Mea Culpa (please read)

[maxpower]

I am sorry I posted a bigoted overtly partisan thread. I apologize to all DU'ers. I know I now have a target on my back, and I accept full responsibility. I have been having a few bad days and I unfortunately took it out on the good people of the South. I promise to work hard to get back in your good graces. I beg for you empathy and forgiveness. I understand that not every one will forgive or forget what I posted, and I don't blame you. If it makes you all happy I will not post again. One bad thread in 6 1/2 years has alienated me from this website I care so much about. I hope you can all find it in your hearts to forgive. I am leaving it up to you whether I should stay or go.
Here is the post that I am ashamed of. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6977519&mesg_id=6977519

A lot of vitriol and spleen venting went on, and that is all I have to say.


Yours always,
Max

[mmonk]

1. I'm from the South. You can stay as far as I'm concerned.

I do, however, think our problem is national, not just regional. And states out West are redder now than my state of NC. They just don't have the horrible stain of slavery in their background. But they do have John Birchers and the militias. I'm not offended though at all.

[maxpower]

8. Thanks

I appreciate it. You are correct there are assholes everywhere and I generalized and took it out on the wrong people.


Max

[mmonk]

10. It's easy to given all the Southern obstructionists that end up in office.

I get mad at the South all the time and I live here. Accident of birth but we do what we can.

[maxpower]

15. Thanks for understanding

I get mad at Illinois politics all the time (say no more).

Max

[Hepburn]

19. I would say Arizona and Utah are probably redder than the South.

I live on the West Coast and I know what I see when I go to those two states. It has gotta be HELL to be a lib in Utah!

:hi:

[maxpower]

20. Agreed

And I am not pandering when I say I love Scotties. I am Scottish and they are tough little dogs, just like the Scots.

[Hepburn]

25. Maggie, my Scottie, sends hugs to another Scot.

Don't be so tough on yourself, OK? We all have days when we just off load. No one is perfect and no one can be "good" all the time. So, hey, we have all shot off our mouths and regreted it later.

:hug: <------ from Hep and Mags!

[maxpower]

27. Give them hugs from me

My two dogs, Homer and Monty, send hugs your way.


Peace and love,
Max

[mmonk]

21. Yep. I went through both on a trip out west this year with my son.

I thought my cousin's state below mine was red. But those states hold their own as well. :hi:

[Jamastiene]

44. Say it with me now (and you KNOW it feels good to say it):

North Carolina is a BLUE STATE.

*contentedsigh*

[maxpower]

46. Done an done

My beloved grandfather was a Tarheel. I have fond place in my heart UNC.

[mmonk]

54. Yes, it is.

[lildreamer316]

48. Tell me about it!! I have a friend who moved from here in NC to Arizona...

and he is now sending me the..um..most racist stuff (forwarded texts on the phone) I have ever seen. It's breaking my heart. I don't know what's gotten into him, or who, but he was never like that here. It's very very strange.

[mmonk]

56. I'm sorry to hear that. Have you asked him about it?

[maxpower]

61. Bummer

I realized my brother has become a die hard conservative. What a drag.

[sharesunited]

2. Rare to find a Yankee still fighting the Civil War.

You approve of that Tennessee Whiskey though I'm guessing!

[maxpower]

4. I prefer Kentucky Bourbon

But Mr. Daniels is a dear friend of mine. Thanks.


Max

[wordpix]

3. don't be so hard on yerself, Max

:grouphug: :

[maxpower]

13. Thanks wordpix

Peace to you

:grouphug:

Max

[NC_Nurse]

5. I am a Southerner. Thanks for the apology, we're not all assholes. That said, I

can understand why it's frustrating for people from other states who see the South STILL voting red and electing
jerks to Congress. A lot of us down here are frustrated too.

[maxpower]

23. I think most if not all Dems

Are frustrated.


Max

[maxpower]

6. Thank you all.

I had an argument with some southern relatives, and that is what set me off. And I took it out on you wonderful people.

Thanks,
Max

[Tunkamerica]

7. No, where you're from is obviously the best way to judge

giant groups of people. And outdated stereotypes will serve you well even as the realities of geography and political stance change. So, stay. Continue to post ridiculous screeds against 10s of millions of people. I hope it makes you feel better.

[maxpower]

9. I am not going to post ridiculous anymore

Only at republicans. I understand what you are saying and yes I offended way to many people. That is not the person I am. You have every right to say what you said, and I deserve it.


Max

[gratefultobelib]

11. He APOLOGIZED or did you not notice??

[maxpower]

17. Thank you for that

I understand I pissed a lot of people off, and that is not my modus operandi.


Max

[Orrex]

38. I'd expect a response like that from a North Carolinian.

Hardy har har.

[Jamastiene]

47. Hey!

We are a blue state now. Don't make me break out my whip. :spank:

[Orrex]

50. Whoopsie! Did I say that out loud?

:blush:

[Jamastiene]

57. ...

:rofl:

[maxpower]

83. I admitted I was wrong and appolgized

If you can't accept an apology, so be it.


Max

[Mari333]

12. My grandmother from Kentucky says dont worry about it

and so do I...:)

[maxpower]

14. Thanks

And give each other a big hug from this idiot.

:grouphug:

[Mari333]

16. dont feel bad my last Op was locked

hahahaha dont feel bad. hugs hugs hugs

[maxpower]

18. You are one of the good ones

Peace and love to you and your grandmother.
:hug:

Max

[Mari333]

22. really, dont worry!!! I have been called so many names on DU for so many years

Ive been attacked, kicked , imposed upon, reviled, called names, locked my threads, lost count of it all.

Luckily, everyone on here are usually pretty sweet even when I disagree with them, and put them on ignore, which, lately, I have been doing a lot for my blood pressure.

But let me tell you a story. the DUers here, in 2004, when my husband was killed, were really there for me. They helped me get thru it. They did everything for me, they helped me when my stepson was sent to Iraq, they sent him packages and sent his whole unit packages to get him and his unit thru that yr of war.

They are good people. they might disagree with you, but many of them are angels in disguise,. seriously. They will be there for you, many of them, when you need them. They are some great people.

Dont feel bad. Just know that you are truly among some wonderful people who are really decent and good.

and hugs to you dear. big huge mom hugs.

[maxpower]

26. I agree

When I was ill, the DU'ers were more than giving. And big huge mom hugs are the best thing in the world, grandma hugs are pretty close.



:hug:

[lunatica]

24. I always give someone who apologizes a break

It's those who refuse to apologize for anything that need help. You don't, just because you are sincerely apologizing which means you aren't apologizing for someone taking what you said in a wrong way. You are actually apologizing for what you said.

I admire that.

[maxpower]

30. Thank you

Lunatica you made me feel a whole lot better. I still feel terrible about what I posted. Like I said, I had an argument with my republican family from the south. And, I took it out on you wonderful people. I WAS WRONG!!!!!


Peace and love,
Max

[rrneck]

28. I'm from the south

and I read the thread. Didn't bother me a bit. Actually, I'm a great fan of this website.

Back home in the south the fine art of needling somebody until just before a real fight starts is a time honored tradition.

It's part of our rich Scots Irish heritage. :D

[maxpower]

31. Yes it is

We Scots Irish, tend to have a temper.

Max

[maxpower]

63. That is an interesting website

Thanks for sharing

[Texasgal]

29. You are forgiven

If you ever want to see a Blue city in a red state come to Austin, TX... we'll show you around! :)

[maxpower]

32. I would love to see Austin

My favorite musician is from Austin (James McMurtry).



Peace and love,
Max

[Texasgal]

35. He is awesome!

Not only do we have great music, we have food and a culture that would make any northeast city slap their mama's! :)

Your okay in my book max. :)

[maxpower]

39. Nice

McMurtry is a phenomenal every time he swings through Chicago I am there. He recognizes my bald head, and last time he shook my hand after Max and Ruby. That meant the world to me.


Peace and love,
Max

[maxpower]

60. Chicaogo's cooking is pretty damn good

Come to the Windy City and see for yourself. If you do, let me know I'll buy you drink.

[Mari333]

59. I loved austin

My son took me there. had great coffee in a great coffeehouse, saw bats under a bridge, saw lots of young people..reminded me of portland..what a town!

[VOX]

33. Classy post. John Lennon said, "Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes."

If more people would say "I'm sorry," there wouldn't be so much conflict in the world.

My dad was from Texas, and his family from Texas, Georgia and Mississippi, but no offense was taken. Your original rant came from a place of passion, so any excesses in it are understood.

Thanks for your honesty and courtesy, Max.

Cheers -- :toast:

[maxpower]

42. Thank you so much

Any time a Lennon quote comes my way, it brightens my day.



Peace and love,
Max

[havocmom]

34. Sitting at the computer in a county with less than a dozen registered DEMS, your posts made me laugh

I am in Montana. Figured you just needed to get out more if you think the South is the only problem spot ;)

And, it takes a big person to make the apology you did here tonight. It buys you some degree of indulgence. Go forth and sin no more with geographic bigotry. :hi:

[maxpower]

49. Will do

Thanks

Max

[mmonk]

51. You have a beautiful state.

Went through it this summer.

[maxpower]

70. Thanks

Besides or corrupt politicians it is a beautiful state

[JohnnyLib2]

36. The apology is appreciated.

I figure that since my senators are McConnell and Bunning, I must live with some south-bashing. :evilgrin:

[TicketyBoo]

37. Oh, heck.

Nobody has redder necks than the people around here, and that's the truth. (Take the jerk down the street who thought it was an appropriate Halloween decoration to lynch a life-sized black dummy, complete with chained wrists. And, no, the police wouldn't do anything about it.)

You were just plain mistaken in blaming any one section of the country, but you've seen that, now, and apologized. That should be good enough.

[ohheckyeah]

40. If I allowed an anonymous

poster on a message board to upset me over statements about the south I would be upset all the time.

No biggie as far as I'm concerned.

[southernyankeebelle]

41. Well I don't know who you are but hey I live in the south for 20 yrs now and

believe me some of the things that are said about the southerns are right on target. I mean there are allot of good people that really are not informed about anything and will quote Fox news word for word. But I say hell your forgiven.

[maxpower]

64. Thanks

That means a lot.

[Jamastiene]

43. I've done that too.

Ahem, now that you are making amends with us southerners, I have one very important question for you. When you cook your fried chicken, do you roll it in flour like you are supposed to or are you one of them there corn flake aficionados? I shall anxiously await your response.

:evilgrin:






:P









:hide:

[maxpower]

55. Flour

Anything less is a sin. By the way, my fried chicken has been claimed as the best by those who have tried it. Now I want some and it is to late to get me cast iron out. Maybe tomorrow.


Peace amd love,
Max

[Gman]

45. LOL! So you had a bad day! Nice rant!

and this from someone in South Texas. Don't worry about it.

[maxpower]

80. I get it

Thanks. I feel a losing contestant on America Idol. I would like to see Texas before I shed this mortal coil.

[redwitch]

52. Your ok by me Max

Everyone loses their cool sometime. Please stay. And behave!

[Mira]

53. Frustration overwhelms all of us sometimes and then we exaggerate blame to

deflect from our pain. You're A OK in my book. Only a big person can apologize this sincerely, you are at home here and it should stay that way.

I read the post in question, and skimmed some of the responses.
Was very impressed with how Stinky the clown defused the uproar and grabbed you by the neck and showed you a better and more accurate way of labeling in your moment of anguish.

Carry on, and carry on with us.
OK !

[cherokeeprogressive]

58. It's all good.

I've had to apologize more times than I can count during my five years here.

It's all good max. Stay.

[arthritisR_US]

62. sometimes I over generalize, sometimes I'm prone to hyperbole and heck,

I'm just plain human. Don't beat yourself up mate, welcome to being human...saints are such a bore to me ;-)

[maxpower]

65. As Billy Joel said

I'd rather laugh with the sinner than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun

[arthritisR_US]

72. oh I do like this Billy Joel! :-) n/t

[maxpower]

79. Gtreat singer and songwriter

Better than Elton in my opinion. Oops, I promised not to start and more disagreement.


Sorry,
Max

[arthritisR_US]

90. no need to apologize Max, nothing wrong with having a preference...

how absolutely boring if everyone had the same taste, it would be like sipping the same watered down broth day after day. I'm going to check out this Billy Joel because he sounds like my cup of tea :-)

[Stinky The Clown]

66. Lemme tell ya somethin', pallie .......

If that one post is the worst you've ever done on DU, you have a lot of bad shit to do to catch up to some of us!

Stick around! :hi:

[lonestarnot]

67. snort!

:rofl:

[maxpower]

68. Thsnk you

Even though I am afraid of clowns.

[arthritisR_US]

73. lol, I couldn't agree more! n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

69. I only have one thing to differ in what you said...

It's not about anything you may have said about "the south". I could tell by what came through that you probably weren't meaning to be that way. I lived in the South for 35 years and know what you refer to is in the North, too.

It's more about is who killed Kennedy .... Well after all... it was you and me.


Pleased to meet you Max. :hi:

(apologies to whoever wrote "Sympathy for the Devil"

[maxpower]

71. Jagger and Richards

Great point.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

74. I just read your other thread and I have to say your a minor leaguer at south bashing

I've seen some truly epic south bashings in the past 5-years I've been a member here. Honestly, yours wasn't even in the top 100. Don't beat yourself up over it, we all have bad days when we're not ourselves.

I hope you're feeling better. Even though I had not seen your previous thread until you posted this, apology accepted and no hard feelings. :grouphug:

[maxpower]

75. much obliged

My threads are never full of spite, except toward the Republicans.


Thanks for your Kindness,
Peace
Max

[maxpower]

81. Thanks

I will stay in the minor leagues. I have learned my lesson, and you all showed your true colors. I wish there was a way to view my previous rants, they had nothing negative except bashing Republicans, which we all enjoy doing.


Peace,
Max

[maxpower]

76. I think this is one of the main diffences between

Us and the GOP. We don't march in lock step. Whereas we have so many different and varied opinions on all mattes. I appreciate you all welcoming me back in to the fold. I set my family straight (the Southern GOP'ers that is). You all gave me the intestinal fortitude to do so. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. As I said this website has sustained me for the last 6 1/2 years. I would be heartbroken if one thread said in anger would alienate so many. Please bash Illinois. Look at our Governors, one is serving a jail term and Blogo is nest. So I will get off my "high horse."


Much thanks,
Max

And you partake, here's to all of you.
:toast:

[closeupready]

77. Really, it's not that big of a deal. Just focus on building friendships going forward.

:hi: :)

[maxpower]

78. I have been

After so long you invariably meet nice and groovy people. I was afraid you would all send me to Freep Land. That would break my heart, I despise republicans ( except most of my family, but you can't choose your family).. You guys make my day. Thanks to all DU'ers who have sustained me through the many years. Now if we could get our majority to pass the legislation we elected them for things would be better.


Peace,
Max

[Uncle Joe]

82. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Max and peace to you, I wish you well.:thumbsup: :)

[maxpower]

84. And to you Uncle Joe

I wish you and your family health and good will.

Peace,
Max

[Papagoose]

85. I live in Georgia

I'm from Pennsylvania - and I can't wait to get the hell out of here. Taking a job in Georgia and moving my family was the biggest mistake of my life.

As far as I'm concerned, you can say what you want about the south, but remember that not everyone here is a crazy right wing evangelical nut case.

[maxpower]

87. I know, I lived in Georgia myself

Now I live in Illinois, and there a lot of crazy right wing evangelical nut cases here as well.


Peace,
Max

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

86. Forgiveness has to be earned ...

I think one month of showing the Atlanta Braves logo instead of the Cubs would just about do it.
:hi:

[maxpower]

88. You are astute

Growing up in the South I was a Braves fan( I even saw Hank Aaron play in that dreaded Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. Moving to Florida I had but two teams to root for, thanks to the super stations, the Braves and the Cubs. I still follow the Braves, but they won a damned world series, one of the greatest moments of my life. Now I put my heart and soul into the disaster they call the Cubs.

Go Falcons, the Bears suck and aren't going anywhere. Matt Ryan is going to be one the great ones. So I will root for them, as long as they bring back Steve Bartkowski and Billy White Shoes Johnson.


Enjoy Atlanta it is a gem of the South,
Max

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

92. Great, but don't overdo it

Gotta get back with the cubbies after a while.

I spent a few years in GA, but further south. Atlanta was the big city up north.

Now I root for Tigers and (yes, it's true ...) Lions (hoping they get maybe two or three wins this year).

If I can just figure out how to show one of those icon things ... naw, I'm doing good if I can get a lousy smiley to show up

:hi:

[maxpower]

93. Just let me know when I can change

I like my Cubs logo. The Lions have a chance against the faltering Bears. I think Jay Cutler is one the worst trade in recent memory. Million dollar arm, 10 cent brain. Vikings are a lock. At least the Lions have a chance against the Bears

[maxpower]

89. Is that better?

Max

[maxpower]

91. Please see this post

I think a perfect song for forgiveness, and peace.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6992302&mesg_id=6992302



Peace,
Max

[C_Lawyer09]

94. Wasn't that bad

As Stewart Smalley(Al Franken) of Sat. Night Live fame would have said, "Don't should all over yourself" Everybody has a bad day now and again.

[Are_grits_groceries]

95. That's the best you got.

I don't think that would rate in the top 50 South bashing threads. AND you apologized.

Don't worry about it, and forgive yourself. We get absolution from others while still smacking ourselves around too long.

Come to SC sometime, and we will sneak around and visit the sane people. I know the special code to use. We can go get some 'Q' if you want.