I confess that despite living in Ohio, I don't really care whatsoever about the Ohio State/Michigan football game. I'll say Michigan is asked to choose a side (as saying 'I don't care' generally means a half hour of some Buckeye fan trying to convert me, and I don't much like Ohio to begin with), but otherwise that's it; I refuse to wear any colors, watch the game, ect. I was almost kind of disappointed that Ohio won, but only because the meant the next week at school would be more scarlet and grey nonsense.
I confess that I don't really understand football anyway.
However, I confess that someone turned on the Georgia/Georgia Tech game today, and I watched that one, almost from start to finish (I missed the first bit), had a preference on teams (Georgia Tech, who lost naturally; although I confess that Uga whateverthenumberisnow was much cuter), and generally made an effort to understand it. I was so born and bred in Georgia; it still shows.
I confess that I read an article awhile back comparing the different pairs that always competed and the fervor of the fans. Georgia/Georgia Tech actually rated higher than Ohio State/Michigan, but I can't really remember the Georgia people ever getting upset about it. Naturally, there was always some fan items available in stores, and people wore it on game day, but that was about it. Families could have kids in both colleges and there were no problems (my father went to Tech, my uncle went to State). There might be jokes, but they weren't over the top, and they weren't downright insulting. Here, on the other hand, everyone seems to take it personally. It's a topic of conversation all bloody year (with fan gear, all year), and those who go to the "wrong" college are more or less ex-communicated. The jokes are nasty, the people are nasty about it, ect.
I confess that that may be a bad example, but it amuses me in some way; Ohio people, as a general whole, seem to think that they are far more civil than people in the South. And they might be in some parts, I suppose (as there's going to be civil and uncivil everywhere), but I found Georgia to be far more tolerant and diverse as a whole.
I confess that the people here preach constantly about how racist the South (including where I lived) is - and again, I'm sure there are parts of it that are, just as there are parts of the North - and many seem to believe that it's still all Jim Crow laws there. I've seen so, so much more racism in Ohio than I ever did in Georgia. I saw practically none there; part of it came, I suppose, from living close to Atlanta, as that's one of the most diverse cities in America, but I do think part of it came from the attitudes of the people there.
I confess that while the football thing might amuse me, the racism does not; I don't like when people are so obviously hypocritical and close minded. I wouldn't like it under any circumstances, as their allegations are simply not true as a whole. However, the fact that they're doing what they accuse others of is far more aggravating to me than anything else. If they wanted to be pious about it, fine; at least then others here wouldn't be hurt. However, they're just being hypocritical about it.
_________________
"Nothing worth having is easy."
Three years!
Last edited by RainSong on 27 Nov 2007, 6:27 am, edited 1 time in total.
21 Nov 2007, 11:24 pm
