The author said that the South is socialistic because of the majority of military bases being positioned in the South, and that we kept most of our bases while more of the ones in Northern areas were closed. HUH??? Does he equate socialism with support for the military? I don't get it.
And then he said that Southerners are masters at being offended. Maybe it's because they've given us so much experience.
I remember once when I was in high school, a step/cousin about my own age whom I had never met came for a visit. She was surprised that we had indoor plumbing and not outhouses. Hollywood has stereotyped us here just like they used to stereotype African Americans.
Has anyone else ever noticed that in most films, if there's an ignorant or backward man, he's a wife-beating, child-molesting racist drunk with a Southern accent and religious beliefs? Oh, and a gun.
When I joined the Navy in 68' I actually had a guy from California ask me if we wore shoes!
They don't understand. The National Endowment for the Arts is socialistic, but if Congress commissions art for the Capitol rotunda, that is not. Welfare is socialistic, government paying people to do what government wants done for its own purposes is not.