[Conservababe]

Are true southerners the people who are still fighting the War Between the States? Do you mean Confederates?

Well, Lord help me...please forgive me for having to mention religion, politics and the War of Northern Aggression in my post.

Yes, we southerners are still fighting for states rights against the incursion of the federal government, just as we did the first time around. As conservatives, we should be 'confederates' in that cause. The 'noth' has caved in and given up, it seems, but we're still fighting.

Valerie, I am proud of my southern roots. And those roots go deep, as with most true southern folks. By 'true' I mean those that were actually raised (reared) in the deep south (not transplants) who have heard the voices of their great grandmothers.

[ValerieUSA]

Forgive my missing southern snobbery gene.
My father was born to an unwed teenage domestic worker in Detroit during the depression, and his family moved around a lot - as has mine since my husband died. No roots to write about. No great resentment to harbor for generations. No superior heritage to be proud of..... just plain Americans of today sans the old Euro-style elitism and feuds.