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Liberals are still getting the South all wrong
New York Post ^ | 6/23/15 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 06/24/2015 4:28:24 AM PDT by NJRighty

‘Lots of folks expected us to do something strange and break out in a riot. Well, they just don’t know us,” the Rev. Norvel Goff told the packed, multiracial congregation of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, on Sunday.

It was the first service since the horrific slaughter of nine innocent souls by a racist fanatic.

Not being a Christian, I can only marvel at the dignity and courage of the victims’ relatives who forgave the shooter. If I could ever manage such a thing, it would probably take me decades. It took them little more than a day.

Less shocking, but almost as uplifting, was the conduct of the broader Charleston community, which has been unified and dignified, despite the expectations of some in the media — and the accused gunman, who’d singled out Charleston because of its success at racial integration.

And this points to Goff being right, not just about Charleston but about the South in general.

There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation than Dixie.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: charleston; confederateflag; dixie; jonahgoldberg
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To: Texas resident

That does not surprise me in the least.


121 posted on 06/24/2015 6:44:14 PM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: Tax-chick

I LOVE collards.


122 posted on 06/24/2015 6:46:23 PM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: Tax-chick

Yes, he took cold in the chapel at Washington & Lee. Some people, I think, suspect he died of a stroke. Years ago, when I visited W&L, a docent called me “a Yankee” in a nasty way. Last year, they couldn’t have been sweeter or kinder. Beautiful campus.


123 posted on 06/24/2015 6:51:08 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: MagnoliaB

Thank you very much. Raised and been in the South my whole life.


124 posted on 06/25/2015 3:55:59 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Fledermaus

“They eventually moved back to Chicago.”

Great story.......so the plan worked! lol


125 posted on 06/25/2015 3:57:35 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: miss marmelstein

I heard “your” song on the radio this morning. Barbra Streisand.


126 posted on 06/25/2015 8:16:25 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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To: Tax-chick

How odd.


127 posted on 06/25/2015 8:48:18 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: miss marmelstein

It’s a cute song. “Yetta Tillye”


128 posted on 06/25/2015 9:32:16 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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To: Tax-chick

Oh, yes, it’s cute. I heard her sing it in concert several years ago.


129 posted on 06/25/2015 10:16:23 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: miss marmelstein

It was on the Sirius Broadway channel.


130 posted on 06/25/2015 10:23:32 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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To: Tax-chick

Oh, now I understand. I couldn’t imagine it being played on the radio.


131 posted on 06/25/2015 10:39:17 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: miss marmelstein

Not the “radio” radio ;-). We often listen to the Broadway channel. #3 daughter, Sally, who is 15, is something of a performer. She was in a revue with the homeschool association recently; they did Broadway and movie-musical songs.


132 posted on 06/25/2015 10:41:33 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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To: Tax-chick

I have Sirius but always forget to listen to it. I have at least a hundred B’way albums but only play them in the car. I don’t think I have Wholesale, though.


133 posted on 06/25/2015 10:44:21 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: miss marmelstein

I try to remember to take a book on CD with me for any trip of more than 15 minutes.


134 posted on 06/25/2015 10:47:10 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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