I respect that man for saying, "I'd rather go broke and hungry than give up my moral beliefs." He gave his reason, he realizes what he may give up in the process, and he is not afraid to hold firm to his beliefs. I'd want a friend like him because he's honest. I don't need a friend who would lie to me just to gain my favor. 🤗👍🏽🤝🏽😊
His parents were probably of the mentality "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever." I wouldn't be surprised if his ancestors were Ku Klux Klan members or sympathizers.
Lol I was drugged down ms. In 82 lol sad group of people .... every crook ( politician ) come straight to take advantage of their flat out ignorance lol still haven't change lol just new dummies
Yes. Don’t hate on us, we are just trying to get on though life, and y’all just gotta scream at our,faces. WHATS WRONG WITH YALL?! ( not you just the ones who made this and thought it was true)
@@QuinnGuitar. No, you're not even trying, if you did you would already vote for Medicare for all, jobs for all, college for all, 15$/h min wage, 70% income taxe and 4% wealth tax on the the top 1%.
Exactly. This leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. If any southerners saw this it would probably only serve to reinforce their opinions about northerners.
Southern States consistently rank as the worst places in the country for Non Religious People, People of Non Christian religions, Biracial Couples, Feminists, Immigrants, and LGBTQ people to live. It is indeed as bigoted and uneducated as this video shows. Besides, they have the biggest Privilege of all: Christian Privilege. It will literally get you whatever you want.
@@Pherecydes I'm Southerner that is absolutely ashamed to be from here because what this video showed is 100% accurate to a majority of the population down here.
I traveled through the US in 1999 and coming from a British person there is no doubt in my mind that the “southern states” were the most genuine people I met, whether you like them or not they’re honest. When I was in New York, jersey and LA I have never met a bunch of smug, egotistical, self righteous, spoilt pricks in all my life.
Yeah, I’m from the South and moved to California. People I worked with would make fun of southerners in front of me, and when I tried to defend them, they would tell me that southerners aren’t “my” type of people. The condescension was incredible. It usually comes from a bunch of ignorant people who’ve never been to south and just believe all the stereotypes like everyone’s racist, poor, and dumb. They’re the dumb ones for thinking that.
Leo Peridot John Pinestead have you ever been to Mississippi have you talked to people who were born and raised in Mississippi? I live here and this represents the previous generation not the current generation. Yes we live a little more slowly and yes we may not care for money, but you haven't been to the heart of Mississippi and lived and breathed the culture and tradition of God, family, and friends before ones self gain. I have watched these same "poor" people take the shirt off their back and give it away and take homeless and buy them a hot meal. Try Brookhaven, Ms or Grenada, Ms or Crystal Springs, Ms not the smallest town in the entire state.
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
Your state literally Banned Books that mentioned LGBTQ people and you've tried at least three times to make the Bible your state book implying that you want to force your entire state to be Christians. The Daily Wire literally moved their headquarters to your state because they know that the majority of Tennessee is as Racist/Sexist/ Homophobic/Transphobic/Xenophobic as them.
@@Cheeto_Fingerz Don't mind if I do: I don't want to be around a bunch of Bigoted Religious Tyrants. Can't believe somebody like Dolly Parton still supports your state.
Having spent the first twenty years of my life in Mississippi, I can tell you that this video accurately depicts the very worst that this state has to offer, the bottom 5%. Mississippi isn't a state of wealth, nor will it ever be with the way the rest of the nation looks at us. Do most people who live here get to make a lot of money? No, but that only conditions the people here to appreciate more the things that they ARE able to have. It makes them a very grateful and hospitable people, and it makes them no less intelligent that the other forty-nine states.
@Cameron Broadway Okay which is weirder? Replying to a 1 year old comment, or that commenter from 1 year ago replying immediately? It doesn't really matter. Regardless, a lot's happened in a year, it fucking sucks here, avoid this state at all costs. If you wanna see an Elvis Museum, go see the one in fucking Tennessee. There some nice people here, but there are many more nice people literally everywhere else you go. Thank you sir, and have a nice day/afternoon/evening, depending on where you live. 💙
It makes them a very grateful and hospitable people, and it makes them no less intelligent that the other forty-nine states eh? Well, I'm a Christian and grateful for everything I have. But I have a college degree with honors from a university who's business school was ranked 8th in the top 10 in the country at the time. I've had post graduate study too. So what you're saying is THESE people are as intelligent as me eh? Hmmmmm..... And this is the bottom 5%? I always thought the bottom 5% were black sharecroppers living in shacks on someone else's land! And why ISN'T it a state of wealth? When Trent Lott was your senator, he kept getting all that money appropriated to build factories and plants down there! Where did all that money go? Plus, he got more homeland security money appropriated for Mississippi to protect cotton fields than states like New York and New Jersey who had the bridges, tunnels and ports to protect!
@@retroguy9494 this comment makes you seem like you’re not actually that intelligent. You seem like you really want other people to think you’re intelligent, but can’t communicate like an intelligent person communicates. The very best thing I could say about you based on this comment is that maybe you have a high IQ irl, but you lack any sort of awareness. Regardless of your IQ, I know you don’t have any kind of social skills.
I'm British, and just got back from a holiday in the USA. I spent time all over the deep south and spent two nights in Mississippi. My experience was excellent, the people were absolutely hospitable, the scenery was serene and pretty and I just fell in love with the culture and fascinating history of Mississippi. As a non American, Indian British man, go to Mississippi. It's a lovely state.
ThePsychoGamers15 Well,as an fellow Englishman who's been there as well,I'd say the nice bits are nice,and the shit bits are shit. Met some very nice people,but also met some that I wouldn't want spend much time around. The poor and uneducated are the same the world over,easy prey for unethical politicians and big business.
I’m 34 years old. I was born and raised in MS, and lived there until 2016 when I left for a my career. A couple of observations from this video. 1) This is not an accurate portrayal of MS. There are well educated, hard working people in MS. While people may look down on the state as poor and part of the south, what they miss is the genuine hospitality the people there have for one another. 2) While this video tries to show MS as the poorest state with nothing but racism and ignorance, they only interviewed white males. What about the other people from other walks of life?! As someone who has traveled the country and met people from various walks of life, I guarantee that you will find ignorant and racist people in each and every state. This video solidifies more that Bill Maher and his show is just a way to belittle people and doesn’t fully state all facts and perspectives.
@jamesstricklin4056 yes they are. The rich ones are like this too with just proper English and they are better at hiding their views but not that good. I know because I've been around them. Southerners have no idea how they appear and sound to others in the North and Midwest. The culture is stuck in a distant time.
This documentary stinks. I am Brazilian, I lived about ten years in this state. Most people are incredible and welcoming. There is racism all over the world. Today I live in Rio de Janeiro and I see here in Brazil a lot more racism than in my time in Jackson city. Before the pandemic, I traveled to the United States every year, and whenever I can I go to this state, which is incredibly beautiful and has a great history.
@@marquisgray4216 fuck off you ignorant piece of shit, they cherry picked this so hard, I'm from the south and I have only seen like 2 people like this
You can find horrible people in every state to “represent” it. This show has a political/social agenda and they’re going to build their narrative even if it’s dishonest.
I'm from Ala, I go over to Mississippi quite often, this video does not depict in no way the majority of the people there. they are some of the nicest people anywhere
We may be the poorest state but we are number one when giving to charitable causes and don't forget that Mississippi had some of the first responder in NYC during 911. I know because I was a Mississippian living in NYC during that time. People need to know that we are good people and proud whether we are white, black or native Americans. Mississippians are real people who care. We may be poor but so rich in ways that other people will never understand.
They why do you consistently rank as one of the worst states for Non Religious People, People of Non Christian religions, Biracial Couples, Feminists, Immigrants, and LGBTQ people to live.
Leo Peridot come visit me, in my home town where I grew up in Brookhaven, Ms and hang out with the people I know and talk to my friends and then you'll have the right to criticize MY town but you haven't lived here and seen and talk to people from the state for yourself. I've seen a white man take his shirt off and give it to the homeless. Don't talk shit about what you don't know
As a Mississippian, I grew up in a area where African, Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, Muslim, Jewish, and many other people lived and I grew up understanding the differences in people and how at the end of the day everyone is human, my grandmother always told me "never to judge people because of color but to acknowledge that we all bleed red" I don't know where racism happens in this state but if there are racist people here it's extremely ignorant yet rare
Your state continuously ranks as one of the worst states in the Nation for anyone that isn't White and Christian. B*gotry is not rare in Mississippi, it's very common and you're just a m*ron that doesn't know what they're talking about.
@@ethandollarhide7943 I guess that just depends on what town you go to. The town I was in has many different kinds people and different relegions in it. My point is that this state can only be racist depending on what area you go to, and I'm blessed to live in a town where there aren't any racist people residing in. If what I see and know from experience makes me a moron who doesn't know anything than the best thing I can tell you is go to places like Laurel or Hattisburg and see for yourself, looking on the internet instead of going to the towns I recommended will prove me right that this state isn't how it looks and how it only depends on what town you go to that can be toxic and my reason for saying why it's rare is because I never had an experience or seen someone have an experience of being judged because of color. Am I going to doubt that racism happens in this state? No, racism happens everywhere no matter where someone is at, we can't control that but the best thing we can do is love one another no matter who they are because it's better for us to do so, and I love you. Have a great day
I mean it's true. America should always have Americans as number 1 priority. No other country in the world would give priority to people who came from other countries.
There's good and bad people everywhere in the world, no matter where you're from or what the colour of your skin is. I actually did enjoy listening to a lot of the people here. They just expressed their opinions, and coming from England, I have heard Americans from the Deep South have great hospitality.
President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best black man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
I lived in Natchez, and I never once saw racism in-person (again, in my presence), but I sure as hell saw it in Cincinnati and Southeastern Indiana. The biggest racists I ever saw were Hoosiers. The racism against Blacks was so extreme in the Indiana town I lived in that I would not allow any Black friends to come visit because of my fear that they'd be harassed. The South isn't all bad, and the North isn't all good.
If you are white, how would you identify it especially if it is subtle? That would be like asking Stevie Wonder to tell what colour shirt you are wearing!
I live in ms. Been here for 45 years And that was absolutely cheery picking Come to Madison ms. They have 500k to million dollars house all over the place ..
Eddie Gates 👍🏻 I know that’s a fact... my granddaughter & her family live there. A lot of very well educated & good ppl live in Madison earning good money.
@@andrewmarshall4604 I know damn well your broke ass dont have 500k to buy a house the point was that the interview was a bunch if bunch shit. .now I even you wanted to start running that mouth I will be glad to knock the rest of your raggedy ass teeth out .. anymore questions??
Well now you know how people from Chicago feel when they turn on Fox News and they're showing a black woman screaming about how she wants a free "Obama Phone" or how they portray our city as one big war zone. We're a world class city of 3 million people and Fox makes us sound like Afghanistan.
I have lived in the state of Mississippi for eighty six years.Ninety nine percent of the white people I know are not like the ones you chose to speak for us.
This video reminds me of a certain Turkish proverb: “The Forrest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe. For the axe was very clever; it had the trees believing that it was one of them all because it’s handle was made of wood”
I am Mississippi born and raised and for the (hopefully) few of you who feel like this documentary is somehow propaganda, Trust me it's not! This is the typical mindset of a white Mississippian. Here's the thing though, I'm all for freedom of opinion even if I disagree with it. It's their ignorance that bothers and astounds me and a lot of other people.
Lol you know youre ying.. smh. I"M from jackson and I have never seen this type of shit in my life.. definitely cherry picked these dumbasses.. so once again fuck the mainstream media
I can only speak from my perspective and I stand by what I said. I'm glad you've never seen this type of shit before in your Life but guess what, I have! You don't have to cherry pick these types of ppl in the "good ole" state of MS, the state that's the fattest, the poorest, the most illiterate, & the state that couldn't even finish the paperwork on abolishing slavery until recent years! I actually laughed watching this video because for every man they interviewed I could find ten white men to say the exact same thing! But whatever everyone has an opinion, just like an asshole.
Tyler Cole Jackson, the Memphis metro region, and some of the larger northeast and gulf coast towns are not that bad. Vicksburg, the Delta region, and most of the smaller towns are. I have been told many time that I was going to hell for my beliefs or lack thereof, and I even had a 10 year old try to invite me to a KKK rally.
You will find these people in EVERY STATE! Mississippi is a poor state but you can find regular middle America there like anywhere else. They knew what they were looking for.
@@Jay-cy4js you obviously haven't been to the right parts of these so called beacons of enlightenment you proudly proclaim as blue states. California, New York, Colorado etc, have as many ignorant, uneducated , vile people as red states. I know first hand because I have family in all of these places and have visited them many times in my life. Now you broadly painting middle America as composed of ignorant slovenly people is a gross example of the ignorance you claim them to have. The majority of middle America is more enlightened than the average person who's life revolves around the happenings between the city limit signs of some metropolis. I know this first hand. Me and my wife come from middle America, her dad an police officer and mine a electrician with us both having stay at home mom's we have lived in both worlds with me working in the film industry and her a doctor but this ignorance is strong in the world of white collar, enlightened professionals while it may be a little less visible , less talked about, and less freely shown the old biases, narrow mindedness, and ignorance still lives. I suggest you expand your world a bit.
jenna H I’ve been to San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver and all those places are complete shitholes compared to Jackson, Mississippi. California got the most homeless people roaming the streets than anywhere I’ve ever delivered to during my short, and hopefully continued career, as a truck driver.
Being a Mississippian is probably a mindset. When I traveled there, I always met very gentle people and they were Black and White. It's not about race, It's about a mindset no matter their colour is. And I agree, these people in the video have been cherry picked. My host family was very well educated.
It's not just Race. Multiple other groups have it extremely hard in the Southern States from Immigrants and Non Christians to LGBTQ people and Feminists.
These people are the true heros that keep america "america", the very foundation of this country. By the way, I am a chinese, and moved to the US since 2013. I support republican.
@@ethandollarhide7943 The truth is i have never experienced racism towards me. By the way, all my 10 years US life was spent in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, all of them are southern states, red states.
@@ethandollarhide7943 For COVID, you said there are so much hate, i myself even hate chinese government and some chinese people who support communism. Why shouldn't american people hate those people who creates the virus?
My Doctor , several fellow employee s and the people I ve met from Mississippi where some of the most genuine intelligent people I ever met. Only one was white and he was a top notch doctor . We in Minnesota welcome people from this historical state. If you can put up with all the cold/snow!
Lmao love how they tried to act like there’s a correlation between poor states and conservative states. California was Republican when it grew to the #1 economy. Free market principles made America.
because you are brainwashed by the media. These places have very low crime rates. They may be poor and hold some "backward" beliefs but they at least understand the idea of self-responsibility, unlike...
All I can add is one simple comment. Yes, I do live in the state of Mississippi. And from a young age was taught by BOTH my parents people make FUN of what they are scared or JEALOUS of. Maybe some of you really would LIKE to live in the beautiful state and just won't admit it.🤔
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
The first time I went to Philadelphia / Choctaw MS to finally meet my biological mom and other family members on the Rez I never felt so much animosity towards me from other male Choctaws they dis-liked me because they knew I didnt grow up there on the Rez like them....walked,talked and carried myself different according to them and the entire trip down there I tought I would run into issues with White & black people like I do occassionally here in Texas. Well thats my little MS story...Yall Gentlemen TCare
@Rosie C: There's nothing wrong with you, hun'. What you're seeing in this, is a deliberate attack, and a slandering of Mississippi done by some Hollywood libtard, fueled by left-over guilt from the 1960's, and financed by Madison Ave., and Wall St.! I lived in Hattiesburg and Biloxi for 9 months, and Married my first wife there. I fell in love with you folks, and regrettably: *I'm from Damned-Yankee-Land!* Not to worry: I defected! Like a russian escaping the Soviet Union! Here: czcams.com/video/y3qkf3bajd4/video.html
As someone who has never lived anywhere but the south... these viewpoints are certainly a minority. Perhaps they conducted all of these interviews in an extremely conservative county. But the plain truth is that even 'country boys' are unlikely to say things like this. I'm not conservative nor Christian, and I've never run into anyone who has given me trouble for it.
As someone who has also never lived anywhere, but the South, these Viewpoints are how a majority of the people of the South are and you need to stop lying. You're just trying to make our p*thetic part of the Nation look good and Hospitable when in Reality, that's one of the biggest lies that has ever been told. You haven't run into anybody that didn't give you trouble not being a Conservative Christian because you didn't tell them you weren't a Conservative Christian. They assume that everyone is a Christian, they assume that everyone is conservative, they assume that everyone is Straight,, Etc. You're just a idi*tic 🤡 that has no idea what they're talking about and is contributing to all the prejudiced in the South by trying to cover it up. You're being just as R*cist, S*xist, H*mophobic, Tr*nsphobic, Etc. as they are.
I am a Mississippian - my great-great grandathers on both sides fought for Mississippi in the War Between the States. My father was a dental hygienist in the Navy in the Korean War (and all my family have nice teeth). My sister and I have Masters degrees - my brother has a bachelor's. My parents met in college. There are many educated, classy people in Mississippi, Bill Maher.
I agree, I'm a Brit, and just came back from holiday in the US. I spent two nights in Mississippi and LOVED IT. The people, the pretty scenery and fascinating history. Regardless of what people think, I LOVE MISSISSIPPI. My favourite state.
I couldn't agree more. The video WAS grossly edited. Does anyone realize that Mississippi has produced Miss America's, accomplished actors, musicians, recording artists, politicians, scholars, scientists, and innovators of all imaginable kinds?
I spent a night in a run down motel near New Orleans once and the owner I could barely understand a word that he said. But he was also about the friendliest person I'd ever met.
This is such a sad representation of Mississippi. You should be ashamed to claim that this is what all Mississippians are like. I grew up in Mississippi and it’s full of the most kind and gentle people around. You would be lucky to get to know the people in this great state.
You're right, they should be ashamed. and it's also the same with black people. not all of us are gangsters and hoodlums like in the rap videos. Mass media has manipulated everyone into hating each other. it's so sad : /
Sherron Teal John Pinestead have you ever been to Mississippi have you talked to people who were born and raised in Mississippi? I live here and this represents the previous generation not the current generation. Yes we live a little more slowly and yes we may not care for money, but you haven't been to the heart of Mississippi and lived and breathed the culture and tradition of God, family, and friends before ones self gain. I have watched these same "poor" people take the shirt off their back and give it away and take homeless and buy them a hot meal. Try Brookhaven, Ms or Grenada, Ms or Crystal Springs, Ms not the smallest town in the entire state.
@@whitesummer40 Incorrect. It is a Nation Where you are free to be a Christian. A Christian Nation would not have Freedom of Religion in it's Constitution. Y'all just gained too much power and are now no different than groups like the Taliban.
This is pretty ridiculous! I’ve lived in Mississippi my whole life and I’ve only seen a few people like this. Their is much more diversity of people than they show. Though there are lots of republicans there is also democrats and people the exact opposite of what they are showing!
"We have nothing but our family so we vote for the party that does most for the family" - This is sad but true and Liberals should reflect on that rather than laugh about those people (communist here, I despise both the right wing and Liberals).
Born and raised in Mississippi. Wish I could say this isn't what Mississippi is like along with some of the others, but this is the Mississippi I experienced. I envy those who's experiences are genuinely different.
I agree. I've lived in Picayune since Katrina, but before that I lived all my 47 years right outside New Orleans. Married a guy whose family was from MS. His parents weren't as racist and ignorant as the people in this video, but somehow, my ex and most of his siblings are. And since I've been in MS? I am dumbfounded on a daily basis at the ignorance, racism and resentment of any and all they perceive as being different from them. Their insecurity knows no bounds.
These are the most American people I've ever seen. All the movies I've seen growing up, matches them. And I don't think Mississippi that poor, than what they are showing. Also what's the point of saying the poorer the state, the more Conservative people it have.
@Leo Peridot what I mean is that he has never specifically said that he's seen the racist people there or that he denied that there are racist people there in the first place. He only said that he has never seen the likes of these individuals.
Leo Peridot there's racists all over the U.S. haven't you heard? There's blacks killing whites and whites killing black for the way they look at one another. It's not just one state fucking do your own research be fucking smart and don't listen to other people as a source of facts
This is not a representation of mississippi. There are people seen in this video that are found in every state of the nation and in every country in the world.
I’m English and have visited the states. I’d pick the south all day every day, over any other region. The people down there are the best. So is the culture.
Ah yes a culture of Bigotry where anybody that doesn't live by the rules of Christianity is treated like absolute garbage. Such a Wonderful place. The Middle East of America.
@@sneed457 Using Religion to dictate everything people can and can do is Religious F*scism and that's how many places in the Middle East are and it's what these pr*cks want for the United States. I'm B*goted towards B*gots
@@ethandollarhide7943 The purpose of law is to dictate what others can do. That's how it has always been and always will be. You only have a particular problem when it comes to religion because you have daddy issues or something.
@@sneed457 I have a problem with the Abrahamic Religions because they are nothing, but tools for oppression and excuses for bigotry. I don't want Christians and Muslims telling me what I can and Can't do when I have a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to not live by their rules
When, wealthy white Americans and uneducated poor white people spew lies to get middle-class America to believe people of color are the ones lazy and want welfare, it needs to be exposed and laughed about. That's why we have people on here calling Bill a lie. It's because the truth can not only be heard but seen. It's not longer a secret.
007 Lanski Did somebody in Mississippi screw your wife or something? Your obviously uneducated. Go to any state in the USA and you’ll find idiots. Anybody with common sense can tell this is purely propaganda.
I been to & through Mississippi North South East West. Tupelo, Oxford, Jackson, Saltillo, Gulfport, everywhere in between. Nice people. Nice white people. Nice black people. Very green. Hotter 'n crap in the summer though. Different kind of heat than where I'm from...
What is Jackson city like? I always wanted Mississippi to be the first destination of my first visit to the USA. Are the stereotypes like racism true or are they exaggerated and cherry picked? Can I visit the state as an ethnic Middle Eastern safely?
Jackson is a nice city. I think you would be as safe in Jackson as anywhere else in the United States. The stereotypes are cherry-picked. Mississippi leans conservative in its votes, but it's not much different than anywhere else in the USA.
Racist. Sexist. Gay Hater. Transgender hater. Xenophobic. Uneducated. Religious Zealot. Hypocrite. All words to describe Southern Christians. Worst part of the United States to live in.
The problem with Obamacare is Mississippi is to poor to pay for the mandates that Obamacare hung them out to pay for after the first year. 900 dollars a month for someone on the margin trying make a living, if they are lucky, is a hefty price tag.
@@moderndissident5930Than explain why some of the most peaceful and safest countries on Earth are ones with low Religious populations. This is why people are so disrespectful of your right to bear arms by the way.
@@ethandollarhide7943 it seems the unsafe places in America seem to be totally atheist such as intercities. Look at all the dangerous non Christian nations there are.
@@moderndissident5930 I think you'll find that the states with low Christian populations are safer and more peaceful. You want to live in a Christian Theocracy: Go Form One. That Simple. We're not going to let a a Nation that very clearly has Religious Freedom written into its Constitution get turned into a Christian Theocracy. It's Tyranny and a Violation of our Rights.
These people were cherry picked for their poorness. Not to mention there are plenty of black people in Mississippi. Also there are younger forward thinking people as well as a fair share of rich people. The state is poor because of the low, sparse population and the fact that people would rather live on top of each other in california while farming in deserts close by
The REASON why Mississippi is the poorest State in the Nation is because proper reparations were never done after the Civil War ended to help rebuild parts of the South that were destroyed and burned to the ground by the Yankee invasion.
For whatever reason I can't see the upload date, but as a Russian who lives in Norway and has lived in America before, specifically Texas for 7 years, Mississippi is far from the most conservative. There are many majority-black Democrat counties. It's a lovely state with great history and culture. This man definitely did cherry pick, Mississippi tends to be more conservative than some other states, but many people there are completely sane people who vote for the candidates they support in good faith. How can you claim 40-50% of a country has malicious intent just because they vote for a certain person? I'm not a huge fan of the current GOP and two party system, but I think the people of Mississippi politics aside are definitely some of the most down to earth and hospitable people I've met. This stereotyping of hard working Americans needs to stop.
Yes but white Mississippians are arguably the most conservative or at least up there, they have alot of black people who are majority democrat 40%+, yet the state still heavily votes conservative due to white Mississippians.
@@ethandollarhide7943 Well I’m sad to hear that that’s your experience, but it’s certainly not mine. Southerners are some of the most respectful and down to earth people I’ve met, they treat me much better than Norwegians do right now
@@yurippp634 Dude, Southern States consistently rank as the worst places in the United States for Non Religious People, People of Non Christian religions, Biracial Couples, Feminists, Men that are more Feminine than Masculine, Immigrants, and LGBTQ people to live. The South is a very bigoted place and their hospitality is just another word for being fake. You are living in one of the Real Greatest Nations on Earth. The United States is more like a Christian Theocracy because of this people. So Stop acting like you know more about the South than someone that has been trapped in it their entire life.
@@ethandollarhide7943 I’ve lived in Texas myself as an immigrant and at the time an agnostic and visited other southern states quite often, so an argument from authority isn’t particularly applicable here. Yes while Norway does on paper have higher living standards, I miss the higher salaries, lower taxes, quicker and more convenient and accessible (albeit expensive) healthcare system, etc. In Norway it is very depressing during the winter and the town in particular where I live has a suicide rate well above the American national average. “Christian theocracy” is just an irrelevant over exaggeration that I don’t find to be true at all, many countries in Europe including Norway have declared Christianity as its national religion, USA hasn’t. Also, in the USA, as soon as I learnt the language and grasped the different customs and values, everyone instantly saw me as an American, that is not the case in any other country. Here I’ve been told to learn the language before I move here (which I in fact did almost a year in advance) just for asking someone to repeat something for not speaking clearly. I’m not disputing that different people have different experiences at all, but neither should you
This is so dishonest. I'm a Mississippian, and I love how you only interview poor WHITE MEN, in a state that is majority female and 38% BLACK (the blackest state in the country per capita) and where only 13% of white people live in poverty (vs ~30% of black people, because systemic racism is a thing) and say this video is representative. By the way, how are you going to say we are the "most conservative state"? 43% of Mississippians voted for Obama in 2012; about 40% voted for Hillary; 48% voted for a Democrat for governor in a 2019, and 46% voted for a black Democrat (Mike Espy) for US Senate in 2018. But we're the "most conservative"? Are you kidding? Have you ever heard of West Virginia? Bill Maher, you're trash. Yeah, this was cherrypicking.
it really is. its like watching and listening to people from another world. no life outside a few mile diameter. and seeing nothing but corn husks, incest, jesus and miller lite for generations.
exactly...it's such a biased picture of mississippi. and so what if it is poorer...it is still the poorest state in a wealthy country...better than the wealthiest state in a poor country.
The first place some people run to in Mississippi is the delta, which is the poorest region in the state. However it is not characteristic of the whole state. Mississippi is a beautiful place to live in. It's peaceful and quiet. It doesn't take much to live here. So don't think that this video portrays everybody who lives here. This way of life in Mississippi is far and few in between. So please come visit our state. You'll be glad you did. Visit places in Mississippi like Southaven, Tupelo, Madison, Jackson, Hattiesburg, Biloxi, Gulfport and enjoy yourself.
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
You can find the same type of people anywhere in the backwoods of this country (north and south) or Europe. I find it so much fun looking down my nose at others. From my ivory tower it's what we do for fun.
Yeah they didn't cherry pick at all. These were the first people they saw outside the airport in Jackson lol. I am not from Mississippi but I have probably been there 16 times in the last 8 years from Biloxi to Jackson probably 4 weeks total, and I have maybe met one person that resembles this cast. This is mostly outrageous because Maher will put on an earnest face and opine that things are so divided. He is a clever little upper class shit who hides snobbery for the most part, but he showed his true colors here.
Lmao you have no idea how bad it is here. Take it from someone who has lived here his whole life. Most are like this, you haven't been to the whole state.
@@TheGrandOptimist95 I don't take assessments from people who despise their neighbors. In my experience, they are chronic malcontents and their judgement cannot be trusted.
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
I think we need to do a bunch of videos of people talking in New York Washington and California I think it would be pretty damn funny just to listen to how they talk
I've lived in Colorado all my life and I was crappie fishing at John Martin Res and was talking to this old black guy and I don't know how it came up but he told me that I have never seen poverty like on the Mississippi Delta. I've never forgotten that.
Honestly was just looking up accents. I should've known where this was going when I saw Bill at the start...
lol
100%
Strange enough, i was looking for southern accents too
Same. I was trying to figure out TheCrafsMan's accent and wound up here.
I was doing exactly the same hahahah
I am a southerner and they definitely did cherry-pick these people
I'm a northerner we worked bloody hard proper working class
This is pretty much all Southern whites lol
Toure M that’s pretty racist
@@christopherthewreckerthats2295 Shut your poshy rich ass up, working class my ass
@@paccawacca4069 you just proved the point of this video
Next, interview homeless people in your own city and laugh at them!
Right
This program doesnt make fun about all poor people... They make fun of poor white people in the south or else...
@@TheGabriel12341 well , now they can try to make fun about rich black people in NYC as well
I support kalergi plan
and ask them why they vote democrat
I respect that man for saying, "I'd rather go broke and hungry than give up my moral beliefs." He gave his reason, he realizes what he may give up in the process, and he is not afraid to hold firm to his beliefs. I'd want a friend like him because he's honest. I don't need a friend who would lie to me just to gain my favor. 🤗👍🏽🤝🏽😊
mood
His parents were probably of the mentality "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever." I wouldn't be surprised if his ancestors were Ku Klux Klan members or sympathizers.
@@Tony-fb1gd Wym is ancestors? There's a chapter of the Klan still active here
@@Chris-ib5ht What is Wym? m.czcams.com/video/WN6Sb4SrK4c/video.html Is this guy from the same kkk chapter in Mississippi that your'e talking about?
he's lying
They did cherrypick this since ms is also the blackest state
Lol I was drugged down ms. In 82 lol sad group of people .... every crook ( politician ) come straight to take advantage of their flat out ignorance lol still haven't change lol just new dummies
@@cocolyndon4604 Okay, so that may explain the whiteness, but what about the maleness? I didn't see a single woman.
Um no it's not, Atlanta Georgia is
@AshTheFlash100 ty
@AshTheFlash100 because they claim to not have cherry picked yet this video is just white males
I'm a truck driver for over twenty years and I can say with absolute certainty that there are people like this in EVERY state...except Hawaii perhaps.
You are so right.
10 000 000% true
Arkansas
Yes. Don’t hate on us, we are just trying to get on though life, and y’all just gotta scream at our,faces. WHATS WRONG WITH YALL?! ( not you just the ones who made this and thought it was true)
@@QuinnGuitar.
No, you're not even trying, if you did you would already vote for Medicare for all, jobs for all, college for all, 15$/h min wage, 70% income taxe and 4% wealth tax on the the top 1%.
Hm ... this clip smacks of rich, privileged coasties laughing at poor, deprived, uneducated people.
Exactly. This leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. If any southerners saw this it would probably only serve to reinforce their opinions about northerners.
Southern States consistently rank as the worst places in the country for Non Religious People, People of Non Christian religions, Biracial Couples, Feminists, Immigrants, and LGBTQ people to live. It is indeed as bigoted and uneducated as this video shows. Besides, they have the biggest Privilege of all: Christian Privilege. It will literally get you whatever you want.
@@Pherecydes I'm Southerner that is absolutely ashamed to be from here because what this video showed is 100% accurate to a majority of the population down here.
I traveled through the US in 1999 and coming from a British person there is no doubt in my mind that the “southern states” were the most genuine people I met, whether you like them or not they’re honest. When I was in New York, jersey and LA I have never met a bunch of smug, egotistical, self righteous, spoilt pricks in all my life.
The Last Danite Why are you putting politics into this? It’s not just the leftists that insult poor people. What a crazy thing to say.
@@katesleuth1156 in fact it seems to mainly be GOP politicians
Yeah, I’m from the South and moved to California. People I worked with would make fun of southerners in front of me, and when I tried to defend them, they would tell me that southerners aren’t “my” type of people. The condescension was incredible. It usually comes from a bunch of ignorant people who’ve never been to south and just believe all the stereotypes like everyone’s racist, poor, and dumb. They’re the dumb ones for thinking that.
@@trylikeafool It’s ignorant people that insult others to make themselves feel good. You find them everywhere in world.
As someone from Mississippi who’s British thank you sir
this video should be called: Looking down on and making fun of the Poor: an American Tradition
True
Tradition of hate
No, it's Mississippi
John Pinestead What in the hell are you talking about
Nonsense. There are plenty of poor people who don't hold the kinds of troglodyte beliefs th4e people in this video hold!
Having come from Mississippi I can't emphasize more how grotesquely inaccurate this caricature is.
@Leo Peridot Who needs ALL their teeth?
Leo Peridot i love in Mississippi and i can conform me and my family have all of our teeth and our house is not over ran with dogs and cloths
Leo Peridot John Pinestead have you ever been to Mississippi have you talked to people who were born and raised in Mississippi? I live here and this represents the previous generation not the current generation. Yes we live a little more slowly and yes we may not care for money, but you haven't been to the heart of Mississippi and lived and breathed the culture and tradition of God, family, and friends before ones self gain. I have watched these same "poor" people take the shirt off their back and give it away and take homeless and buy them a hot meal. Try Brookhaven, Ms or Grenada, Ms or Crystal Springs, Ms not the smallest town in the entire state.
What was inaccurate? The part where he said Mississippi is a hobo state?
You wrong, they "didn't " cherry picked anyone, is 100% true, because they would never lie to you...
Southern guy from Tennessee here. They absolutely 100% cherry-picked the *H E L L* out of these people.
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
Tennessee is way different than Mississppi.
Your state literally Banned Books that mentioned LGBTQ people and you've tried at least three times to make the Bible your state book implying that you want to force your entire state to be Christians. The Daily Wire literally moved their headquarters to your state because they know that the majority of Tennessee is as Racist/Sexist/ Homophobic/Transphobic/Xenophobic as them.
@@ethandollarhide7943 Well, if you don’t like it, ig stay out of Tennessee ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Cheeto_Fingerz Don't mind if I do: I don't want to be around a bunch of Bigoted Religious Tyrants. Can't believe somebody like Dolly Parton still supports your state.
Having spent the first twenty years of my life in Mississippi, I can tell you that this video accurately depicts the very worst that this state has to offer, the bottom 5%. Mississippi isn't a state of wealth, nor will it ever be with the way the rest of the nation looks at us. Do most people who live here get to make a lot of money? No, but that only conditions the people here to appreciate more the things that they ARE able to have. It makes them a very grateful and hospitable people, and it makes them no less intelligent that the other forty-nine states.
@Cameron Broadway Okay which is weirder? Replying to a 1 year old comment, or that commenter from 1 year ago replying immediately? It doesn't really matter. Regardless, a lot's happened in a year, it fucking sucks here, avoid this state at all costs. If you wanna see an Elvis Museum, go see the one in fucking Tennessee. There some nice people here, but there are many more nice people literally everywhere else you go. Thank you sir, and have a nice day/afternoon/evening, depending on where you live. 💙
It makes them a very grateful and hospitable people, and it makes them no less intelligent that the other forty-nine states eh? Well, I'm a Christian and grateful for everything I have. But I have a college degree with honors from a university who's business school was ranked 8th in the top 10 in the country at the time. I've had post graduate study too. So what you're saying is THESE people are as intelligent as me eh? Hmmmmm.....
And this is the bottom 5%? I always thought the bottom 5% were black sharecroppers living in shacks on someone else's land!
And why ISN'T it a state of wealth? When Trent Lott was your senator, he kept getting all that money appropriated to build factories and plants down there! Where did all that money go? Plus, he got more homeland security money appropriated for Mississippi to protect cotton fields than states like New York and New Jersey who had the bridges, tunnels and ports to protect!
@@retroguy9494 this comment makes you seem like you’re not actually that intelligent. You seem like you really want other people to think you’re intelligent, but can’t communicate like an intelligent person communicates. The very best thing I could say about you based on this comment is that maybe you have a high IQ irl, but you lack any sort of awareness. Regardless of your IQ, I know you don’t have any kind of social skills.
Truth
Hospitable to Who? Christians. Maybe Jews. That's about it.
I'm British, and just got back from a holiday in the USA. I spent time all over the deep south and spent two nights in Mississippi. My experience was excellent, the people were absolutely hospitable, the scenery was serene and pretty and I just fell in love with the culture and fascinating history of Mississippi. As a non American, Indian British man, go to Mississippi. It's a lovely state.
ThePsychoGamers15 Well,as an fellow Englishman who's been there as well,I'd say the nice bits are nice,and the shit bits are shit.
Met some very nice people,but also met some that I wouldn't want spend much time around. The poor and uneducated are the same the world over,easy prey for unethical politicians and big business.
Yes sir! God bless white America 🇺🇸
@@denzelwashington4975 why you saying this to indian immigrant
@@metinenes1405 he’s probably mocking Mississippians. His username is Noam Chomsky, who is a socialist philosopher. I doubt he is actually a racist
And you also saw a lot of neglected dogs being chained up and living in poor conditions.
I’m 34 years old. I was born and raised in MS, and lived there until 2016 when I left for a my career. A couple of observations from this video. 1) This is not an accurate portrayal of MS. There are well educated, hard working people in MS. While people may look down on the state as poor and part of the south, what they miss is the genuine hospitality the people there have for one another. 2) While this video tries to show MS as the poorest state with nothing but racism and ignorance, they only interviewed white males. What about the other people from other walks of life?! As someone who has traveled the country and met people from various walks of life, I guarantee that you will find ignorant and racist people in each and every state. This video solidifies more that Bill Maher and his show is just a way to belittle people and doesn’t fully state all facts and perspectives.
They only included white males in this clip. There is a clip of a black man as a part of Pelosi's original video who tore her to shreds.
Aaa
I was born and raised in the deep south and there ain't no way she didn't cherry pick these people 😂
nah, all Southerners and Muhricans in general are like this or even worse
@@wallacesousuke1433 not all people from Mississippi are like this
@@jamesstricklin4056 Than explain why it continuously ranks as one of the worst states to live for anybody that isn't a White Christian.
@@jamesstricklin4056 but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that people of this sort are easier to find in Mississippi than in, say, Massachusetts.
@jamesstricklin4056 yes they are. The rich ones are like this too with just proper English and they are better at hiding their views but not that good. I know because I've been around them. Southerners have no idea how they appear and sound to others in the North and Midwest. The culture is stuck in a distant time.
This documentary stinks. I am Brazilian, I lived about ten years in this state. Most people are incredible and welcoming. There is racism all over the world. Today I live in Rio de Janeiro and I see here in Brazil a lot more racism than in my time in Jackson city. Before the pandemic, I traveled to the United States every year, and whenever I can I go to this state, which is incredibly beautiful and has a great history.
Thanks, bud.
Cool let's see Detroit now
What's worse, a whole backward ass state or a whole backward ass city?
@@TheGrandOptimist95 Which is worse? Well which one has the highest body count and highest crime rate?
Keep blowing that whistle.
I’m a white guy, but I would definitely choose Detriot over Mississippi
White privilege can't buy class..some city are held down buy white hate.
Why didn’t y’all show some of the nice neighborhoods?
I was raised in Mississippi
This video is stupid
those were the nice neighborhoods.
[TRUMP]-[TOTAL WAR] have you been here?
No, you are...LOL
[TRUMP]-[TOTAL WAR] ... you just proved MY point..... wat
Im from canton
I've been in the south, north and now I live in Europe. This kind of people are in every state, in every country in the entire world.
Not every country you dumb fuck. Only american people act like this
@@marquisgray4216 fuck off you ignorant piece of shit, they cherry picked this so hard, I'm from the south and I have only seen like 2 people like this
@@bradleybaker976 damn
@@bradleybaker976 I'm sorry for what I said then
@@marquisgray4216 it's good, sorry for getting all mad at you, just bothers me when we get generalized because of a few bad people who stand out
The Tee Shirt,The right to arm Bears 😂😂😂😂😂
I have lived in MS for 10 years now. This is not a good depiction of the people in MS.
@Anglo Commando It's pathetic.
Lmaoo Mississippi is a shit state
You can find horrible people in every state to “represent” it. This show has a political/social agenda and they’re going to build their narrative even if it’s dishonest.
This is 100% accurate
@@theworldbegoinup3289 Well, aren't YOU a class act.
I'm from Ala, I go over to Mississippi quite often, this video does not depict in no way the majority of the people there. they are some of the nicest people anywhere
We may be the poorest state but we are number one when giving to charitable causes and don't forget that Mississippi had some of the first responder in NYC during 911. I know because I was a Mississippian living in NYC during that time. People need to know that we are good people and proud whether we are white, black or native Americans. Mississippians are real people who care. We may be poor but so rich in ways that other people will never understand.
They why do you consistently rank as one of the worst states for Non Religious People, People of Non Christian religions, Biracial Couples, Feminists, Immigrants, and LGBTQ people to live.
@@ethandollarhide7943 Because Mississippi is a Christian right wing Republican state
@@jaxthewolf4572 The Middle East but with Christianity.
@@ethandollarhide7943 dont force your marxist gay ideology,go to canada
@@user-hj8mz3hp3s Better idea. Y'all go to Israel.
"We are no trying to make fun of anybody"... Uses background laughs
its okay to make fun of racist homophobic assholes lol
I'm from ms and this is very much cherry picking
@Leo Peridot Everyone has their own opinion, but i know this for a fact. It's ok if you disagree though.
Yep no females and blacks in the video just bunch of BS
Leo Peridot it’s people with your level of ignorance who need to be euthanized
Leo Peridot come visit me, in my home town where I grew up in Brookhaven, Ms and hang out with the people I know and talk to my friends and then you'll have the right to criticize MY town but you haven't lived here and seen and talk to people from the state for yourself. I've seen a white man take his shirt off and give it to the homeless. Don't talk shit about what you don't know
@Leo Peridot nah it's full of blacks so wait actually same thing
SHHHHHHH! 🤫Fellow southerners, PLEASE let them keep thinking we're all this way.....
You are!!!
The whole south is just a giant shit hole
Love from the city of New York
@@coolbro8102 We wish more New Yorkers felt that way so y'all would stop fucking moving here.
@Jeff good point!
@@coolbro8102 oh, 'cause ya'll ain't got problems, right?😂😂
"It hasn't, but it could" That one kills me
As a Mississippian, I grew up in a area where African, Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, Muslim, Jewish, and many other people lived and I grew up understanding the differences in people and how at the end of the day everyone is human, my grandmother always told me "never to judge people because of color but to acknowledge that we all bleed red" I don't know where racism happens in this state but if there are racist people here it's extremely ignorant yet rare
Your state continuously ranks as one of the worst states in the Nation for anyone that isn't White and Christian. B*gotry is not rare in Mississippi, it's very common and you're just a m*ron that doesn't know what they're talking about.
@@ethandollarhide7943 I guess that just depends on what town you go to. The town I was in has many different kinds people and different relegions in it. My point is that this state can only be racist depending on what area you go to, and I'm blessed to live in a town where there aren't any racist people residing in. If what I see and know from experience makes me a moron who doesn't know anything than the best thing I can tell you is go to places like Laurel or Hattisburg and see for yourself, looking on the internet instead of going to the towns I recommended will prove me right that this state isn't how it looks and how it only depends on what town you go to that can be toxic and my reason for saying why it's rare is because I never had an experience or seen someone have an experience of being judged because of color. Am I going to doubt that racism happens in this state? No, racism happens everywhere no matter where someone is at, we can't control that but the best thing we can do is love one another no matter who they are because it's better for us to do so, and I love you. Have a great day
I mean it's true. America should always have Americans as number 1 priority. No other country in the world would give priority to people who came from other countries.
This video reeks of gefilte. Dumb Yankees being actually racist against a different sort of white person.
There's good and bad people everywhere in the world, no matter where you're from or what the colour of your skin is. I actually did enjoy listening to a lot of the people here. They just expressed their opinions, and coming from England, I have heard Americans from the Deep South have great hospitality.
President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best black man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
Very good quote!
Brutal and honest quote
Amigo, that is true of most people. Insecure people need to look down on others. Demonization is one method.
Wasn't he Democrat? 🤣😂
@@simontide6780 What difference does it make both parties was racist.
I visited Mississippi in 2016 and I loved it.
I lived in Natchez, and I never once saw racism in-person (again, in my presence), but I sure as hell saw it in Cincinnati and Southeastern Indiana. The biggest racists I ever saw were Hoosiers. The racism against Blacks was so extreme in the Indiana town I lived in that I would not allow any Black friends to come visit because of my fear that they'd be harassed. The South isn't all bad, and the North isn't all good.
U are white why would u see racism?😂
If you are white, how would you identify it especially if it is subtle? That would be like asking Stevie Wonder to tell what colour shirt you are wearing!
Ohio and Indiana are Midwestern states not Northern States. Stop spreading misinformation. The South is absolutely terrible.
Lmfao
I live in ms. Been here for 45 years
And that was absolutely cheery picking
Come to Madison ms.
They have 500k to million dollars house all over the place ..
Eddie Gates 👍🏻 I know that’s a fact... my granddaughter & her family live there. A lot of very well educated & good ppl live in Madison earning good money.
...thats true!...also madison is the most racist and biggot ridden place on the planet.
and is that.... a lot of money to you?
@@andrewmarshall4604 I know damn well your broke ass dont have 500k to buy a house the point was that the interview was a bunch if bunch shit. .now I even you wanted to start running that mouth I will be glad to knock the rest of your raggedy ass teeth out .. anymore questions??
Well now you know how people from Chicago feel when they turn on Fox News and they're showing a black woman screaming about how she wants a free "Obama Phone" or how they portray our city as one big war zone. We're a world class city of 3 million people and Fox makes us sound like Afghanistan.
I have lived in the state of Mississippi for eighty six years.Ninety nine percent of the white people I know are not like the ones you chose to speak for us.
yes you are indeed right,by the way sir,do you happen to know what SDLG is???
Damn u old
Mississippi has a beautiful accent. I really love that place.
This video reminds me of a certain Turkish proverb:
“The Forrest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe. For the axe was very clever; it had the trees believing that it was one of them all because it’s handle was made of wood”
You don’t know the first thing about Mississippi then.
I am Mississippi born and raised and for the (hopefully) few of you who feel like this documentary is somehow propaganda, Trust me it's not! This is the typical mindset of a white Mississippian. Here's the thing though, I'm all for freedom of opinion even if I disagree with it. It's their ignorance that bothers and astounds me and a lot of other people.
Lol you know youre ying.. smh. I"M from jackson and I have never seen this type of shit in my life.. definitely cherry picked these dumbasses.. so once again fuck the mainstream media
I can only speak from my perspective and I stand by what I said. I'm glad you've never seen this type of shit before in your Life but guess what, I have! You don't have to cherry pick these types of ppl in the "good ole" state of MS, the state that's the fattest, the poorest, the most illiterate, & the state that couldn't even finish the paperwork on abolishing slavery until recent years! I actually laughed watching this video because for every man they interviewed I could find ten white men to say the exact same thing! But whatever everyone has an opinion, just like an asshole.
Tyler Cole Jackson, the Memphis metro region, and some of the larger northeast and gulf coast towns are not that bad. Vicksburg, the Delta region, and most of the smaller towns are. I have been told many time that I was going to hell for my beliefs or lack thereof, and I even had a 10 year old try to invite me to a KKK rally.
+leviticus ftw your idea of 'mainstream media' is a tad off.........
+tristan hampton Where do you live that ppl are like these ppl?? This was absolutely propaganda with very specifically chosen idiots.
You will find these people in EVERY STATE! Mississippi is a poor state but you can find regular middle America there like anywhere else. They knew what they were looking for.
bob steppenwolf the uneducated are middle America ? Also the majority are in red stated not blue states like new york or California etc.
@@Jay-cy4js you obviously haven't been to the right parts of these so called beacons of enlightenment you proudly proclaim as blue states. California, New York, Colorado etc, have as many ignorant, uneducated , vile people as red states. I know first hand because I have family in all of these places and have visited them many times in my life. Now you broadly painting middle America as composed of ignorant slovenly people is a gross example of the ignorance you claim them to have. The majority of middle America is more enlightened than the average person who's life revolves around the happenings between the city limit signs of some metropolis. I know this first hand. Me and my wife come from middle America, her dad an police officer and mine a electrician with us both having stay at home mom's we have lived in both worlds with me working in the film industry and her a doctor but this ignorance is strong in the world of white collar, enlightened professionals while it may be a little less visible , less talked about, and less freely shown the old biases, narrow mindedness, and ignorance still lives. I suggest you expand your world a bit.
@@coastdweller California has the worst public school system in America. Drugs & HIV everywhere
jenna H I’ve been to San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver and all those places are complete shitholes compared to Jackson, Mississippi.
California got the most homeless people roaming the streets than anywhere I’ve ever delivered to during my short, and hopefully continued career, as a truck driver.
Being a Mississippian is probably a mindset. When I traveled there, I always met very gentle people and they were Black and White. It's not about race, It's about a mindset no matter their colour is. And I agree, these people in the video have been cherry picked. My host family was very well educated.
It's not just Race. Multiple other groups have it extremely hard in the Southern States from Immigrants and Non Christians to LGBTQ people and Feminists.
These people are the true heros that keep america "america", the very foundation of this country. By the way, I am a chinese, and moved to the US since 2013. I support republican.
Did you miss them being openly racist? They would hate you and most likely blame you for COVID.
@@ethandollarhide7943 The truth is i have never experienced racism towards me. By the way, all my 10 years US life was spent in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, all of them are southern states, red states.
@@ethandollarhide7943 For COVID, you said there are so much hate, i myself even hate chinese government and some chinese people who support communism. Why shouldn't american people hate those people who creates the virus?
Oh, my gosh. That anyone would believe for a millisecond that this video wasn't jobbed to the hilt... :) Go on, have your day.
My Doctor , several fellow employee s and the people I ve met from Mississippi where some of the most genuine intelligent people I ever met. Only one was white and he was a top notch doctor . We in Minnesota welcome people from this historical state. If you can put up with all the cold/snow!
Lmao love how they tried to act like there’s a correlation between poor states and conservative states. California was Republican when it grew to the #1 economy. Free market principles made America.
Thatleftyjames so did slavery
TheIcecoldorange slavery was prevalent in every part of the world, and has been illegal for 150 years. Not a good argument.
"Free market" ahahahaahahah that's why we bailed out the banks.
@@criticclips1560 Right so we no longer have a free market.
@@thatleftyjames2893 No we have a rigged market it should be well known by now
as a person who is learning English I can tell that people with southern accent is what scare us the most 😂
@@user-nc6jd5uo9m what do you mean?
because you are brainwashed by the media. These places have very low crime rates. They may be poor and hold some "backward" beliefs but they at least understand the idea of self-responsibility, unlike...
Why?
All I can add is one simple comment. Yes, I do live in the state of Mississippi. And from a young age was taught by BOTH my parents people make FUN of what they are scared or JEALOUS of. Maybe some of you really would LIKE to live in the beautiful state and just won't admit it.🤔
these tv folks are not capable of authenticity...there lies the problem
Why would we want to live in one of the most Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, Transphobic, Xenophobic, and Uneducated states in the country.
Hey, this documentary was real fair. Do you mean to tell me everyone in Mississippi is a White guy LOL?
Lol. Yea the majority of Mississippi is black. This was definitely 100% propaganda.
@@itsallaboutthatbass8558 the majority of Mississippi is white actually dumbass. 60% white 37% black 3% other
Leo Peridot you are the stupidest person I've ever talked to. And according to you that says a lot because I'm from Mississippi
@@itsallaboutthatbass8558 ok yt boy
I didn’t know that Muslim was a nationality.
lmfao ikr
Once upon a time there were Muslim and Christian nations
Their zionist evangelical buttplugs dont come with reasoning, in fact they proud of stupid. Makes em tough lol.
Sitting at my computer in Laurel, Miss., rest assured this video is total BS. Incredibly slanted.
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
The first time I went to Philadelphia / Choctaw MS to finally meet my biological mom and other family members on the Rez I never felt so much animosity towards me from other male Choctaws they dis-liked me because they knew I didnt grow up there on the Rez like them....walked,talked and carried myself different according to them and the entire trip down there I tought I would run into issues with White & black people like I do occassionally here in Texas. Well thats my little MS story...Yall Gentlemen TCare
Literally have lived in Mississippi MOST OF MY LIFE and THIS IS NOT WHAT ITS LIKE IN MISSISSIPPI!!!! WTF!!!
Rosie C just matters what part your in
Rosie C people up north are severely inbred lol
Rosie C IKR
@Rosie C:
There's nothing wrong with you, hun'. What you're seeing in this, is a deliberate attack, and a slandering of Mississippi done by some Hollywood libtard, fueled by left-over guilt from the 1960's, and financed by Madison Ave., and Wall St.!
I lived in Hattiesburg and Biloxi for 9 months, and Married my first wife there.
I fell in love with you folks, and regrettably: *I'm from Damned-Yankee-Land!*
Not to worry: I defected! Like a russian escaping the Soviet Union!
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As someone who has never lived anywhere but the south... these viewpoints are certainly a minority. Perhaps they conducted all of these interviews in an extremely conservative county. But the plain truth is that even 'country boys' are unlikely to say things like this.
I'm not conservative nor Christian, and I've never run into anyone who has given me trouble for it.
As someone who has also never lived anywhere, but the South, these Viewpoints are how a majority of the people of the South are and you need to stop lying. You're just trying to make our p*thetic part of the Nation look good and Hospitable when in Reality, that's one of the biggest lies that has ever been told. You haven't run into anybody that didn't give you trouble not being a Conservative Christian because you didn't tell them you weren't a Conservative Christian. They assume that everyone is a Christian, they assume that everyone is conservative, they assume that everyone is Straight,, Etc. You're just a idi*tic 🤡 that has no idea what they're talking about and is contributing to all the prejudiced in the South by trying to cover it up. You're being just as R*cist, S*xist, H*mophobic, Tr*nsphobic, Etc. as they are.
I love how this depicts three distinct southern accents.
I am a Mississippian - my great-great grandathers on both sides fought for Mississippi in the War Between the States. My father was a dental hygienist in the Navy in the Korean War (and all my family have nice teeth). My sister and I have Masters degrees - my brother has a bachelor's. My parents met in college. There are many educated, classy people in Mississippi, Bill Maher.
I agree, I'm a Brit, and just came back from holiday in the US. I spent two nights in Mississippi and LOVED IT. The people, the pretty scenery and fascinating history. Regardless of what people think, I LOVE MISSISSIPPI. My favourite state.
@@JagVentures How nice! That's very interesting.
I support kalergi plan.
@@JagVentures Live as a minority in this part of the country and you'll change your tune real fast.
@@lynniekaye7513 You state continuously ranks as one of the worst places in the United States for many minorities to live. What do you say about that?
Gee, what a hatchet job on old Mississip!
Leo Peridot dude the more I read your replies the stupider I feel
I couldn't agree more. The video WAS grossly edited. Does anyone realize that Mississippi has produced Miss America's, accomplished actors, musicians, recording artists, politicians, scholars, scientists, and innovators of all imaginable kinds?
I spent a night in a run down motel near New Orleans once and the owner I could barely understand a word that he said. But he was also about the friendliest person I'd ever met.
Best and most genuine people in the world!
* Worst and most Bigoted people in the World. Vladimir Putin is more respectful than these people.
"I believe in Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve" LMFAOOO i find that hilarious
Our Vice President does too.
Azevedo.......But TRUE. Read your Bible.
@@dabprod I've read it, it's a horrible book full of atrocities and nonsense.
@@seanjones2456 Sad.
@@dabprod Its sad that in 2018 we still have people believing an ancient book as science. THAT is sad.
This is such a sad representation of Mississippi. You should be ashamed to claim that this is what all Mississippians are like. I grew up in Mississippi and it’s full of the most kind and gentle people around. You would be lucky to get to know the people in this great state.
You're right, they should be ashamed. and it's also the same with black people. not all of us are gangsters and hoodlums like in the rap videos.
Mass media has manipulated everyone into hating each other. it's so sad : /
This is about as “cherry-picking” as it gets. This is so biased he should be slapped in the face for saying what he said at the beginning of the video
Still better than hearing today's rappers talking.
Facts.
Try going to Brooklyn and see what you fish out there.
Joe Postove you won’t find this stupidity anywhere but the South with Mississippi being number one
@@sherronteal9260Teal your ignorance is showing.
Sherron Teal John Pinestead have you ever been to Mississippi have you talked to people who were born and raised in Mississippi? I live here and this represents the previous generation not the current generation. Yes we live a little more slowly and yes we may not care for money, but you haven't been to the heart of Mississippi and lived and breathed the culture and tradition of God, family, and friends before ones self gain. I have watched these same "poor" people take the shirt off their back and give it away and take homeless and buy them a hot meal. Try Brookhaven, Ms or Grenada, Ms or Crystal Springs, Ms not the smallest town in the entire state.
@@boydboys9084 still like I said before, F.U.C.K. Mississippi!! That state is a shithole just like the rest of the south is
Lol go to Cali u find everything
"Ask yourselves, "If I judge the judgmental then what am I?" "
and then...
"Don't be so pretentious."
"well go to the inner city and get there views"
never actually did that just want to target conservatives
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We do a little Dixie posting, it's called we do a little Dixie posting.
America is ChristianLand.God Bless Dixie
@@whitesummer40 Incorrect. It is a Nation Where you are free to be a Christian. A Christian Nation would not have Freedom of Religion in it's Constitution. Y'all just gained too much power and are now no different than groups like the Taliban.
Nice pfp
"No, it's not because he's black..."
Me: Ah, at least he's not racist, good for you oldtimer---
"...it's because he's a half-breed."
Me: 🤨
This video is a bunch of liberal propaganda to try and discredit the heart of Dixie.
This is pretty ridiculous! I’ve lived in Mississippi my whole life and I’ve only seen a few people like this. Their is much more diversity of people than they show. Though there are lots of republicans there is also democrats and people the exact opposite of what they are showing!
"We have nothing but our family so we vote for the party that does most for the family" - This is sad but true and Liberals should reflect on that rather than laugh about those people (communist here, I despise both the right wing and Liberals).
Based based based
Born and raised in Mississippi. Wish I could say this isn't what Mississippi is like along with some of the others, but this is the Mississippi I experienced. I envy those who's experiences are genuinely different.
I agree. I've lived in Picayune since Katrina, but before that I lived all my 47 years right outside New Orleans. Married a guy whose family was from MS. His parents weren't as racist and ignorant as the people in this video, but somehow, my ex and most of his siblings are. And since I've been in MS? I am dumbfounded on a daily basis at the ignorance, racism and resentment of any and all they perceive as being different from them. Their insecurity knows no bounds.
@@tralala1958 shut up, stupid
Jet Black visit Brookhaven, Ms when you get the chance it will be the other experience you envy from others
Yea. I live in a very nice town in MS. And it ain’t anything like this lol
Say what you want, but I love that accent xD
These are the most American people I've ever seen. All the movies I've seen growing up, matches them. And I don't think Mississippi that poor, than what they are showing. Also what's the point of saying the poorer the state, the more Conservative people it have.
This people are literally more Anti-Freedom than the people that they're constantly accusing of being Anti-Freedom. They're not the most American.
1:36 "This is America. Our president should be American, not Muslim."
riight...
Weird because there are plenty of Muslim Americans, and Muslim is not a nationality.
Well America is founded on Christian values
More like Enlightenment values
@kevinknight1 Demonstrably prove your claim, or STFU and stop repeating idiotic lies.
WOW do you sound stupid
yo...I have family in Water Valley Ms and I have never seen the likes of these individuals there.....
@Leo Peridot he never said that there weren't.
@Leo Peridot what I mean is that he has never specifically said that he's seen the racist people there or that he denied that there are racist people there in the first place. He only said that he has never seen the likes of these individuals.
Leo Peridot there's racists all over the U.S. haven't you heard? There's blacks killing whites and whites killing black for the way they look at one another. It's not just one state fucking do your own research be fucking smart and don't listen to other people as a source of facts
@@boydboys9084 they won't. Liberals want blacks to remain the victims no matter what the cost.
Leo Peridot there r racist everywhere bitch not just in the south
This is not a representation of mississippi. There are people seen in this video that are found in every state of the nation and in every country in the world.
It's accurate to how 99% of the South is.
I’m English and have visited the states. I’d pick the south all day every day, over any other region. The people down there are the best. So is the culture.
Ah yes a culture of Bigotry where anybody that doesn't live by the rules of Christianity is treated like absolute garbage. Such a Wonderful place. The Middle East of America.
@@ethandollarhide7943 What's wrong with the middle east, bigot?
@@sneed457 Using Religion to dictate everything people can and can do is Religious F*scism and that's how many places in the Middle East are and it's what these pr*cks want for the United States. I'm B*goted towards B*gots
@@ethandollarhide7943 The purpose of law is to dictate what others can do. That's how it has always been and always will be. You only have a particular problem when it comes to religion because you have daddy issues or something.
@@sneed457 I have a problem with the Abrahamic Religions because they are nothing, but tools for oppression and excuses for bigotry. I don't want Christians and Muslims telling me what I can and Can't do when I have a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to not live by their rules
There is no need to make fun of these people, they make fun of themselves.
When, wealthy white Americans and uneducated poor white people spew lies to get middle-class America to believe people of color are the ones lazy and want welfare, it needs to be exposed and laughed about. That's why we have people on here calling Bill a lie. It's because the truth can not only be heard but seen. It's not longer a secret.
007 Lanski Did somebody in Mississippi screw your wife or something? Your obviously uneducated. Go to any state in the USA and you’ll find idiots. Anybody with common sense can tell this is purely propaganda.
Find a state with Zero depressed people. Goose egg.
I been to & through Mississippi North South East West.
Tupelo, Oxford, Jackson, Saltillo, Gulfport, everywhere in between.
Nice people.
Nice white people.
Nice black people.
Very green.
Hotter 'n crap in the summer though.
Different kind of heat than where I'm from...
What is Jackson city like? I always wanted Mississippi to be the first destination of my first visit to the USA. Are the stereotypes like racism true or are they exaggerated and cherry picked? Can I visit the state as an ethnic Middle Eastern safely?
Jackson is a nice city. I think you would be as safe in Jackson as anywhere else in the United States. The stereotypes are cherry-picked. Mississippi leans conservative in its votes, but it's not much different than anywhere else in the USA.
@@Bgtrfvcde Thank you very much your response
I’m from north Mississippi shit ain’t like that
You didn't name any back wood Mississippi towns. You went to where the money cities are. Who are you trying to fool?
Proud to be a strong Southern Woman. And a believing one. 👍🏻🇺🇸
#blessyourheart
Racist. Sexist. Gay Hater. Transgender hater. Xenophobic. Uneducated. Religious Zealot. Hypocrite. All words to describe Southern Christians. Worst part of the United States to live in.
@@ethandollarhide7943 why did you describe yourself at the start of the comment
@@BabzaiWWP Southerner is not a race, idiot and neither is Muslim like the Southern idiot in this video thinks.
Do you guys watch anime in South?
The problem with Obamacare is Mississippi is to poor to pay for the mandates that Obamacare hung them out to pay for after the first year. 900 dollars a month for someone on the margin trying make a living, if they are lucky, is a hefty price tag.
I like that...”Put God back in the saddle and all will be alright again!”
It's a violation of the first amendment. That's why we make fun of people who say that.
Its true though lol. Nations fall due to ungodliness.
@@moderndissident5930Than explain why some of the most peaceful and safest countries on Earth are ones with low Religious populations. This is why people are so disrespectful of your right to bear arms by the way.
@@ethandollarhide7943 it seems the unsafe places in America seem to be totally atheist such as intercities. Look at all the dangerous non Christian nations there are.
@@moderndissident5930 I think you'll find that the states with low Christian populations are safer and more peaceful. You want to live in a Christian Theocracy: Go Form One. That Simple. We're not going to let a a Nation that very clearly has Religious Freedom written into its Constitution get turned into a Christian Theocracy. It's Tyranny and a Violation of our Rights.
LET'S FURTHER THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS!
Mint. 👌
I live in MS and this actually really inaccurate most people in MS are not like this and also they are probably actors
These people were cherry picked for their poorness. Not to mention there are plenty of black people in Mississippi. Also there are younger forward thinking people as well as a fair share of rich people. The state is poor because of the low, sparse population and the fact that people would rather live on top of each other in california while farming in deserts close by
The REASON why Mississippi is the poorest State in the Nation is because proper reparations were never done after the Civil War ended to help rebuild parts of the South that were destroyed and burned to the ground by the Yankee invasion.
For whatever reason I can't see the upload date, but as a Russian who lives in Norway and has lived in America before, specifically Texas for 7 years, Mississippi is far from the most conservative. There are many majority-black Democrat counties. It's a lovely state with great history and culture. This man definitely did cherry pick, Mississippi tends to be more conservative than some other states, but many people there are completely sane people who vote for the candidates they support in good faith. How can you claim 40-50% of a country has malicious intent just because they vote for a certain person? I'm not a huge fan of the current GOP and two party system, but I think the people of Mississippi politics aside are definitely some of the most down to earth and hospitable people I've met. This stereotyping of hard working Americans needs to stop.
Yes but white Mississippians are arguably the most conservative or at least up there, they have alot of black people who are majority democrat 40%+, yet the state still heavily votes conservative due to white Mississippians.
It's not about how hard they work. It's about how they treat others and Southerners are awful people when it comes to their treatment of others.
@@ethandollarhide7943 Well I’m sad to hear that that’s your experience, but it’s certainly not mine. Southerners are some of the most respectful and down to earth people I’ve met, they treat me much better than Norwegians do right now
@@yurippp634 Dude, Southern States consistently rank as the worst places in the United States for Non Religious People, People of Non Christian religions, Biracial Couples, Feminists, Men that are more Feminine than Masculine, Immigrants, and LGBTQ people to live. The South is a very bigoted place and their hospitality is just another word for being fake. You are living in one of the Real Greatest Nations on Earth. The United States is more like a Christian Theocracy because of this people. So Stop acting like you know more about the South than someone that has been trapped in it their entire life.
@@ethandollarhide7943 I’ve lived in Texas myself as an immigrant and at the time an agnostic and visited other southern states quite often, so an argument from authority isn’t particularly applicable here. Yes while Norway does on paper have higher living standards, I miss the higher salaries, lower taxes, quicker and more convenient and accessible (albeit expensive) healthcare system, etc. In Norway it is very depressing during the winter and the town in particular where I live has a suicide rate well above the American national average. “Christian theocracy” is just an irrelevant over exaggeration that I don’t find to be true at all, many countries in Europe including Norway have declared Christianity as its national religion, USA hasn’t. Also, in the USA, as soon as I learnt the language and grasped the different customs and values, everyone instantly saw me as an American, that is not the case in any other country. Here I’ve been told to learn the language before I move here (which I in fact did almost a year in advance) just for asking someone to repeat something for not speaking clearly. I’m not disputing that different people have different experiences at all, but neither should you
Ignorance is a Southern tradition.
This is so dishonest. I'm a Mississippian, and I love how you only interview poor WHITE MEN, in a state that is majority female and 38% BLACK (the blackest state in the country per capita) and where only 13% of white people live in poverty (vs ~30% of black people, because systemic racism is a thing) and say this video is representative.
By the way, how are you going to say we are the "most conservative state"? 43% of Mississippians voted for Obama in 2012; about 40% voted for Hillary; 48% voted for a Democrat for governor in a 2019, and 46% voted for a black Democrat (Mike Espy) for US Senate in 2018. But we're the "most conservative"? Are you kidding? Have you ever heard of West Virginia?
Bill Maher, you're trash. Yeah, this was cherrypicking.
I have lived in Mississippi my whole life and to be honest I can't wait to leave this state beacause of people like this
What are you waiting for?
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ahhhh Northerners ... The world revolves around their elegant existence lol
Bro, they're just calling Southerners out on their very clear hatred of others. Get over it.
@ethandollarhide7943 I enjoy the funny perspective lol like your clear hatred ... honestly seems like you need to get over this comment X.D
@@blastingsound Duh, that whole " Fighting hate with love" thing has proven itself to be pointless multiple times at this point.
@@ethandollarhide7943 soooooooo..... start a riot?......oh i mean, peaceful protest lol
@@blastingsoundYeah, and y'all can start an overthrow of the government......Oh, I mean show your Patriotic Support for America.
The Southern American dialect, especially the Texan dialect, sounds much funnier than the Californian “valley girl” one.
I fell in love with Mississippi and that wonderful accent the first time I heard native son Conway's voice.
Lordy! 💋
I can’t stop watching this. It’s so fascinating.
it really is. its like watching and listening to people from another world. no life outside a few mile diameter. and seeing nothing but corn husks, incest, jesus and miller lite for generations.
@@markjones3213 NJ legalized incest
I visit Mississippi regularly and it's not like this
Actually, it is even in the wealthier parts.
Depends where you go I guesz
exactly...it's such a biased picture of mississippi. and so what if it is poorer...it is still the poorest state in a wealthy country...better than the wealthiest state in a poor country.
Randy Grant you do know that ..... nevermind 🤦🏾♂️
I love Mississippi❤💙🇺🇸
The first place some people run to in Mississippi is the delta, which is the poorest region in the state. However it is not characteristic of the whole state. Mississippi is a beautiful place to live in. It's peaceful and quiet. It doesn't take much to live here. So don't think that this video portrays everybody who lives here. This way of life in Mississippi is far and few in between. So please come visit our state. You'll be glad you did. Visit places in Mississippi like Southaven, Tupelo, Madison, Jackson, Hattiesburg, Biloxi, Gulfport and enjoy yourself.
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
@@Tony-fb1gd you definitely shouldn't go.
@@drunkytheclown4727 Because?
You can find the same type of people anywhere in the backwoods of this country (north and south) or Europe. I find it so much fun looking down my nose at others. From my ivory tower it's what we do for fun.
Yeah they didn't cherry pick at all. These were the first people they saw outside the airport in Jackson lol. I am not from Mississippi but I have probably been there 16 times in the last 8 years from Biloxi to Jackson probably 4 weeks total, and I have maybe met one person that resembles this cast. This is mostly outrageous because Maher will put on an earnest face and opine that things are so divided. He is a clever little upper class shit who hides snobbery for the most part, but he showed his true colors here.
Lmao you have no idea how bad it is here. Take it from someone who has lived here his whole life. Most are like this, you haven't been to the whole state.
@@TheGrandOptimist95 I don't take assessments from people who despise their neighbors. In my experience, they are chronic malcontents and their judgement cannot be trusted.
@@tjmilbu more like "it goes against my minimal experiences so I don't take it seriously"
TheGrandOptimist I have, I've met people like this few and far between in comparison to the rest of the people I met
So today it's not like in the movie Mississippi Burning or the other movie A Time To Kill? I have never been to Mississippi....but the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Mississippi is Ku Klux Klan.
I think we need to do a bunch of videos of people talking in New York Washington and California I think it would be pretty damn funny just to listen to how they talk
Every country has these types of people. I was in Mississipi just before covid and people were abosulutely nice. I came from the UK btw.
I've lived in Colorado all my life and I was crappie fishing at John Martin Res and was talking to this old black guy and I don't know how it came up but he told me that I have never seen poverty like on the Mississippi Delta. I've never forgotten that.