If you don't have anything nice to say...
Some guy at work was telling me about a recent business trip he had in Memphis, Tennessee, and the conclusion he came up with, after spending a few days there and mixing with the natives on a bus ride to Graceland, was that Tennesseans shouldn't vote. I guess this is the opinion of an liberal elitist northeastener who considers himself enlightened because of a brief trip down there.
Some people up here seem to have an odd perception of the south, which I don't quite understand, considering they've most likely never gone down there. Whatever the perception may be, it comes across as naive and condescendingly superior...a sense of superiority they really don't deserve.
Anyway, I have no desire to make people feel like condescending assholes, at least on purpose, so I didn't mention that my sister, who has a Master's degree and plans to vote for Obama, lives in Knoxville, a fantastically vibrant city by the Smokey Mountain National Park. I suppose I could have lit into him, but what's the point? If he somehow got a negative impression of Tennessee, and by extension, the south, he might just be less inclined to visit again, which just means fewer assholes in a state I happen to love.
*On second thought, maybe I should have said something...oh well.
1 comment:
The South is all the better for it. Keep the holier than thou northerners outta there, unless they feel like dropping money. I mean, to the guys credit, it's not like the south invented jazz, rock and roll, the blues, modern American literature, space travel, meteorology, civil rights, or anything important.
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