Because there are not enough threads about the South on here lately...

[Jamastiene]

51. I wanted to be able to Rec your post, but I disagree with a couple things.

The American Civil War was the American Civil War. I would never call it "the War of Northern Aggression."

Also, I can't gloss over the amount of ignorance and prejudice down here. I love my home too, but I have to admit there is too much ignorance and racism and other prejudices down here more that most other areas of the country. That doesn't mean we are all racist and ignorant. Not at all, but it does mean I believe liberals in the south have to put up with a bunch of backassward assholes more-so than in other areas.

Otherwise, I do agree with the majority of what you say about having to put up with the hatred we get for being liberals in the south from conservatives in the south, only to come to DU and be hated for being from the south. It's like we can't win. We get hated at home and on DU. There is no respite from the unprovoked hatred directed at us. We get it everywhere.

I'm one southerner who has never voted Republican in my life, has always voted for the Democratic Party only, and doesn't plan to change that no matter how many conservatives in the south hate me for it OR how many liberals on DU hate me for it. My politics are pretty much set in now and I feel how I feel. I'd never vote for a damn Republican no matter how many Democrats on DU hate me because I was born, raised, and live in the "wrong" part of the country.