Oh, absolutely about the shift in reactions. Even now, some words I just can't say in a flat-manner -- that is, the multiple-syllables and swing of my father's Georgia accent or my grandmother's Mississippi accent show up... and it's like a neon sign went on over my head that says, "Stealth!Southerner, now revealed!"
But on the other hand, maybe posts like this can start a slow swell of Southerners banding together to point out to the rest of the nation that maybe it's time we stop this shit. Even if that does mean forcing the rest of the nation to recognize its own complicity.
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Date: 12 Jan 2011 06:22 pm (UTC)But on the other hand, maybe posts like this can start a slow swell of Southerners banding together to point out to the rest of the nation that maybe it's time we stop this shit. Even if that does mean forcing the rest of the nation to recognize its own complicity.