My point is that the elephant in the room is in EVERYONE'S room, not just down here eating gumbo and drinking moonshine while waving a rebel flag. Most of the states where Kerry won had the same hair's breadth split between his winning and losing. Let's talk about the elephant. Let's figure out a way to drive it out of the room. I'm all for that. But let's stop pretending that this elephant's ass does not extend from L.A. to NYC.
The south does not have the monopoly on racism, ignorance, or fundamentalism. Some of the worst racism I've ever seen was actually far outside the south. I don't expect anyone to be more understanding of regional differences...chances are they won't be unless they come and live down here for a while. What I do expect is for people to clean their own house before they come and start gleefully and maliciously pointing out the dirt in my corners.
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Date: 2004-11-07 03:07 pm (UTC)The south does not have the monopoly on racism, ignorance, or fundamentalism. Some of the worst racism I've ever seen was actually far outside the south. I don't expect anyone to be more understanding of regional differences...chances are they won't be unless they come and live down here for a while. What I do expect is for people to clean their own house before they come and start gleefully and maliciously pointing out the dirt in my corners.