You are very welcome. I’m glad I could shed some, but not nearly enough light. You are one of my favorite commentators, for your witty yet calm and humorous posts. I’m a giant history nerd, especially of Florida. Knowing a great deal about Florida makes Floriduh make so much more sense!

Agreed. The problem here is with the original poster of the petition. They had a great idea, but because of failed execution (aka terrible writing skills and inability to properly frame his/her sense of humor) this has become a murky grey (much like my posting status) that no one can make heads nor tails of.

Trying not to respond to your commenter because I’m Native and don’t like the term Redskins. My skin isn’t red. It’s Indian Goth.

It’s called having a “frap”.

I hope one day we’ll have a society that believes the victims of sexual assault and rape when they share their stories.

I don’t really know if I mean this as a reply to your post or a general comment on this article / the documentary, but I think white kids DO need to see themselves whining about reverse-racism. I’m a Spanish professor at a very white university, and for years I’d labored under the impression that my students would…

Word.

I wish more insurance companies gave discounts for driving stick. I mean, how can you beat this trio?

Yes! The South is my home and very dear to me, but you know what? Among the things I love about it is not *that time when it fired on the US military and started a terrible, violent war in defense of slavery.* Fellow Southerners — let’s just admit, it wasn’t our *best* four years. We’ve had better.

Here’s the thing. I’m a white person from the South. There are plenty of aspects of Southern culture that I am actually pretty proud of: the food, the hospitality, the (albeit superficial) kindness toward strangers and guests in your home. Here’s one I’m not proud of: racism! And you know what the BIGGEST MOST OBVIOUS…

I had thirteen children but they were all girls. I died in shame.

28?! Man. You're too old to be having children. No wonder you died.

28? Why’d you wait so long to have babies?

“Bu-bu-but I live inside the Beltway!!!”

Sorry, but you don’t get to claim you’re DC just because you live in the part where a bunch of racist ass slaveowners demanded retrocession. In fact, Arlington and Alexandria residents pretending they are DC is about as NoVa as it gets.

Nah, we just used “NVA” for art because it’s a play on the “I <3 NY” stickers, and “NOVA” was too wide.

Admitting your 4 year old plays regular tag and not travel tag.

*commonwealth.

This guy gets it.