Or who immigrated in the 1870's with the intention of stripping the South naked and seizing the fruits of the land, enjoying them in adverse possession to the interest of its People, and of organizing emancipated slaves into a (possibly murderously) hostile political adversary force whose assigned mission was to be a political "hold down" operation against the South, while the 'baggers pillaged her?
Lot of history there, amigo, and a lot of ugly imagery that Southerners can't forget. And shouldn't.
Bad blood.
" Or who immigrated in the 1870's with the intention of stripping the South naked and seizing the fruits of the land, enjoying them in adverse possession to the interest of its People, and of organizing emancipated slaves into a (possibly murderously) hostile political adversary force whose assigned mission was to be a political "hold down" operation against the South, while the 'baggers pillaged her?
Lot of history there, amigo, and a lot of ugly imagery that Southerners can't forget. And shouldn't.
Bad blood."
Wow. I feel for ya! That's sure a lot of baggage to haul around. How the heck do you get out of bed each morning.
;)
You should learn from the past....but don't live in it FRiend.
Either sue for reparations or get over it.
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.