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  • From: Brendan Love <brendan.love AT mac.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Regional bashing
  • Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:59:01 -0500

I understand these points, but when all is said and done, I'd still rather hang out with this guy: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/47785163.html



On Nov 10, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Jbtroy1 AT aol.com wrote:

My own little brother sent me the fuckthesouth site, at which point I felt
compelled to point out to the traitorious little bastard that I'm a Southerner
and he is, too. Nothing worse than a self-loathing anything. Those among us
who like to consider the WHYS while contemplating the WHATS would point out
that there is this factor called *history* that yields what one might called
*effects.* But if you prefer to assume that Southern people are just
congenitally inferior and that regional slamming is an intelligent contribution to
political discourse, you won't want to delve into anything that complex. As
someone else noted, it serves little purpose to insert regional bigotry into a
conversation about what happened November 2, 2004. I'd rather break bread with
someone with whom I disagree strongly on idealogical issues than drink a beer
with a so-called fellow traveller who wants to use his/her bigotry as a salve
for nursing our shared defeat at the polls.

Actually, the issue that is raised here, the questionable intelligence of
assuming thus and such about a region without exploring underlying causes, of
dividing people further with invective rather than finding ways to bring much
need unity to a common cause, also applies to the problem of what to do with the
Bush voter. I've done my share of bashing the Bush voter, but maybe it would
be wiser to find out what it will take to reach that person instead of
priming him/her to make the same mistake next time.
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