Reply #34: Thank you too [View All]

[pmbryant]

I found your other post via the search function. I liked it very much. Here it is, for everyone else's benefit who didn't see it the first time:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=83724

united we stand; divided we fall

Let me just start by saing that I've felt tremendous anger this week as result of the election. My anger isn't directed just at B**h but also Faux News and any of the other pundits who seem to pander to the right. In a fit of rage I made the statement that wnayone who voted for Bush would not be welcomed into my home. This offended my partner althought he and I both have relatives in the South. I was venting.
HOWEVER, I must tell you that this article from the theregister.co.uk offends me as does the writing at info@f**kthesouth.com because I am from the South. I now live in NH. I love it here but over the weekend I spoke to a friend in my native TN who voted for Kerry. She was equally horrified that the idiot won another four years. Over one million of her fellow Tennesseans voted for Kerry. Millions of people voted for K/E in the so-called 'red states.' We cannot discount these people. They're on our side.

I think it's divisive and unproductive to lump everone in the 'red states' or everyone in the 'blue states' altogether. Nearly half the people of NH voted 'red.' We barely made it into the blue column this time. God knows we have our share of gun-loving rednecks in the North Woods.

Senator-elect Obama talked about the 'purple states' at the convention in Boston. That's what we need. That's what we are. We'll never win the hearts and minds of the moderates who happened to vote for the idiot if we antagonize them into thinking we feel superior because we're from a 'blue state.'

Don't misunderstand me. Rage is justified. But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember the millions who 'get it' in the South, Great Plains and Rockies. Don't let the bi-colored media maps distort reality. There are millions of heart-sick Southerners and others who fought hard and they don't need a region-bashing on top of this loss.

In the future, to win, we must heal the differences and focus on the positive. A POSITIVE MESSAGE! Dignity and respect for every human being always, eventually, succeeds.

Glad to have you at DU, n2dfun!

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--Peter