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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He didn’t intend it to send a divisive message, in fact, the opposite. He’s apolitical, thinks the media is divisive, wants people to see what’s common between them. It will be unfortunate if it’s used as a political tool. That isn’t his intention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNqvfMrYdNo[/quote]

He wants people to see what’s common between them by [b]dividing the north from the south?[/b] He thinks that echoing the divides of the civil war is the best way to be apolitical? He must be pretty dumb or you are completely wrong about his motives.[/quote]

How in the hell did he divide the north and the south?  [/quote]

What part of "North of Richmond" did you miss?  Did you actually even bother to listen to and think about any of the lyrics?   Seems glaring that you haven't.[/quote]

Dear Lord.  You are totally misunderstanding the title and the lyrics.

"Rich men north of Richmond" is a creative way to refer to the politicians in DC.... a city north of Richmond. 
He is not dividing the north and south.  [/quote]

NP born and raised in RVA (which is relevant). In Richmond, and in other parts of the state, they don’t like people from NOVA coming down to the general assembly and acting as if their votes matter more, they deserve more of the tax money, etc. There is an us vs them. There is a NOVA vs ROVA (and I hate that term, but it’s been used many times on these forums before, in derogatory ways to describe all the Virginians that live outside of NOVA as if we can be lumped into one “other” pile.

So the writer/singer is from Farmville. I imagine he grew up hearing similar sentiment that people from NOVA think they’re better and smarter than us and look down on everyone else not from NOVA. That the delegates and state senators from NOVA are entitled when they come down to Richmond. So all of those people NORTH of Richmond (probably really north of Fredericksburg) are snobs and we are tired of them trying to tell us what to do because in fact they’re not smarter or better.

That’s it. It’s pretty simple. [/quote]

This right here. People can attach or see whatever it is they want to see, but IMO this is the sentiment behind the song. You have to be from Richmond or other parts of Virginia (outside of NOVA) to get it. This was my immediate gut reaction to the song and I am from a county west of Richmond. And I am not surprised the writer claims to be moderate in politics, most native Virginians really are. [/quote]

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