"I just got burned by friendly fire, you have me mistaken for Yankee scum. I assure you that I am on you side."I know that you're "my people". My ire is directed at the ignorant and hateful northerners on this thread, and in the world overall. It's as if they were raised with anti-Southern propaganda, and never made the effort to cure themselves of their ignorance as adults.
I hope you will accept my apology, FRIend.
Thats it in a nutshell. There are so many seemingly harmless comments right here on FR that portray southerners as stupid inbred hillbillies, that it makes my blood boil. I watched a documentary on TV once that put the blame on some yankee news guy who came to Appalachia to write a book on the southern people and he came here with preconcieved notions and because he was met with suspicion, went back and wrote a book very unflattering to the south and her people. The narrator said that because the southern mountainous regions were so isolated and inaccessible, the book became the accepted word about the south and it stuck. To me, the southern people are a gentle, quiet sort of people who would give you the shirt off their back, but live life at a slower gentler pace. They have a LOT of pride. Southern hospitality is real. I'm talking about the true southerners, not the transplants and illegals and prejudiced riffraff that have moved here and then trash us and try to change our beloved southland.