Alabama sends message: We are too broke to care about Civil Rights/Voting Rights

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45. You seem quite eager to let the south secede.

I'm just reminding you who lives in those states you want to throw out of the country.

The leaders of the civil rights movement could have fled north but they chose to stay in their "heartland" and fight for change at home. The new black families coming to the south are not doing so because they want to live under the rule of racists and bigots. The changing demographics in the south will lead to a power struggle that ultimately the good old white boys will lose. It won't happen overnight any more than the civil rights movement accomplished instant equality, but it will be achieved.

No one knows better than those of us actually living here how difficult it is to overcome the racism that this OP highlights. The civil rights movement succeeded with a lot of help from northern liberals. It would be nice to have support now instead of the constant south-bashing that DUers seem to thrive on.