Reply #145: Hey!!! The same page

[southlandshari]

is where I think you and I will find ourselves here if we listen to each other. Please understand - my post on the northwest U.S. was in direct response to another post on how great it would be if the South helped the Northwest achieve annexation into Canada and thus save big bucks currently going out of that region and into subsidizing the economy in the southern states.

I understand (and posted this earlier) that your original post wasn't necessarily aimed at denigrating all Southerners. Your original post was in no way offensive to me as a Southerner. Some of the replies, however, have been thoughtless and simplistic by comparison.

You are right that my post said the same thing about the Northwest that has been said about the South. So no need for anyone to be defensive, right? Apologies on my end if I seem thin-skinned. I'm the first to admit the flaws of Southern history and our current state of affairs. But I won't smile and nod along with those who call all Southerners a bunch of ignorant sh#$kickers. I didn't count you in that number.

Peace?