#maybe its bc i'm a historian specifically researching the alabama eugenics movement but the incest jokes are cruel and ignorant

[taylorhebertstherapist]

man I'm still pissed off that after posting a poll on "should i add incest to the alabama poll" that united states poll blog responded to the rightfully angry people pointing out how disrespectful that was with this

"but we've never been to zoopy"

1. do you seriously think the stereotype of poor rural alabamians as stupid inbred hicks is appropriate to compare to a popular movie. do you think repeating a classist piece of eugenicist rhetoric actively used to justify apathy and cruelty towards the impoverished people of a specific region is comparable to "Mr. Zippy Goes to Zoopy." Do you think that Southerners angry about being reduced to at best a malicious lie are comparable to people mad about a silly movie. and.

2. If. In your own words. "We've never been to Zoopy" then don't you think it might be even more important to not perpetuate harmful stereotypes about people from that region, people who have told you extensively why that stereotype is so harmful? it's fucking feigned ignorance. and while they didn't end up putting incest on the poll they just put "home sweet home alabama" like that doesn't mean the same damn thing. i hope they get beat with rocks