Civil Wars

[derrida]

Yes, anywhere you go in the world there are cultural scars of wars past, and no wars are as bitter as civil wars- even the low-grade animosity between the French and the British is almost as deep rooted as north vs. south here- and they havent been at war for centuries.

The victors may write the history books, but it's the losers that hold the grudges. Wars are seldom truely over.

Us northerners couldnt really give a shit about the south, but the very concept of "yankees," or "carpetbaggers" or a slew of other shit looms way large in the collective southern consciousness- and its a generalization to say that those feelings of resentment etc. only occur among the people you call rednecks, lots of highly educated people feel that way.

The disparity in amount of mental energy devoted to the topic is alot like how your average white person doesn't think about racial issues nearly as often as say, your average black person.