Posted by Racer on May 1, 2006, at 20:47:48
In reply to Re: Bashing the South, posted by BrianBoru on April 29, 2006, at 8:38:46
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> Call it bigotry if you want, but bigotry always begins with an element of truth.Please look at that last statement, and apply it to any of the traditional explanations for why segregation was a good thing, or why Blacks outnumber whites in our prison systems, or any other of the thousand anti-Black beliefs that we lump together under the name Bigotry. Can you see how damaging it can be to say that "bigotry always begins with an element of truth?"
Here are the things I'd like to tell you about this thread:
1. Something truly terrible happened to you, which should not have happened.
2. You have found this place, where a lot of people are trying to offer you support, and understanding, while you recover from it.
3. This site has civility guidelines that govern what can and cannot be posted here. Included in those guidelines is a prohibition against posting something which could make someone feel accused or put down.
Saying that the South is backwards may seem just a statement of fact to you, but the Southerners here are likely to feel accused and put down by it. That makes those statements inappropriate on this site. The penalty for breaking the rules is being blocked from posting for a varying length of time. When someone here posts to you something that sounds like "Please be civil," that's your warning. If you repeat the behavior, you'll be blocked. Rules of the site.
Frankly, I'm very sorry that you're generalizing what happened to the entire population of the American South. That strikes me as very sad, to lose out on any good that might be contained, because of the actions of how many people? Half a dozen? Can you imagine how you would feel if a white person told you that s/he wouldn't talk to you, because another Black person had done something in the past? Quite aside from the civility guidelines here, it seems a bit hypocritical to say, "all white Southerners are alike."
Peace
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