Despite what you might think... (Reply #5) - Democratic Underground Forums

CherokeeDem

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5. Despite what you might think...

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 12:08 PM

Jun 2015

Southerners are not morons. We get that Gone with the Wind is fiction. What we don't get is why so many people choose to believe everyone who was born in the Southern US is guilty of the acts of our forebearers.

I m not writhing in shame about anything. I've fought for civil rights all my life... and I'm white and grew up in Aiken, South Carolina.

I am, however, ashamed of my fellow citizens who can not seem to separate their own hatred and bigotry regarding the South from reality and choose to demean an entire group of people when the majority are not guilty of the acts they are being accused of. Those who spread the word of white supremacy exists in other areas of the country as well. Or do you believe that is fiction?

My southern heritage is based on more than the War Between the States, it encompasses my ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, who worked hard to build bridges between blacks and whites... so many other things that some seem to never recognize regarding the South because it isn't convenient to the portrait they choose to paint about the Southern United States.

There is no question there are people in this country who resist equality of the races and have used the Confederate flag as their symbol. They chose the symbol they used, I didn't and the majority of Southerners didn't either.

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Southerners have got to realize that Margaret Mitchell was a writer of fiction. [View all] kpete Jun 2015 OP

Kicking AuntPatsy Jun 2015 #1

So was Newt Gingrich... Wounded Bear Jun 2015 #2

And ironically, that ass was born and raised BumRushDaShow Jun 2015 #3

But they're Southern by the grace of Gawwwd! kcr Jun 2015 #4

Ramp up the whining???? CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #6

I know. Spreading the hate of bigotry. It's so annoying, isn't it? kcr Jun 2015 #8

You should know.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #10

What is so bad about hating bigotry? n/t kcr Jun 2015 #11

Only certain kinds of bigotry though right npk Jun 2015 #15

Riiiight kcr Jun 2015 #19

At least your honest about it npk Jun 2015 #21

Well, yes. Yes, I am. kcr Jun 2015 #22

I think what Bree did was heroic.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #26

Worth noting that she didn't steal the flag TexasBushwhacker Jun 2015 #73

+1! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #75

There is nothing wrong with hating bigotry.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #18

Refusing to pretend that it's the same everywhere kcr Jun 2015 #20

It's not even the same in the South npk Jun 2015 #24

The government is its people kcr Jun 2015 #25

Wow ok file that away also npk Jun 2015 #27

I lived in the south for 15 years kcr Jun 2015 #30

this state does nothing to boast of its prior bigotry treestar Jun 2015 #46

My goodness... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #28

I must be, because at least I noticed that little detail n/t kcr Jun 2015 #31

LOL.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #36

My Southern state doesn't. Fawke Em Jun 2015 #79

southerners need to learn this lesson: YOU LOST - GET THE FUCK OVER IT Skittles Jun 2015 #78

Not "Southerners." Fawke Em Jun 2015 #80

a LOT of southerners Skittles Jun 2015 #82

I've lived here all my life and I still say it's, "some." Fawke Em Jun 2015 #83

SKITTLES, COLORS OF THE RAINBOW Skittles Jun 2015 #85

Thanks... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #88

The people I know in Arkansas are more fixated with Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #91

+1 Go Vols Jun 2015 #95

Despite what you might think... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #5

That was one giant leap you took..... kpete Jun 2015 #12

That is no leap... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #17

I did not write this. I insinuate nothing. I found the article thought-provoking. I shared it. kpete Jun 2015 #23

You posted it.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #33

I posted the link in my original post kpete Jun 2015 #38

Don't worry.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #45

What gets me is when they act like The South is the only place bigotry exists... cherokeeprogressive Jun 2015 #34

Thank you.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #40

And I thank you. One reason I'm rarely on DU is due to Texas and txwhitedove Jun 2015 #51

I know... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #53

bigotry exists everywhere Skittles Jun 2015 #84

Oh for God's sake, have some common sense. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #42

the will to be offended over this is strange treestar Jun 2015 #47

I don't think anyone CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #52

Nobody does insist anyone from the South is that treestar Jun 2015 #55

Liberals are outnumbered in lots of states.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #60

Don't invest so much emotion into a bug on your windshield. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #97

When someone decides to.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #56

... AnnetteJacobs Jun 2015 #61

Nobody is bashing all southerners. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #63

No they aren't.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #65

+ 1 DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #71

So where do you stand on flying the Confederate Flag? treestar Jun 2015 #43

If you read through these posts.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #50

OK if it's my heritage treestar Jun 2015 #58

It is your heritage.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #64

+1000 Fawke Em Jun 2015 #81

Thank you.... CherokeeDem Jun 2015 #89

Some Southerners are perfectly aware that Mitchell did not know the South lost the war ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #7

The book is more complex than the movie, IMHO Retrograde Jun 2015 #66

It's obvious a whole shitload of people have never read the book... MerryBlooms Jun 2015 #69

Well, the book did win a Pulitzer, and the movie a bunch of Oscars ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #72

Hear! Hear! I read Gone With the Wind in the eighth grade 1monster Jun 2015 #87

Northerners were involved in the slave trade. DamnYankeeInHouston Jun 2015 #9

Being a Northerner by birth Munificence Jun 2015 #32

Bull. Shit. Marr Jun 2015 #41

In 6 years Munificence Jun 2015 #44

I can't speak to your personal experiences. Marr Jun 2015 #48

No racism at all! But lemme tell you about those Italians though... NuclearDem Jun 2015 #49

I have a cartoon which shows someone from New York talking with someone from the West Coast.. jtuck004 Jun 2015 #54

I've seen bigotry both in the North and in the South. DamnYankeeInHouston Jun 2015 #59

OMG ann--- Jun 2015 #76

I'd almost bet Munificence Jun 2015 #94

No, he was ann--- Jun 2015 #98

But they did not insist on hanging on to the institution treestar Jun 2015 #39

"Northerners were involved in the slave trade." AnnetteJacobs Jun 2015 #62

But the ann--- Jun 2015 #77

Wow what absolute garbage npk Jun 2015 #13

The Alamo wasn't your's to remember... Dr. Xavier Jun 2015 #14

Preach it brother edhopper Jun 2015 #68

But you have to understand, some here in the South live and die in delusions of grandeur. Rex Jun 2015 #16

PBS film all about Margaret Mitchell happynewyear Jun 2015 #29

From your link, it doesn't seem that Margret Mitchell supported racism at all. 1monster Jun 2015 #90

We really don�t need more group hatred. bongo_x Jun 2015 #35

Exactly. They go on about their heritage but it was not a good one treestar Jun 2015 #37

I have lived in the south all my life. TNNurse Jun 2015 #57

Trust me... TeeYiYi Jun 2015 #86

Haven't you heard? This is now Dixie Underground SwankyXomb Jun 2015 #67

Any time some one tells me it's edhopper Jun 2015 #70

everyone forgets she wanted to call it DonCoquixote Jun 2015 #74

Lots of us do. GaYellowDawg Jun 2015 #92

Read the book, GYD.... You might be surprised to learn that it differs greatly 1monster Jun 2015 #93

I read GWTW as a teenager in the mid 70s. logosoco Jun 2015 #96

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