Southerners have been too polite for too long.
That is because our mother’s and grandmother’s taught us to be polite. We were to treat the fellow on the street as if he were your next door neighbor. That was 55 years ago when I was a young fellow. Not any longer mind you. We could go to bed back then with only a screen door latched on the front and rear of the house. No solid door shut at night during the summer. My home did not have a lock on the front door until after my father died and we put one on for my mom. But, today, I have an alarm, several weapons, to keep my home safe. When I was a kid growing up on our street, there was 12 house on the block. 8 of those houses were family of some sort. We watched out for each other. The world today sucks. I actually do miss the old days. Back when people were decent and not a bunch of ass holes.