Why Won't Dixie Die?

[luna_k]

This is certainly interesting. Apparently, there's a community in Utah founded by displayed Southerners in the 1850's that is trying to hold on to the Dixie heritage. From today's WaPo:
To many, "Dixie" is a place name for the generic South. To others, particularly African Americans and those sensitive to their feelings, the name harks back to

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[luna_k]

Hey West Virginia! My grandmother's family was from Charleston and Huntington. It's a beautiful state, a formerly solid Democratic state too, and I can't believe Dubya snatched it out from under us. Grrrr.

For the most part, even all the closeminded rednecks here seem to know that waving that flag is pretty much like waving a swastika (another symbol that has benign origins, but we all know what it represents now).

Exatly! See, that's what I try to tell people, but I guess in parts of the country people don't want to see Earth Logic.

The weird thing is, she's a liberal lesbian, so I was shocked at her speech. But I guess being raised in Texas explains it. :/

The Texas thing has a lot to do with it, but you know living in the DC area I'm shocked at how many gay people I meet who are staffers for Republican Senators or working at GOP think tanks, and perfectly happy to go along with their gay lifestyle while working for people who want to destroy their rights. Some people have a way of looking at the world that makes absolutely no sense to me.