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  • haha i love the ending

  • i stay in the DFW metroplex in Texas but in my city ain't that southern w/ sweet teas and all but we still got southern culture over here! But it ain't about bein Southern or Texan or American... we all people and thats what make sense to me!

  • The Confederacy is alive only in rednecks' minds, us southerners just want to show the respect fellow men deserve. But when push comes to shove, we ain't scared of a fight. God bless-

  • "Southern Hospitality" is bullshit. It all depends on where you live. I've moved from a northern state to a small town in SC and its all the same. Truth is that you have 2 type of people in this world, Polite people and selfish assholes. Northern and Southern has nothing to do with it.

  • I went to go see Lady Antebellum on Saturday and he was one of the people who opened for them and he sang this song and he was great! Hes a great singer so i don't know why people are hating on him just because of his color! If you don't like how he is then don't listen to his music!!!! Its that simple people!!

  • Dear Yankees,

    Please shut your piehole, we don't care you won the war. We still have Pecan Pie, Sweet Tea, Jeans, Guns, and guess what, we're polite..... but don't take it for granted, Southern Hospitality only lasts for so long with ya'll.

    Thank You,

    Southerners

  • @Sebras99 amen brother

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  • @littlelarz93 --- YES!

    Others- don't hate or call me stupid, but Isint the flag a sign of our independence!?

    Otherwise I love the song! I may not be a southerner or have close to the respect that they do just because I live in minnesota. But I do know disrespect when I see it and that is surely not me! I respect my elders and know how to treat people right! So maybe that says that once and a while you may be able to find avoid hearted person who lives up north.

  • Le'me put somethin to rest:

    We don't care that we lost the war. We really just don't give a sh*t. We simply stand up for what we believe in. and btw: you won, we know. so shut your piehole and let us have that pecan pie!

    We're polite, so don't flip us off when we say hi, or wave. We open doors, carry stuff for you, and say 'ma'm and 'sir' out of respect, so be nice to us.

    Or we can shoot you. choose one.

  • @samsfluff99 I'm not discriminatory towards southerners, but I aslo don't live in the states but I do know about it. So I'm not asking this in a rude way it's just curiosity, but with all due respect doesn't the south still tend to be more prone to discrimination than the north? Please don't take offense, I was just wondering if that's true or if it's a stereotype.

  • @sparkycat101 depends. in SC we aren't. We have just as many colored people as white, but certain people are kinda discriminating. Most of us just don't care.

    I'm homeschooled, my parents go to work and leave me and my sister with one sitter, who is black, and then dad comes home for lunch and the other,who's also colored, comes when he leaves.

    I'm not discriminating, but some of my family is-about 2-.....

    No, most of us aren't, some are, but most aren't.:)

    No offence taken:)

  • @samsfluff99 considering they still hate us i think option number 2.

    bring ur .22

    and maybe the the .44 mag

  • @pablo6789101112 ha ha ha:) yeah that's the popular option right now!! LOL

  • I have lived all over this beautiful country. There is a certain genuine politeness that exists in the South that doesn't always exist elsewhere. I notice civility and polite behavior and miss it when its not there. Darius Rucker is a brilliant artist! I love this nation and I love the differences that make every region unique. There are friendly people from Alaska to Wyoming. You get what you bring to it. God Bless everybody!

  • i find it rude when people say "don't call me ma'am" when its being polite

  • Haha so true about Cali girls! I was like what the heck?!? Did he really just do that? And then when he asked to carry something for me I was like "Are you trying to steal my things??" Haha! And then when my southern friend left I started expecting all the guys to open doors for me and what not...but they don't..I like the South way better! I have no idea what I'm still doing in Cali..no idea..

  • @cutetchi I was born in California but raised in Texas. The south is better... ;)

  • just wow. so much wow with some of the the photo choice..

  • y'all are all freaking irritating.. just listen to the damn song and stop arguing..

  • I have black friends but I don't like most black people

  • @W1llThomas -You know that was a ignorant comment right??!!! your one of the those if you put your brain in a bird, it would probably fly backwards!!!

  • @W1llThomas do you know most black people? I'm assuming not, so stop being ignorant

  • @W1llThomas gotta pick the right ones man theres the city slicker ghetto one and then theres the country southern respectful ones i was raised in south carolina

  • This song is true...Im nothern and lived in washington my whole life, I hold doors for women often and they give me deathstares

  • Yanks may be but I'm a born and bred Louisiana native and it's clear you they haven't cornered the market on ignorance. I love Louisiana, my creole roots and the South but it doesn't change the fact that the South fought to preserve slavery. Ever read the Lincoln-Douglas debates? You know, debates, 1850's, Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over slavery, free labor.....A house divided against itself.. Never mind! Great song!

    BTW, Dixie lost and is dead except in the minds of necks, not southerners.

  • Yanks are so ignorant. Honestly though, if i lived in a part of the country that was predominantly Liberal, didn't have sweet tea, knew nothing about southern belles, hospitality, or manners, and did not know how to dress presentable on an every day basis, id be a little hostile & hate my life too. Note, there's a huge difference between Southern & Redneck. Please don't ever confuse the two.

    Long live Dixie!

  • when the girl comes up for the "evil eye" part uhh thats not an evil eye. thats judt like what are you doing or confused looked

  • I'm sitting in LAX right now waiting on a plane to take me to Atlanta then home(ish) to New Orleans and I can not be happier

  • @Littlelarz93 slavery was legal in the united states for over one-hundred years before the civil war. So if anything stands for slavery it would be the US flag. Get over it.

  • But they sell sweet tea at micky D's soooo... ?

  • Yall stop all the hate im from Texas and I live in Minnesota. There are great things about the northand the south that i love. I love this song it makes me feel like im home because most of these things are true weather you like it or not!!!! The south is my home! DONT HATE!!!!!

  • When i fist heard this song it just brought everything i feel. Im from East Texas and moved 6 yrs ago to L.A. I LOVE THIS SONG!! Thanx Darius!! this song makes me smile everytime im homesick! b/c yes i asked for sweet tea and they apologized, i wave and say hi n people look at me like ?? lol...Although im out here i always carry my sweet Texas close to my <3!

  • Man I'm from Georgia and just moved to Colorado my neighbor offered me some tea and in Georgia tea is always sweet so I didn't think twice I drank it and threw up....the women here hate being called ma'am and I mean ugh there's nothing like the south.

    I miss my home :(

  • They don't have sweet tea in New York???? WTF???

  • @jbreee whats sick is i lived thare!!

  • @jbreee they dont really, you can get it, but most restaurants really dont

  • @jbreee lol, yes they do!!!! I'm from there! However, we don't say ma'am to young girls...when I was in s.c. a girl called me ma'am and I was thinking, "I'm 23...I'm not married..I'm not a ma'am yet!"

  • @jbreee they sell arizona brand sweet tea around here, but nothing like real sweet tea. when i was visiting friends in kentucky i learned the difference, lol.

  • Jesus these comments just make me laugh. If you have nothing good to say then please be quiet. Just enjoy the dang music. Sheesh.

  • Mason jars are the best thing to drink from

  • I went up north and accidentaly ordered sweet tea at a drive threw. They handed me unsweetened tea and sugar packets xD

  • Thanks for the post.

  • It ain't racist to have a confederate flag. I got one and i'm black. Cuz I got SOUTHERN PRIDE! And i'm always in my southern state of mind.

  • find it funny that they have confederate flags in a song that is by a black artist, great song, race has nothing to do with talent

  • awsome song

    

  • BLACK WHITE MEXICAN CHINESE YELLO BLUE GREEN. WHY CANT THE WORLD JUST ACCEPT THAT WE ARE DIFFERENT IN OUR OWN WAY. SO WHAT IF WE LOOK DIFFERENT OR HAVE A DIFFERENT BELIEF. IF EVERYONE WOULD RESPECT EACH OTHER FOR WHO THEY ARE. I MEAN IF YOU DONT LIKE WHO SOMEONE IS JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY OR DONT ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. IM WHITE BUT I DONT SEE COLOR IM FROM KENTUCKY AND I WAS RAISED TO SMILE AT EVERYONE AND TREAT EVERYONE WITH THE SAME RESPECT AS I WOULD WANT. LIFE IS A GIFT ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

  • Okay 1:36 just frickin gets me everytime XDDD

  • I am a northern Country boy, i am stuck in the city, and honestly i have south hosplity and a southern state of mind. I am the guy that respects his woman and uncle sam, And if you like that i don't give a DAMN!!!!!!!!

  • @cjwiseman16 yeah same here keep it up maybe we could get the whole nothern states like the south

  • im from south carolina and i have just recently moved to north carolina and the farther north i go it seems to speed up and people just react a lot differently no lie and this song is how it is in the south no lie this should be the southern national anthem!!!

  • @ReekoChet as longg as you stupid yanks keep sayin dumb shit like that the HATE FOR THE NORTH will never go away!!! we aint racist we are yankist if it involves the north FUCK IT!! WE DONT NEED YALLS STUPID IDEAS!!! read up on your history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Your reaction?

    @jojodewittwright2

    if you knew history you would know that the civil war wasnt fought over slavery but states right!!! get your shit straight you stupid ignorant yank!!!

  • @jojodewittwright2 please spare everyone your ignorance. Hell down here many black folks wear the confederate battle flag with pride as is do. You know nothing about the civil war. God damn put down your text book and read some actual literature! The American flag represents slavery you dumb son of a bitch yankee!

  • @jakobmichaelcarson What? where the fuck did you go to school that the american flag represents slavery ??? but i do know that the confederate flag doesnt EXACTLY represent slavery

  • @jakobmichaelcarson i only have one question for you...whats it like?being an absolute idiot i mean.the civil war was fought over money,that us southerners didnt want to spend by paying someone to pick our cotton and tobacco,and whatever else.no self respecting black man would wear a confederate battle flag.tell that lie to someone dumb enough to believe it.

  • may i ask what on the flag represent slavery? the stars? the stripes? what part of those symbols has to do with slavery? the flag symbolizes the independent states that make up the United STATES. originally there was only 13 stars for the 13 original colonies that separated from Britain eventually the United States would become 50 states UNITED hence 50 stars on the American flag the thirteen red and white stripes represent the 13 original colonies how do u even get slavery out of that?

  • @jakobmichaelcarson Actually the confederates still wanted slavery thats why they went to war.

  • @jakobmichaelcarson hey, hey...dont use the word yankee like that! I'm a yankee and I'm proud of it! But I also agree with you...some people are just way too focused on the textbooks rather than what the true meaning is.

  • @jakobmichaelcarson I don't know what made up literature you reading but thats the most ignorant thing I have ever heard! We believe all men are created equal, to say the American flag represents slavery is the most unpatriotic thing you can say!

  • Great song, dumbass video?!?!

  • I just watched this video b/c I love Darius Rucker,,,I am not sure where to begin except to say that he did not intend this video to be exploited with such ignorance! The rebel flag,,really!!!? I am not black but I embrace all cultures and am in an interacial marriage with two bi-racial children, and I am from up North and very proud of it!!!! You need to keep your points of view to yourself when it includes ignorant, racist views,,,,we are in 2011,,,that flag represents not pride but stupidity!

  • @jojodewittwright2 How do you know you are white? Your favorite thing to do is be offended for other people.

  • you must have alot of balls to talk about this on a southern video cause just like the person up there said we do have black people who wear the rebel flag its not about slavery its about the states of the south so if you dont like it you can take your yankee ass home and stop commenting on our videos

  • This would've described the South real good if y'all wasn't hangin' black folks and or minorities not too long ago. REMEMBER...? Now all of a sudden you Southerners got outlawed for doin' it and y'all want to be GOOD SOUTHERNERS NOW...! We ain't forgot about y'all until the HATE is bred outta y'all. Which will take a few more generations.

  • haha I love southern people, racist fuckers tho haha but if everyone was from the south this would be a better country ( with no rap crap). I'm from Philadelphia, but I was raised like a southerner and apparently I even have a Carolina accent.

    Ps. Don't take advantage of southern girls, all the pretty northern ones r mainstream bitches, southern girls tho, gotta luv em

  • I LOVE DARIUS RUCKER!!!

  • I love this song so much, i got to see Darius the other night at the O2 arena in london and i am so glad he sang this song

  • @kodak1970 i was there, he was amazing, I'm glad he sang it too :D

  • im a Redneck, Hick, what ever you would like to call me. BUT. i know when to be respectful, i say hello and hold doors for everyone... no matter if i know the person or not.. i ask them how they are doing. i drink more then enough sweet tea. you can hear it when i talk. there is two kinds of black people, african americans which are just fine by me but the other kind is a monkey. So yes i raise my rebel flag but not for hate, for showing my southern pride. Darius Rucker is no nigger. keep on DR!

  • @bobbylfan47 Bobby, at least your honest, not like most of the fakers on this board. I'm from the North, and I dont care what kind of critters you like to eat, just dont bring up the Civil War like everybody else.....

  • This is directed to the immature comments below, knock it off. EVERYWHERE has something wrong with it, let's not point fingers. C'mon, grow up. We're all in the same country we need to get along, knock it off and grow up. You're fighting over youtube? OUCH? That will do absolutely nothing. Grow up. THANKS.

  • yall Yankees call us rednecks but when i had went to maryland their was so many trucks driving around with confederate flags n the bck window and they tried to make sweet tea but they were huntin up their and fishin but yet yall still call us rednecks just cuz we do tht stuff......... dont make any sense guess they wish theyre from the south..

  • @bensmith773 I cant make sense of what your trying to write...they ever teach you english in school? Or maybe your raised by a family of muskrats? The Souths gonna rise again............to serve the North like always!

    I guess you dont understand how the whole damn country thinks people like you make the South the laughingstock of the country.....

  • @unscmaverick they can't let go of the north vs the south, its about time there was another civil war. we so called "rednecks" would put a heft ass kickin on the yanks this time around

  • @taylorad1986 bring it on confederate fag scum....you got beat once, aint nothing stopping us from firing up the guns again. Have of your population comes fro the North, they aint gonna fight for a uck of lousy rednecks and hillbillies. This time we wont burn your cities, we'll level em...God Bless General Sherman.

  • @highndry with whats guns???? LMAO! Yankees and libtards like yourself keep trying to take away the 2nd amendment. Come on down to Atlanta, I got an M4 with your name on it. Do some research on WHY the north won the civil war. Industrialization moron. Times have changed and if I were you I'd be praying it doesn't happen again cuz you'd be sadly mistaken if you think the gunless north would come out on top. kid

  • @taylorad1986 Man youre real GD stupid! @taylorad1986 You rednecks dont get out of town much....we got a whole lot of guys in gun clubs and a big hunting population. I got a few guns myself, and theyre locked and loaded, and I can shoot too. All I have to do is wait for to come on your porch and drink your moon shine..one shot...youll never know it.

    The next time we win well turn the south into a penal colony to serve the North. Lincoln was too nice to you-all you are a low life terrorists

  • @taylorad1986 hell yea we would we would kick a lot of ass

  • @daisymayof95 your ass is so big it wouldnt be hard to kick it or hit it with buckshot from 300 yards out

  • @highndry shut the hell up guy get a life and stop b n a lil pus u aint got shit and do u even know what buckshot is u couldnt hit the front side of a barn from 3 ft away....i aint on food stamps i aint from the north i work for my own money to pay for food ur prob the one on food stamps... sorry tht ur a crack baby cuz ur momma never gave a damn about u...

  • @daisymayof95 Tough talk from a southern woman? You must charm all the boys down at the juke joint....what kind of bag they put over face-Walmarts or Target??

    You work for you money-what street corner you workin honey? Maybe I'll throw a five so you can but a 40...

    If you were in the North, we would use you to clean our northern toliets-but i think that kinda job requires more schooling than you ever got-those southern schools produce such A+ people

  • @highndry oh honey honey u poor northern really talkin bout school really cuz u cant say nothin bout school in cuz we got the best colleges n the south,everybody wants to south for college... we aint got no hookers down here n the south thats just up their n the north where all the gays live and get married,u dont even know what i look like and im sure i look way better than u will ever look, think about lookin

  • @daisymayof95 All I gotta say is thank god for Lincoln and Gen. Sherman who burned up the South, or we all be having babies at 15 and listening to shitty country music, and talking like dumb asses.

    The South is the ass crack of America-you all are too stupid to wake up and realize this

  • @highndry you are obviously not from the south and that is offending to some people, like myself, don't say stuff about the south. That is a stereo type. That is like someone talking about something you wouldn't like them to talk about. No need for rude comments, Thanks. Keep em' to yourself. Also yes that was a "Southern" term I just used. Hope ya liked it! Sincerely, the southerners! (:

  • @alyssaseaman1 Look, Im talking with some real backwoods types on here talking their crap about the Civil War..etc... I'm sorry you got offended, but sometimes you have to go to their level to have a conversation. I dont think all Southerners arent aware what the typical American thinks of the South. But, you must realize that if you are not from the South, most people have a low opinion of your area. Not blaming it on you, but it is what it is.

  • @highndry Well I am just saying that there are stereo types for the north also. We're all in the same country..why are you all arguing over something stupid? Grow up. You're fighting over youtube..Let's show some maturity now please. North or south it doesn't matter. They both have something wrong with them. No need to point them out. Let's grow up a little now please!

  • @alyssaseaman1 Touche. Please also direct your comments to those fine Southern folk- daisymayof95, taylorad 1986, and bensmith773.

  • @highndry OKAY guy u aint got a life from what i can c.. ur just a mad cuz ur not from the south and all u can do is bitch about it. all u do is bring up the civil war cuz u dont have anything else to do so get a life and u know find something else to do then blab blab all night good bye bye grow up grow some balls and stop bitchin bout how the north sucks cuz ya know it does since ur from the rudest and most drug place n the world so i hope u come south and u get ur ass kicked

  • @daisymayof95 When I come south, invite me over to your next cross burning...never seen one of those up here.

  • @highndry wtf who does cross burnings nobody does loser

  • @daisymayof95 Tough talk from a southern woman? You must charm all the boys down at the juke joint....what kind of bag they put over your face-Walmarts or Target??

    You work for your money-what street corner you workin honey? Maybe I'll throw a five so you can buy a 40...

    If you were in the North, we would use you to clean our northern toilets-but i think that kinda job requires more schooling than you ever got-those southern schools produce such A+ people

  • @unscmaverick You sound educated for a southern man-"douche bags"? Where did you get your degree-KKK U?

    We in the North laugh at backwards hillbillies like you-drink some more sweet tea while eyeing your 14 yr old cousin. All your music supports this way of life.

    I am glad you are over the Civil War and accept the Norths superiority. Lets all salute our great American, Gen. Sherman. He lit a fire under your asses!!

  • @highndry you're an idiot, it's no wonder why the northern states are all so messed up. I know, i lived in chicago for 2yrs! They cant get anything right, are going broke, have more crime than most cities, and so on. The north is cesspool for small minded, ignorant, rude people. Go get a pair and come down south. we'll show you what a real man is

  • @taylorad1986 Ever been to Atlanta lately, smartguy? The south has plenty of rude, uneducated bigoted people-just look at the all the lame comments on the video. Proof of southern racism-you guys manage to have 1 (one) major country star who is black, and this has happened for only 2 years.The last black star was Charley Pride in the 70's. Just shows you want to stick to your own kind, drink your tea and bang your underage cousins.

    Lame ass southern queers

  • @highndry ACTUALLY, i live in Atlanta (born and raised), and like most major cities the majority of its residents are NOT even from the surrounding area. So your argument just goes to show how ignorant you really are. Every city has its bigots, you are proof of that.

  • @taylorad1986 I dont give a shit if you blew MLK on MLK Blvd, Atl is a shithole, and obviously by talking to you, you back that up. Just accept the civil war is over, we kicked your ass, you bow down to Northen superiority and we'll all get along fine. If you want to refight a war you got your ass handed to you, history aint on your side "son"

  • @highndry hey shut the hell up u freakin idiot about the south and southern ppl we aint bangin r cousin we aint from the north... all yall yankees do is make fun of us and the south... well if u hate us so bad and the south well tell me this y r so many damn yankees comein down to the south.... guess yall need to come down here to learn how to live and respect women and work hard and have a good time.... GOD im glad i aint from the north

  • @highndry hey shut up u keep bringin up the civil war u cant say anything about it cuz ur ancestor were most likely living n under ground holes when tht happened.... 

  • @daisymayof95 I guess the schools down there are are as bad as everybody says, becuase you cant speak or write worth a shit. Not that you care, but my ancestors fought for the winning North side and helped kick your ass and make fools of yourself.

    The South are nothing but a bunch of terrorists, your kin must be related to Osama. You probably look like him plus 300 pounds

  • im n this mind all the time :)

  • @bensmith773 You're on your cousin Billy Bob mind too-you damn southern queers

  • @highndry hey tiny dick u stupid yankee fag learn how to talk, dont make no southern comment their aint nuttin wrong with the south and southern ppl ur just jealous tht u aint got what it takes to b from the south.. ur just jealous tht we got better lookin girls down here and we can take care of r self's and so shut the fuck up

  • @bensmith773 If you're actually a "southern man", wouldn't you be polite and walk away from this fight? Seriously, just enjoy the music.

  • @Tomchuckk southern men and southern ppl have the balls to stand up for them selfs and never act like lil pussys bout anything, were raised to stand up for r selfs and never bck down from anything....

  • @bensmith773 Go back to 8th grade, Ben, I think you missed a few lessons. You think we dont have guns in the North, say hello to my .44 and 30 odd....damn southern hick queer

  • @highndry hey dumb ass i never said anything bout guns with u jackass... so get ur facts straight just cuz u have guns dont mean u know how to use them so get a life ur prob some 35 yr old guy tht lives n his parents basement with no job..

  • @Tomchuckk thts not what being polite means, being polite means u have manners and ur not rude... polite dont mean to b a lil fag and not stand up for ur self and what u believe n

  • @daisymayof95 Daisy, you dont know what manners are becuase 1) you are from the redneck part of the south 2) quit school after the 9th grade based on how you write and talk and 3) have no class. So why dont you shut you fat ass mouth. I know you like to stuff it with greasy fast food and sweet tea. You probably bang mexicans when no one is looking

  • @bensmith773 Go back t o 3rd gradce, canuse you cant spell or talk worth shit, Ben...or mabe your schools suck

  • @highndry hey learn how to talk go back to what the 3rd GRADCE learn how to spell dont tell me how to spell, when u cant spell ur self, sorry that ur lil home school didnt work out for ya did it 

  • @bensmith773 Now you know how it is to read what your post-Ive seen illegal mexicans who can speak and write better english than you, Tim McGraw crotch lover.

    Whose dick you like better -that fag Kenny Chesney or the three black dudes you bang in the back of your big green tractor?

  • @bensmith773 I'm glad you think you have better looking girls-more for me to bang when I have to go south. You'll be in the black gay bar having a good ol' southern time...

  • @highndry u think that southern girls like yankees sorry but they dont... oh yea the south aint got no gay bar like up north so i guess ur out of luck if u go south

  • @bensmith773 Whenever I go south, girls like it that I can put two sentences together. They like North penis, tell me all the Southern boys have nasty butt sex out by the silos while listening to Blake Shelton (I'll be your honey bee bro).

    I know you Southern gays dont like to admit going to the good ol boys bar...I hear ya......I wont tell Tyrone youll be cheating on him with Bubba

  • @highndry sorry but we dont have that down here thats y we dont let fags like u get married down here uhh have u ever heard the song ladies love country boys, yea not yankee tiny dick boys...if u hate the south so much then how do u know who blake shelton is and his songs sounds like somebody wishes theyre from the south..

  • @bensmith773 Sorry, dont know your country that well....but when I go South all I can find on the radio is country stations and preachers

    My damn cable company forces me to have three country music channels-I tried to get it removed-but the company must be run by a bunch of guys who like Elton John and country music

  • @highndry dont get mad just cuz the north keeps lettin fags get married... and the south will rise again and its way better then the north

  • @bensmith773 @bensmith773 Oh, come on, Ben, you secretly know you could be a winning Northern man! It sucks to have your country burned down by General Sherman and having to think about it for 150 years. The only thing the South will rise for is taking our restaurant orders and cleaning the toliets in Southern hotels for all us Northeners.

    Whats up with you obsession with the fags? Sounds like you secretly want to come out in the open with Billy Bob and tie the knot?

  • its weird how such a nice song like this ends up starting arguments

  • @1inAmillionsMAN hahaha i no iiightttt!!!!!!

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  • To all you redneck apologists-I laugh my ass off how all of you now claim the red neck flag is all about states rights, and nothing to do with slavery. The South seceded from the North so they could continue their version of "states rights"..ie..SLAVERY! The South then tried to defeat the North by invading its

    territory to impose there racist will on the country.

  • @highndry, the war began because Abraham Lincoln decided to hold the country together as one. And like the others say, if you want to debate over racism, find a racism video, or go to a debate group. This is a country music video, and all of us would prefer to listen to our music joyfully, without the worry of being persecuted by pessimistic, angry people.

  • @TheSomeguy0474 Before Lincoln started the war AFTER The South seceded from the Union because a) it wanted the new territories out West to be salve staes and b) Lincoln enforced the law barring any new slaves being imported from Africa, thereby driving up slave prices.

    I know most of you southern rednecks use the term Yankee the same as "nig$er". Smile to your face, then have the Southern code behind your back. Ive seen it with my own eyes. We in the North lnow what you are all about.

  • @TheSomeguy0474 THE NORTH is full of pessimistic angry people! ever been to Chicago or NYC? it's just plain sad. some people need to lighten up and have a glass of sweet tea

  • @taylorad1986 hells yea

  • @daisymayof95 get off the damn food stamps and stop feeding your fat face

  • @taylorad1986 Only problem is you like sharing your tea with all your black boyfriends...mama aint gonna be happy bringing all those dark boys home

  • @bensmith773 Go drink sweet tea and bang your cousin billy bob

  • @highndry

    Google the Corwin Amendment. Google memos that have been found, from Lincoln to various Southern governors...where Lincoln urged the governors to have their state legislatures vote on the Corwin Amendment.

  • @vrwcmember93192 You have taken things out of context. Lincoln tried to appease the South to stay in the Union in 1861. But, While personally opposed to slavery, Lincoln believed the Constitution supported it. His support of the Corwin amendment attempted to codify that belief, but the Civil War changed his opinion on presidential power. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, and in 1865, vigorously worked to pass the actual thirteenth amendment, which declared slavery illegal.

  • @highndry

    You copied and pasted that reply. It's cool though. You (the passage you quoted from someone else) doesn't address the point that the South was given several chances to stay in the Union and still able to keep the institution of slavery. Despite that HUGE fact, they still wanted to secede and become independent from the North. But anyway, enough of that. This isn't a video to have this old debate.

  • darius rucker is amazing!! <3

    the rest of you people shut up about him. seriously. its annoying everyone else.

  • i come on here to listen to the video and happen to scroll down to look at the comments and see all this crap. if you want to come to youtube to watch a video this is probably not the one for you if you think anyone and everyone in the south is a hick or a redneck. thats just ignorance.

  • YEAH!!! I'm from texas!! This song describes all of us down here:)

  • Im not a fan of the flag but its not about racism it is about pride and a willingness to stand up for what you think is right. Yes we had more slaves than the north but that's like me killing more people than you your still a killer meaning your still "racist" . Sure slavery was wrong but after the war when all the ex-slaves went north they were put into factories getting paid less than they need to support their family oh and don't get me started on what the north did to the Irish.

  • Great song, God bless you Darius and God Bless our Beloved Southland!

  • I'm from Texas, love the South, and am black. Not going to get into the whole confederate flag debate, just wanted to point out that this was not the point of this song at all. Plenty more to be proud of when it comes to the South besides the confederacy, which "culture" or not, is as divisive and issue as there is down here.

    Keep the tunes coming, Darius.

  • @eddietheaggie2010 from illinois cant wait to get down south. Feel like its where i belong

  • I'm all for vigorous debate and dialogue, and I hope it is realized, when all is said and done, that Rucker would be disheartened by this video if he were to come across it. He has regularly expressed his discomfort with the Confederate flag being featured on the State Capitol in Charleston, and even wrote a song featured on Hootie & the Blowfish's historic debut, "Drowning", which is in part a commentary on how the flag is a divisive symbol in his view.

  • @EmmanuelEndorphin don't take this as me disagreeing with you but the capitol of South Carolina is Columbia, not Charleston. And the confederate flag is no longer flown on the capital building

  • From the North, my dad is in South Carolina outside of Charleston...I can't stand sweet tea! I know they love it down there though

  • @mpcarolinagirl I live in SC too and know exacly what your saying :)

  • All I have to say about the debate on here...... CHILLAX... Ok? Darius is just a southern man, probably did not put as much thought into this song as a lot of you are making it...

  • NO SWEET TEA IN THE NORTH?!?!? WTF!!!!

  • @Stouts111 excuse us.. we're in a southern state of mind

  • Honestly this song is exactly how i feel! When you have grown up in the south and u move up north its completly differnet. I call everyone mam and sir, i wave at anyone in cars, love sweet tea, and am just used to everyone being so nice...good job darius couldnt of said it better!

  • Honestly this song is exactly how i feel! When you have grown up in the south and u move up north its completly differnet. I call everyone mam and sir, i wave at anyone in cars, love sweet tea, and am just used to everyone being so nice...good job darius couldnt of said it better!

  • i love darius rucker,  hes the man

  • all of you racistfucks i bet wouldnt say a goddamn word to his face...or anyone elses.

    keep rollin darius your the man.

  • @Stouts111 you know Darius is black, right?

  • every black person is not full of shit..just saynnn

  • @Stouts111 That flags not about racism. It's about personal rights and true freedom. It's about allowing people to do what they feel is right for them and not having somebody 1000 miles away making my decisions for me.

  • Folks, the civil war was 150 years ago. We, black, white & brown can be proud of who & what we are. I think you gotta be from the South to understand us. Kinda like Irish pride in New york or Scandinavian pride in Minnesota. But without the ethnicity attached. We like sitting on the porch with a glass of iced tea. Chilling at the swimming hole. Magnolias. Comfort food. Is that so bad??

  • @idgit2442 And if you know anything about he civil war it was nothing (or very little) to do with slavery. Northerners were JUST as racist as southerners... The south was right (other then about the slavery issue) and just like EVERY other country, slavery would have ended peaceably within a few years. The war was about federalism and forever it changed the nature of our country (for the worse).

  • @idgit2442 And if you know anything about he civil war it was nothing (or very little) to do with slavery. Northerners were JUST as racist as southerners... The south was right (other then about the slavery issue) and just like EVERY other country, slavery would have ended peaceably within a few years. The war was about federalism and forever it changed the nature of our country (for the worse). And just to be clear... I am FROM MN.

  • @macthomas I too am from MN (now live in TN) I TOTALLY AGREE with you on the issue of racists and that the south was right (other then about the slavery issue)

    I think it STINKS that there is NO sweet tea in MN! Iced Tea and Sweet Tea ARE NOT THE SAME!!!!

  • @1969Pati lived in CHI town for 2 yrs...... i would order sweet tea everywhere with no luck. and i got some of the weirdest looks. They also only had 1 chick-fila in the state at the time..... talk about cruel and unusual punishment having to drive 1.5 hrs for a chicken sandwich!

  • @1969Pati Go down to McDonalds, you can a big one for $1. Of course, your ass will be three times fatter than present.

  • @idgit2442 yea uhhh irish pride is boston buddy...... That just insulted me tht u ran us and new yorkers togethor

  • LMAO @ the random gucci picture.