with Jacksonville.
I live in NE Tennessee... in a little town surrounded by mountains... born and raised in Alliance, Ohio... came south in 1966, moved to Augusta GA.... lived in N Carolina about 12 years... been in Tennessee close to 30 yrs... lol more "Southern" than "Northern" now lol. Love the south...❤
I live in Chattanooga TN now (originally from MS) but also lived in Aiken, SC which is right next to Augusta, GA. Looks like we have been neighbors! Always happy to have someone from the Northern States fall in love with the South 😀
@amandamiddleton4445 had family in Chattanooga... my brother Johnny and his family lived in that area for years...
Married a guy from Tennessee in the 60s... army ... Fort Gordon...lol met him in my hometown in Ohio when he got back from Nam.... would never go back north lol. What's not to love
@@mamalinhager love this! 😍
Hello neighbor! Kingsport,Tn here. 😊
@@christinaalvarado1983 👋😄
Well...bless your little heart for finally finding out
I’m from Virginia so we are technically the “south” but it’s the first southern state. It’s also complex because I am from an area that’s close to the beach and it’s a military area so it doesn’t seem very southern, but we also have Suffolk and other rural areas that are very “southern”.
I think it’s important to keep in mind that most simple southerners didn’t want to fight to keep the rich plantation owners rich at the hands of slaves (see the film Free State of Jones) . Many of our ancestors were Quakers who were instrumental in the Underground Railroad. Most southern states had heavy immigration from England, Scotland, and Germany, which influenced our accents.
South Carolina here. That video was terribly misleading. In fact, it was just terrible. Contrary to popular belief the Civil War did not begin over slavery, and those who owned slaves were rich. Many poor also lived in the area (and still do), and were not slave owners nor were they large property owners. We are a proud people, though. Visitors to the southern states will say we are some of the nicest people they have ever met. Don't be fooled by those who would stereotype and portray us in a negative light. Instead, hop on a plane, talk to some actual southerners, and find truth! Our food is second to none! We do love our butter, sauce, and fried food. You would love it here, guaranteed!
Dear SC, State’s Rights is pure BS. Read South Carolina’s notice of secession. SC was the first State to secede. The State’s Secession notice declares its need for and support of slavery as the primary cause. It doesn’t mention “State’s Rights”. State’s Rights is a fairytale conjured up in the 20th Century to help rehabilitate Southern State’s evil reputations. Your food and weather are awesome. But your Civil Rights are sick.
I've lived in Tennessee and Alabama, and this guy is absolutely right. The video is without question made by someone who doesn't understand the South. The Civil War began, for the South, because the federal government marched into Missouri and occupied the capital, denying the state its right to govern itself.
If you read any of the books of the southern point of view, you will understand that. Also, the South relied on slaves heavily for the work because we didn't have the machinery and manufacturing that the north had. We genuinely didn't have machines that COULD do the work. The South was not alone in having slaves in the US, but the South held onto it longer because freeing slaves would cripple the economy of the South, while the north would be mostly unaffected.
Also, the idea that slaves were free labor isn't entirely true. I'm not saying all slaves were treated well, but those who did have slaves were also responsible for keeping them healthy. Like the comment above me said, only the fairly wealthy had lots of slaves, most landowners had just a few or none at all.
Now, because the North won the war, they get to write the history books. Thus, many southerners are raised looking at the Civil War from the northern point of view, in which ending slavery was a priority, and the economic after effects are completely ignored. Thus even some Southerners will vilify the old South.
I'm not saying slavery is good, I'm glad it was abolished. But I am saying that there was more at stake in the war than just the moral issue of slavery. There was also the relationship of federal and state power (again, the military occupying a state), as well as nationwide policies which disproportionately affect local economies. I've never heard from either side that the North offered to manufacture machines to replace human slaves. There was no trade, or else people in the South mightve gone along with it.
I will say though, because the South was educated, reasonably well funded, etc has allowed them the ability to pass their legacy on to modern times, whereas other people groups lose a war and the loser's side is forgotten in time. The Southern perspective is still known, though it's not known very widely, and it's still a topic of jot debate some 150 years after the war itself. Even if the South were objectively wrong across the board, that's something impressive.
The Confederacy also created an incredibly tight bond among Southerners as people and Southern states more broadly. For instance, many gun licenses from one Southern state are acknowledged and usable in other Southern states. The South is very pro-gun as a whole, and perhaps the reason isn't just from the Revolutionary War with Britain, but also with the Civil War between the Confederacy and their own federal government.
Anyway, that's all the things this guy didn't get about the Civil War topic.
This^
Florida was only a territory during civil war. No matter, we were confederate and no, the war DID NOT start over slavery. It was taxation(government) issues.
He's wrong on the accent too.
Yes! You are 100% correct. To fully understand the south, you have to tour every region of each state.
In South Carolina, "Bless your heart" can mean many things. It can mean I'm so sorry you are going through that, it can mean it's shocking that happened to you, but it can also mean I can't believe you thought/believed/said that or that was dumb. For that last one, we also use "You're so pretty", but Southerners can tell the difference in meaning by the context and tone.
This is so true. I'm originally from Chicago. I moved to the deep south when I was a teen. Took a whole lot of getting used to, esp the language, accent. I recently moved from Memphis, TN. I now live in Georgia, near the Alabama line. Beautiful country. If you ever visit this area you must check out the swimming holes aka rivers and lakes. It's still just as awesome to me today as it was the first time I saw/swam in it as a teenager.
This is hilarious since he studied this but the band Lynerd Skinnerd Is really from Florida! But they did write and perform "Sweet Home Alabama".
My dad’s family is from Kentucky. Southern culture and history is fascinating. The folklore and old wives tales are endless. The political and religious beliefs in my family are across the spectrum. No way I’m getting into any of that.
It's old wise tales, not wives' tales. I'm from Kentucky.
@@ljayeweareeveryone.8636it’s both/ either or.
@@Taewills Have family from both north and south and have never heard "old wise tales." The phrase is "old wives' tales," i.e. the kind of (usually wrong or fantastical) beliefs that old women would have
It's old wives' tales, not old wise tales, and not either/or.
Literature, folklore and culture is one part of the South I am truly impressed by.
I must say that I’m a tad bit surprised that he kept saying the Deep South for all of these things, but doesn’t realize that Tennessee is more like Alabama and Mississippi than Kentucky and Virginia. Most of what he said applied to us, too. 💁🏻♀️
Musta' got lost in the mountains or somethin'... That or he (video guy) just didn't spend enough time to get to know anybody and was confused. You know how mountain folk are, famous for feudin', which wasn't even really so big hereabouts, except with that whole State of Franklin affair... which is more embarrassin' than anything... AND of course, that we tend to keep ourselves to ourselves until we've got to know ya'.
... oh yeah... and you CAN'T forget about moonshine! ;o)
I think it depends on which part of Tennessee. We're almost like 3 distinctive states between East, Middle, and West. The poor guy doing the video probably couldn't figure out what to say about us. Lol. He's clearly not a southerner anyway. Seems like he's from the West Coast and thinks he has us all figured out.
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 excellent points!
@@alidapurdy true enough. I’m from southern Middle Tennessee, myself, lived for a time in West Tennessee and visited numerous times in East Tennessee. We DO have our differences across the three parts, for sure, but I think we’re more alike than not on the whole.
@@ithilnin123 Oh we are alike in many ways. But each area also seems to have its own distinctive culture. East is definitely what you would imagine to be "hillbillies". We love our mountains and our quiet way of life. Middle always seems more... metropolitan... than we are. And west Tennessee is almost more Midwestern than Tennessean. I know it's not the rule and it's not everyone and every town in those areas... It is very much a generalized idea. Lol. The topography of our state is at the root of the differences though. I hate what East Tennessee is turning into, but I can't leave either. This is home. Most of the southern states are starting to lose the very things that give us our southern identity. None of it is what was in this video though. We're all so much more than the stereotypes.
I'm from GA. And though I've been to very few places outside of GA, there were notable differences from those places. Such as sodas being called pop. When the correct term is coke. 😉
I am actually from Louisiana and it is so butiful, we got oak trees, old plantations, oak tree plantation, swamps, and so much more, its just so butifly, and aslo in south west Louisiana we speak Cajuin french.
I'm from SW Louisiana. Love our culture deep with French language influence & awesome food. Best food ever. People love life & are the friendliest. We don't need a reason to throw a party. It's Mardi Gras year around
I so agree with your statement!!! I just came back from a visit with a young man and his family in Houma, LA. Even though we aren’t blood related, he calls me Mom and I call him Son. What an adventure I had!! His wife, who I had never met before, treated me like her long lost mother. They treated me like their most honored guest, wouldn’t let me do anything, pay for anything, nothing. Since I had only driven through Louisiana before a number of times, I knew nothing about the food, the culture, etc. Every night, we went out to eat and they would choose for me what to eat (since I knew basically nothing about their food). It was really important to them that I get a really good idea of everything. The food really surprised me since I thought I basically didn’t like fish and didn’t know much about seafood. I was so wrong on so many points!!! I love fish and seafood (at least the way they cook it). And I don’t think there’s a better example of southern hospitality. I’m also from the “south” but many of our southern traditions have been lost during my lifetime. I found it all in Houma!! And when I left, let me say it’s a good thing I was driving because they loaded me down with gifts and food. Way more than I could carry on a airplane. This visit really was an adventure and a huge reminder of what southern hospitality is all about.
I'm a Yankee, (Ohio) by birth. I've lived on the California Coast to NYC. I chose Tennessee, a Southern State, to settle down in. After covid hit people went insane in the cities. I'm living free without racial tension in the country in beautiful Tennessee.
I hope you’re helping KEEP Tennessee free… it’s gonna require more than voting… our southern states are under attack. I work a farmers market and I’m constantly having to educate customers on the county land grabs..
I like you have been to every state in America but I always say my home state of Tennessee is by far superior! Beautiful friendly and we have values still care about people! Have a bad day you will still get a free coffee when you say my day has been awful at the gas station. Everyone wants to turn your day around. I remember being in New Jersey and I’m use to speaking to everyone the gas station attendant looked at me like I had 3 heads like she couldn’t believe I acknowledged her as a fellow person. Out west I got so homesick couldn’t wait to get home where I knew I’d be greeted every morning the west was isolating to me beautiful to see but not home. I’m glad you are loving Tennessee we are one of the last free states left of the darn drugs don’t steal the future from our youth. It is my biggest concern right now I see still sweet young people addicted in the stores it’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. We need to help them more rehab isn’t working and unfortunately insurance is a scam now most of them don’t posses it some churches are trying to help but I just think we should do more. Welcome to Tennessee may God Bless and keep you!
Lmao! Born and raised in the south, so true. Interestingly enough most don't realize that Southerners actually speak fast but it sounds slow. It's the cutting off of words. I was shocked by that Ohio study
There's southern FL and the panhandle of Florida. The panhandle of Florida is more like the south than Southern Florida. We just say soda in Louisiana. In the bayou areas of Louisiana kinda speak a different language. It's English mixed with french.