[Non-Sequitur]

You state that southerners don't love their country, not that they place State loyalties before country!

No, I'm stating that southerners place love of country no higher than second place. So how can you claim that southerners love their country like no other state when they place state above country?

Clear enough?

[M. Espinola]

The element referred to as 'neo-confederates' when speaking to non-Southeners, always speak their state first, then 'the South' or 'Dixie', followed by country, avoiding the usage of 'The United States' whenever possible. Many have also been observed using this 'Southron' term in place of being Americans.

If someone from the Northeast happens to be visiting or vacationing in a Southern state, displaying articles of clothing with anything printed about their particular home state, there is an automatic double standard among the ones in question.