Thanks for seeing humor, not an attack. I actually enjoy the South and have spent good time everywhere from Jackson, MS to Raliegh/Durham area to the Florida Panhandle. I'm a native NYer and couldn't see myself living there (way to slow and family is here) or frankly, anywhere else, but I certainly see the attraction.
I have many dear friends from up north. We jokingly call each other redneck, hillbilly, yankee, etc.
There are good and bad folks in every region.
Although I've never been there, in the aftermath of 9/11 I learned to respect the many good, honorable people from New York.
I'll go ahead and admit it, those idiots you see on the Cops TV show, we do have a lot of those here in the South, it's a result of decades of inbreeding (no kidding).