Reply #29: Whoa - slow down there, babyreblin [View All]

Not all of us Southerns are that way nor do we think that way. We don't have that "mentality", as you put it. There are groups in the South, unfortunately, that thrive on the lack of education and use poverty and fear to promote their racism.

We are not all like this.

I was born and raised in Alabama and have lived all over the South. It has its demons, sure, but every region of the country does.

Lynching was horrible. There is no excuse it but for every person in that picture, there are hundreds more who were horrified and fought for that kind of evil to stop.

Don't paint us all with the same brush.

If you want to experience Southern hospitality at its finest, go to Charleston, SC or Wilmington, NC. (There are others, but I can't name them all here.)