Common Misconceptions About Mississippi

Okay, a lot of you people think a lot of stuff about MS, and the south in general, that's not true. And, as a guy who's lived in the state my whole life, I'm here to clear up the misconceptions :

We Don't All Own Farms! Seriously! I've only BEEN to a farm a few times! Sure, SOME houses have a lot of land, but we have all kids of stuff here. We have suburbs, neighborhoods, cities (ever seen downtown Jackson?), and, yes, some farms.

Those Metaphores And Idioms - You know how on TV, the southern people say things like, "That's like a possem lookin' at a toaster in a oven" (Yes, that was off the top of my head.) Well, I don't talk like that. No one at my school talks like that. It's only the old women that say ANYTHING like that, and they don't use it to an extreme.

We Gots No Edjamaction - Yeah, we do have education. We're strict about it, too. I go to a school, and no, the 8th-graders don't struggle with "C-A-T".

We're All Conservative Christains - I'll admit, Christianity is more encouraged and widespread here, and you can talk about conservative ideas without getting mobbed, but not EVERYONE is like that! I know some non-religious people, I know some bisexual people, I know liberal people! There may be a majority here of Christain conservatives, but we're not as extreme about it as a lot of you think, and there's people different.

The Accents - The only people with those annoying "Southern" accents I've heard are from old people and a redneck girl at my school.

We all love CUNTREH MUSIC! I myself like country music, but half the people here I've talked to hate it. They listen to what most teenagers listen to here, as well (for some) as country.

The Heaviest States - Yeah, there's overweight people here, but aren't there where YOU live? There's plenty of average sized, and even THIN, people in Mississippi.

There. So, yeah. We're like everyone else pretty much. We're not all rednecks, we're not like the old people who give the steriotypes, and I've never been or heard of someone who's been to a barn dance. :P

(PS. If you can think of a steriotype that's been bugging you, post it in the comments!)