Reply #7: I don't know where you live in Atlanta and/or who you know [View All]

[RubyDuby in GA]

but I couldn't disagree with you more.

I will give you that the South stubbornly remained an agrarian society when the North was industrializing in the 1800s. But today, especially Atlanta, the South is leading the way along with Silicon Valley in technology.

With that out of the way, yes the Republicans have taken hold of the South. Why? Because they've been quietly laying their foundation while the Southern Democrats grew lazy and complacent. Now we find ourselves in the same situation the Republicans were in for so long here.

The South was the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement - because it had to be. Things were grievously unjust here and had to change. And like then, things must change now.

My main thought when I read your post was that you're just another whiny, Monday morning arm-chair quarterback who thinks they have all the answers. Well, of course, hindsight is 20/20.

And if you don't think there are people with the complexity to take back the South from the Republicans and usher in a progressive era, then I just don't think you've been looking in the right places.

I'm not trying to be harsh, I just completely disagree with your assessment.