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Re:E Pur Si Muove by dmode on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:19PM (#15925843)
Considering that 50% of the people in the Bay Area are foreign born, and have no experience of the South, I find your comment "a self-righteous, smug and viscerally hostile attitude to other parts of the country" to be hyperbolic. May be you are projecting based upon a few interactions ?
Re:E Pur Si Muove by tlb on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:49PM (#15926212)
People don't need to have experienced something firsthand in order to have a "self-righteous, smug and viscerally hostile attitude" towards it. In fact, they are more likely to be hostile to things they haven't experienced. This seems to be genetically programmed, as it transcends cultures and history.
Re:E Pur Si Muove by kelukelugames on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:43PM (#15926142)
Have you seen this clip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYRkzznsc0

The man is an elected official in Alabama. Also an idiot and a bigot who think only Christians can be elected to Congress. It's okay to look down on him for being ignorant, but a lot of the comments attack his regional accent. That's not okay.

Re:E Pur Si Muove by dmode on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:43PM (#15926818)
Exactly right