Reply #139: What do you make of this? [View All]

[southlandshari]

Reflecting on this post, I find it interesting that I have felt a lot of frustration at the stereotypes and generalized bashing of the South since the election, but have not found much of anything in posts about right-wing fundamentalists that has really offended me in that same time.

I have felt that the majority of posts involving politics and the Christian faith have been more accurately worded than those involving the South. In other words, it has felt to me that more folks understand that there are "good" and "bad" Christians than those who also believe there are "good" and "bad" Southerners. Sorry for the oversimplified terms (good/bad), just trying to keep my point clear.

I certainly feel more of a bond to my faith than I do than to my hometown and the geographical region in which I live. Friends here know I have no problem wading in to challenge what I see as overly broad stereotypes here. I'd be much quicker to defend Christianity than Alabama if both were equally maligned.