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DECRYING PREJUDICE AGAINST THE AMERICAN SOUTH . . . in The Guardian? ?Oddly, the same people who di?

By Glenn Reynolds

DECRYING PREJUDICE AGAINST THE AMERICAN SOUTH . . . in The Guardian? “Oddly, the same people who disparage us also have love affairs with our culture. They ridicule us and then profess their love for Nina Simone, Austin, Johnny Cash or Louisiana’s crawfish etouffee dish when it’s trendy. This brings me to my favourite specimens: cocktail party progressives. You know the type ? can’t converse without referencing the New Yorker. Pretentious, self-congratulatory liberals who applaud their own humanity while mocking the south.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 13, 2010 (boomark / email).