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In reply to the discussion: I'm from the south. [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)I see posts condemning the South for things all the time...when the South is hardly the problem. It USED to be, but not any more.
I remember as far back as Bush Jr..... There was this post about some atrocity the Bushites had done that went something like; "Damn them! Rummy, Cheney Bush....Jesus Christ I'm sick of Southerners running things!" My reply was : "Rummy is from IL, Cheney is from WY, Bush is from CT, and Jesus Christ is from Galilee. None of the people you mentioned in your post are from the South."
There's a poster over on Rachel Maddow's blog who regularly condemns the South for anything the GOP does, and claims all of them are just Southerners who moved elsewhere, and talks about a "southern mentality" that has spread over the whole country.... as if stupidity and prejudice and privilege were just Southern things.
I know people who simply will not step over the Mason Dixon Line....and fear the South.... but they'll go to AZ and AK, no prob.
I understand exactly where this Op Ed is coming from. It may be talking about something ridiculous, but the Op Ed is not ridiculous.