I don't want to hold the actions of 19th Century carpetbaggers against present-day Nothern migrants to the South, anymore than I want Northerners to hold it against me that most of my ancestors were Confederates. Besides the ancestors of most Northerners immigrated to the US after the 1870s, and it hardly seems proper to hold them to bear for the sins of overzealous Radical Republicans.
As well, there are plenty of more proximate reasons for sectional enmities in the U.S. today (witness the much-discusse Red State/Blue State divide), so I don't need to go back 130 years to find things to get my blood up. In truth, there are many Northerners with whom I presently have much in common. For instance, I feel very at home amongst conservative rural-types from WI, MN and MI.
Well, that's the whole topic of this thread, isn't it? Like,
When is that going to stop happening??
For instance, I feel very at home amongst conservative rural-types from WI, MN and MI.
As well you should; well, there are some good friends to be had there. I had some good friends in Minnesota when I was a boy. Always wondered what happened to them.