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Post by Brenda on Sept 18, 2023 7:03:21 GMT -5
Tell someone from Virginia and West By God Virginia that they are not southern and you might have a fight on your hands. I have relatives there so I have been strongly corrected.  I live in West Virginia. I don’t consider this the south, and I don’t think of myself as southern. I’m Appalachian. Geographically, both Virginia and West Virginia are mid-Atlantic states. They’re neither in the north nor the south. Historically, Virginia was part of the old Confederacy, so perhaps they do think of themselves as southern, but West Virginia was a Union state during the Civil War. Culturally, I don’t know how Virginians think of themselves, but most West Virginians don’t consider themselves northern or southern. They’re Appalachian. |
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Post by Sussie of Teckelhut Acres on Sept 18, 2023 9:34:46 GMT -5
I think thats pretty much were it lies in their minds. If your state was on the confederacy side, you were southern. My step daughter lives in WV and she states that not everyone considers themselves Appalachian. I think a lot of it has to do with what region a person is in and how far back the roots go.
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Sept 23, 2023 20:07:42 GMT -5
I think some people are reading too much into things. Overall I never saw the Walton ladies being disrespected by the men folk
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Post by Livie's Friend on Sept 26, 2023 5:41:06 GMT -5
Since this keeps popping up in "Recents", I thought I would weigh in...
One of the reasons I believe the Waltons was so successful was because it was "real"; we could imagine our families saying and doing things such as the children arguing over something or the adults in frustration saying something they really didn't mean but blurted out in a moment of anger. Kind of like "real life".
Thankfully, back when it was filmed, there wasn't such a spirit of offense that analyzed every word that was spoken. I found nothing offensive in anything that was said. If it was a harsh word, it was to make the audience see how upset the person was. We knew that wasn't their real belief.
The Walton men loved their women; it was very clear. The women and young women were very much loved and respected, in my view. I love being a woman and I love being treated like a woman by a man.
“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life For A Life
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Post by Easton on Sept 26, 2023 7:28:34 GMT -5
“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life For A Life That is an amazing quotation. Thank you for posting it. |
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Post by Livie's Friend on Sept 26, 2023 8:14:05 GMT -5
I'm glad you liked it, Easton. It's one of those quotes I read as a young woman and never forgot.
It has saved many a relationship ;0)
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Post by Easton on Sept 26, 2023 8:23:40 GMT -5
^ If anyone is not sure what a metaphor is, that is the best example I've ever read.
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 27, 2023 6:52:12 GMT -5
Since this keeps popping up in "Recents", I thought I would weigh in... One of the reasons I believe the Waltons was so successful was because it was "real"; we could imagine our families saying and doing things such as the children arguing over something or the adults in frustration saying something they really didn't mean but blurted out in a moment of anger. Kind of like "real life". Thankfully, back when it was filmed, there wasn't such a spirit of offense that analyzed every word that was spoken. I found nothing offensive in anything that was said. If it was a harsh word, it was to make the audience see how upset the person was. We knew that wasn't their real belief. The Walton men loved their women; it was very clear. The women and young women were very much loved and respected, in my view. I love being a woman and I love being treated like a woman by a man. “Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life For A Life What a beautiful quote. And I completely agree on all counts. I think both Olivia and John and Grandma and Grandpa had very loving relationships, firmly rooted in mutual respect. Like all loving relationships, there were disagreements along the way. We are all flawed human beings, and that is what they were trying to reflect in these characters. I think they did it beautifully. |
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