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In reply to the discussion: I hope the south does break away [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)The south is big place and I haven't seen any of it. I understand much of it it is beautiful. I really want to see New Orleans someday.
You aren't fucked up. I don't know what set you off, but you're not the first Southern DUer to feel hurt and insulted by ill-thought out comments.
I live in Seattle. When I was a teenager, I was taking a Black history course. Pretty new back in those days. My teacher was a beautiful black woman. I asked her about the differences in racism between the North and the South. She said she preferred the South, because it wasn't hidden and your friend was your friend--or not. She felt like Seattle was more "smile in your face" with a lot more tokenism.
As far as Red states. Washington state is half Red really, Eastern Washington is quite conservative.
Western Washington carries the population.