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In reply to the discussion: I'm from the south. [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)Sorry about that.
Again, look in the mirror and assess whether your own criticism of northern feathered plumage is also founded on bias.
In my case, since this OP uses biographical information, I started my working life around the time Ronald Reagan was elected. That means I have spent my entire working life pushing against the headwind of conservative bullshit economics. Now, I understand how hard it is for the left to gain headway in the south. I'm aware of Nixon's southern strategy and LBJ's remarks about losing the south for a generation. But a part of me wants to ask the political left, "Where the hell have you been? You didn't find me, I had to find you." And that is from someone who understands the wisdom of the liberal social agenda for the last half century. And add to that the fact that it was the true blue north that has been the epicenter of a global economic collapse through those same bullshit conservative economics. Do you know what southerners see when they look north today? Carpetbaggers packing luggage full of NINJA loans and plans to send jobs overseas.
How many articles appear that tell us that liberals are smarter and more courageous than conservative southern rednecks while at the same time the left let Wall Street New York fuck us for thirty years? The question to ask is not necessarily how the south is screwing up, but how the political left in this country has failed to help the region of the country that needs it most.
I'm reminded of a line from Prizzi's Honor,
Charley Partanna: Marxie Heller so fuckin' smart, how come he's so fuckin' dead?