Yes, your post provides powerful evidence of that.
>I
>grew up during the civil rights era down there and saw
>the howling mobs of bigots. I think the star and bars
>is a symbol of evil. I incurred eternal hostility in
>Jr High School by pointing out that Lee, Jackson,
>Davis, were traitors who were lucky to escape with
>their lives. My first girlfriend was black, and would
>have been worth our lives to walk hand in hand on the
>VA side of the line in 1971. So don't tell me about
>the South. You don't know shit.
How strange then that my perception of the South as a hellhole aligns perfectly with the anecdotal info you provide.
>What I find intriguely
>stupid about your view is it's selectivity. No
>response to my evidence of racism, violence, and since
>you mention it, backward education in the North. You
>want to try the Chicago or Detroit Public Schools?
Fine let's avoid selectivity. If you compare the quality of public education in all the states of the old Confederacy with all the rest of the US I suspect the South will come up short on every indicator.
>...Your position is vile because it is
>mere prejudice underpinned by unjustified hatred and
>it is profoundly antisocialist.
Hmm, my impression is that it's the South that's profoundly antisocialist, in which case you woul be profoundly wrong here.
>Having concluded that
>you are a fool and a bigot and are determined to
>remain so, I will now cease to communicate with you.
Conclusion and cessation duly noted.
>You may have the last word.
Thanks, y'all, it's been fun!
Carl
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