Interesting Coincidence or Just Stereotype?  


As former resident of the south for 14 years, where I raised my kids up through elementary school, I always resisted the idea that the south was "different". Sure folks still remembered the War Against Northern Aggression down there, much more so than seemed reasonable, and I did encounter a very real resistance to Carpetbaggers like myself, though for the most part I personally enjoyed a waiver on that.

...Apparently the south has risen again, and it's about gotten to the point where it is calling the shots in our country. 


I found this on the web , and couldn't resist posting it here. The implications are clear, but is this a coincidence or something real?

As former resident of the south for 14 years, where I raised my kids up through elementary school, I always resisted the idea that the south was "different". Sure folks still remembered the War Against Northern Aggression down there, much more so than seemed reasonable, and I did encounter a very real resistance to Carpetbaggers like myself, though for the most part I personally enjoyed a waiver on that.

But still, there appears to be something to this. Apparently the south has risen again, and it's about gotten to the point where it is calling the shots in our country.

And I have one less sobering map to show you. As you might guess, this is a Canadian perspective. The term "Jesusland" is derisive, but still perhaps telling. Is there something about being religious that helps one to overcome the apparent contradictions of the practice of slavery? It's all about not letting inconvenient facts and inconsistencies get in the way of revealed truths, I guess.

 

Posted: Sun - November 7, 2004 at 04:56 p.m.         | |

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