Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "Guess Which State Is Considered an Undeveloped Country by the UN" video.

These comments shock me. That a state within the continental United States "is considered [what amounts to] an undeveloped country by the UN" is not just a condemnation against that state, but the entire country. People point at how backward the Alabamians are, and how they do nothing to improve their conditions, and how they wear their poverty like a badge of honor...as if this isn't one of our 50 states. And as if we aren't just sitting back and doing nothing, wearing the poverty within our nation like a badge of honor. We see the right-wing violence, the riot at the capitol, the rise of hate groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, and how these people vote against their own interests, and yet see their living conditions not as a national problem, but as a result of being red. But these things are connected; our states are connected. And their problems become our problems.
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@vivianbozeman6178 This video is about showing empathy with people who live in Alabama. Then you, from Alabama, come on here and call other states trash. Are you trolling? Do you really not want anyone to show empathy or sympathy? In another 60 years, the United States will likely have no land left that can be farmed. So your children won't be able to live off the land. What then? To say nothing of medicine, schooling, etc.
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You're pretty. :)
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"apparently they like living like that or they would stop voting for theses idiots!" So just don't care at all? I mean, what can we do? I get that part. But we can still care. Maybe that doesn't accomplish anything. But it keeps us from turning into heartless jerks.
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@jacejan3128 We have what amounts to undeveloped countries, within our borders. It doesn't matter how insane they are, or if they're proud of how they live. Does it matter how insane a homeless person is? Do you really think (if they're insane) that their pride is actual pride? This.Says.Something.About.Us. Our country, our way of life, and what we assume is American exceptionalism. Not caring about them means not caring about ourselves. Now...What can we do? I don't know. Nothing? But we can acknowledge it. Because if we refuse to acknowledge a problem, the problem gets worse. This is a warning light turning red in your car.
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The "entire" south? Really? Nothing is absolute--except that statement.
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@starlightanddreams1317 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ73Q4DwrGM (From the Simpsons.)
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Ah, the old "I know you are, but what am I" argument. Well, the UN didn't call those "blue states" undeveloped. Did they? And, even if they were, let's assume you're 100% correct, then what does that change about Alabama? Nothing. Your argument is whataboutism.
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@Jimi_Lee "No, the point is that we have problems everywhere. Blaming people who live in Alabama only stokes resentment and division." You make a good point. If you had written that, instead of "Sounds like Rebel HQ is trying to start a civil war," "Parts of Southeast California are more dismal than anything you'll see in Alabama," then I would have agreed. There are problems everywhere. But Alabama was singled out, and with good reason. Pointing to those other areas doesn't change what Alabama is like. However, Alabama is part of our country. And, therefore, what's happening there affects and reflects on us all. But we can't just say nothing is wrong there, either. The resentment and division comes from their condition, not from pointing it out. And it is that resentment and division which is already happening, before it was pointed out by the UN. So saying otherwise is untrue. That resentment and division is caused by their impoverished way of life. The country abandoned them, like it did Flint, MI, like it did the homeless, like it has done so many times, to so many groups throughout history. And now that resentment has stormed the steps on January 6th; it forms groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. And it will continue to build and fester until it erupts.
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@Jimi_Lee "So pointing out divisive speech is divisive? Ok, thanks" I didn't say anything like that. Why would you even assume such a thing? I said: "The resentment and division comes from their condition, not from pointing it out. And it is that resentment and division which is already happening, before it was pointed out by the UN. So saying otherwise is untrue." Notice the first sentence? "The resentment and division comes from their condition, not from pointing it out." To which you replied: "So pointing out divisive speech is divisive?" See? You assumed the opposite of what I actually wrote, even though what I wrote is right there.
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@Jimi_Lee "Sorry, you lost me with all of the superfluous text. Sounded like I should have been nicer. Yes, my second response summarized the original statement more succinctly." Thanks for agreeing with me (when I had agreed with you) and insulting me in this same post. God a' mighty, talking with people on the internet is like playing Russian roulette with a handful of rattlesnakes.
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