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**Anaedilla** · 03-14-2010, 04:35 AM

You know, I used to wonder why southerners hate Yankees. Thanks to folks like Elok, I no longer wonder anymore.

Why don't you try it sometime? You might like it.

Well, my wife is a native Floridian...I needle her, and she needles back about the North, and at the end of the day we get along. But she agrees that NASCAR is pretty damned boring, IIRC. The subject doesn't come up much, as it's not a "Southern" thing so much as a "redneck" thing. The legacy of the Civil War is a far more sensitive subject than a boring motor sport.

EDIT: The wife indeed "doesn't get" NASCAR, in her words.

Cort, while it may be a stereotype to say that only rednecks like NASCAR, I'm not sure it's all that far from the truth. It's not the kind of thing polls can confirm ("Do you consider yourself a 'redneck,' 'hillbilly,' 'good old boy,' '****-kicker' or 'hick?'"), but I personally have never met a man who liked NASCAR and did not have a beer belly, enjoy hunting, etc. It's a weird correlation, but I don't necessarily disdain redneck recreational activities. Punkin Chunkin' might be fun to watch, for example. However, it's problematic to characterize it as an "American sport" in general. You want an American sport, try the NFL, it's got much broader appeal.

03-14-2010, 04:35 AM	#18
Anaedilla Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 735 Senior Member	You know, I used to wonder why southerners hate Yankees. Thanks to folks like Elok, I no longer wonder anymore. Why don't you try it sometime? You might like it. Well, my wife is a native Floridian...I needle her, and she needles back about the North, and at the end of the day we get along. But she agrees that NASCAR is pretty damned boring, IIRC. The subject doesn't come up much, as it's not a "Southern" thing so much as a "redneck" thing. The legacy of the Civil War is a far more sensitive subject than a boring motor sport. EDIT: The wife indeed "doesn't get" NASCAR, in her words. Cort, while it may be a stereotype to say that only rednecks like NASCAR, I'm not sure it's all that far from the truth. It's not the kind of thing polls can confirm ("Do you consider yourself a 'redneck,' 'hillbilly,' 'good old boy,' '****-kicker' or 'hick?'"), but I personally have never met a man who liked NASCAR and did not have a beer belly, enjoy hunting, etc. It's a weird correlation, but I don't necessarily disdain redneck recreational activities. Punkin Chunkin' might be fun to watch, for example. However, it's problematic to characterize it as an "American sport" in general. You want an American sport, try the NFL, it's got much broader appeal.
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