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We do not live in the same Nashville. Not only is it not “pretty liberal” by any definition, people here aren’t any less political than people on the coasts, a

We do not live in the same Nashville. Not only is it not “pretty liberal” by any definition, people here aren’t any less political than people on the coasts, and they don’t “live their lives” any more, whatever that even means. However, people here are less angry about Trump and the Republicans because they’re much more likely to have voted for him and support what he’s doing. They were plenty angry when Obama was in office. Also, “southern charm” is real and nice at first, but in my experience it’s actually pretty shallow, cheap, and discriminatory. It’s mainly surface-level and primarily extended to non-poor white Christian conservatives. Minorities, immigrants, gays, liberals, non-Christians, and poor people are treated differently.

kodablah 9y ago
> Not only is it not “pretty liberal” by any definition Any definition? I'm not from there, but if you use votes for liberal candidates as a basis, they are pretty liberal [0]. That's at least one definition, whether or not it's yours. I could understand arguing nuance, but to say it isn't pretty liberal by any definition appears incorrect. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee#Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee#Politics
jnbiche 9y ago
Davidson County voted for Clinton in 2016 by an almost 2-to-1 margin. Almost all heavily urban areas are pretty to very liberal, regardless of whether they're in the South or elsewhere.
astura 9y ago
>“southern charm” is real and nice at first, but in my experience it’s actually pretty shallow, cheap, and discriminatory. Ohhhhh yeah. I have to admit I have a limited amount of personal experience with the South, but this is both the impression I have from my limited experience and what people who grew up in the South but live in the Northeast now tell me from their experiences. Or as someone who grew up in Louisiana told me "'Southern Hospitality' and hospitality anywhere else is the same except that outside the South they don't feel the need to brag about it and also offer it to people that aren't white." It's just sooooooo so so so shallow, some of the stuff I hear Southerners brag about I'm thinking, in my head, "well literally anyone I know would do that but that so I'm not impressed and, nobody would feel the need to brag about it later." I just hate how shallow and insincere it is dressed up in in the thin veil of sincerity

kodablah 9y ago

> Not only is it not “pretty liberal” by any definition Any definition? I'm not from there, but if you use votes for liberal candidates as a basis, they are pretty liberal [0]. That's at least one definition, whether or not it's yours. I could understand arguing nuance, but to say it isn't pretty liberal by any definition appears incorrect. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee#Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee#Politics

jnbiche 9y ago

Davidson County voted for Clinton in 2016 by an almost 2-to-1 margin. Almost all heavily urban areas are pretty to very liberal, regardless of whether they're in the South or elsewhere.

astura 9y ago

>“southern charm” is real and nice at first, but in my experience it’s actually pretty shallow, cheap, and discriminatory. Ohhhhh yeah. I have to admit I have a limited amount of personal experience with the South, but this is both the impression I have from my limited experience and what people who grew up in the South but live in the Northeast now tell me from their experiences. Or as someone who grew up in Louisiana told me "'Southern Hospitality' and hospitality anywhere else is the same except that outside the South they don't feel the need to brag about it and also offer it to people that aren't white." It's just sooooooo so so so shallow, some of the stuff I hear Southerners brag about I'm thinking, in my head, "well literally anyone I know would do that but that so I'm not impressed and, nobody would feel the need to brag about it later." I just hate how shallow and insincere it is dressed up in in the thin veil of sincerity