I lived most of my adult life overseas but as a native Mississippian when I returned to the South around 1996 I discovered that my tolerance for South-bashers had waned considerably. I detest them and their know it all self righteousness. They never reflect on their own skeletons in the closet...they only dance on the bones of ours. One thing we have that they don't ....and never will... is a sense of community and belonging to somewhere where it matters....
The only thing worse is a Southern South -Basher.....if one is weak enough to sacrifice their own heritage on the altar of political correctness then well....they are just weak, soft....putty... pliable...don't stand for anything ....can only whine...basically what's wrong with our nation.
Regards...and an across the river from the east bump to ya.