I'm not going to link to any of it, but any time something bad happens below the Mason-Dixon line, we are ahem treated to all manner of hateful comments regarding the South. So progressive! I'm not going to pretty this up with any real writing, either. My point is simply this:
I don't know who the fuck you think you are, but your part of the country is no better than any other part of the good ol' U.S. of A. So, all the Kossacks currently living in and/or hailing from the South would really appreciate it if you'd evolve enough to not habitually mischaracterize and insult an entire region of the country.
I'm really sick of it and you'd be hard pressed to convince me others weren't as well. So, all y'all, kindly knock it the fuck off.
I present to you a partial list, off the top of my head, of asshat politicians decidedly not from the South:
Nixon
Reagan
shrubya
Cheney
Fitzpatrick
Walker
Christie
LePage
Hatch
Kasich
et fucking cetera
Now I present a partial list of America's other problem children who are also decidedly not from the South
Focus on the Family (Colorado)
Rush Limbaugh
Mormon interference with Prop 8
Speaking of Prop 8, if I recall, most of the anti-equality efforts have been in more northern climes
Palin
Kansas, where they recently decided that domestic abuse wasn't something the police should be bothering themselves over
et fucking cetera
If you cannot/will not refrain from insulting people in an entire swath of the country, then you must hereby immediately forswear enjoying/appreciating of all of the following:
molly ivins
jim hightower
steve martin
chicken fried steak
cornbread
brisket
peaches
oranges
dr. pepper
pecan pie
LBJ
huey long
The Clintons
Janis
Willie
R.E.M.
bluegrass
james mcmurtry
his father
Texas Instruments
your Dell computer
our very own Nurse Kelley and countless other Kossacks
et FUCKING cetera
Thanks for listenin'. Y'all come back now, y'hear?