Quote Originally Posted by Doc Hudson
If I'm a bit touchy, it is because I belong to three of the four minority groups that are considered fair target for insult and discrimination.

1 - I'm a straight white male, not to mention the fact I wear a kilt.

2 - I am a Southerner

3 - I own and carry a gun on a regular basis.

The only "fair-game" minority group I do not belong to are the smokers, and I smoked for 23 years before quitting 10 years ago.

I am heartily sick and tired of the unthinking backhanded insults that pass for humor. And BTW, one of my uncles was an Alabama State Trooper for 30 years.

I didn't resent the comment about state troopers, after all most of them are pains in the **** (including my Uncle Bud). I resented the insinuation that Southern cops were nothing more than real life imitations of Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason's character in Smoky and the Bandit). Southern cops in general are just as qualified and just as professional as cops in other regions. They have the same percentage of dedicated professionals, and scum that need to be behind bars as other regions, and I suspect most other countries as well.

I am heartily sick of the smart-arsed unthinking insults just as much as the intentional insults that are common. And until Hank decides to kick me off the forum, I won't sit back without making comment while my home region is being inchlted, or made the butt of jokes.

Yes, I am an Unreconstructed Confederate, and a Southern Nationalist. And mark my words folks, the South is not "Gonna rise agin." The South IS Rising! Now!
it might be a good time to double check the definition of discrimination and see if it applies here.
and I am restraining my self from any comment on the last paragraph, all those people died for nought, then