[sportutegrl]

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/neilyoung/southernman.html

That was actually a response to Young's song slamming Southeners. My pet peeve is idiot yankees and others who like to stereotype ALL Southerners as racists, especially the movie and music industry. Typical movie about a backwards racist southern town full of hatred where an enlightened yankee comes down and shows us poor saps the error of our ways. (Warning: My sarcasm filter is off)

[Fred Hayek]

It's also typical of the view that Minnesotans have of the South (especially Texas).

[Beckwith]

idiot yankees and others who like to stereotype ALL Southerners as racists, especially the movie and music industry.

They ain't yankees. They're Californians, much, much worse.

[Tokra]

My pet peeve is idiot yankees and others who like to stereotype ALL Southerners as racists, especially the movie and music industry.

And MY pet peeve is Southerners who like to stereotype Yankees as "idiots".

Practice what you preach.

[Darkwolf377]

That was actually a response to Young's song slamming Southeners. My pet peeve is idiot yankees and others who like to stereotype ALL Southerners as racists, especially the movie and music industry. Typical movie about a backwards racist southern town full of hatred where an enlightened yankee comes down and shows us poor saps the error of our ways. (Warning: My sarcasm filter is off)

He wasn't slamming all Southerners. Just because there isn't a line saying "I'm not slamming all Southerners" doesn't mean he is doing so. The defensiveness of many Southerners in this regard has always been curious to me. Bringing in the "typical movie" reference out of nowhere is equally curious--what movie are you talking about as being typical of this mindset?

I'm merely playing devil's advocate here, but Young was singing specifically about one type of person who actually existed/exists. Denying that is irrational.