[UA] American attitudes and things

[Eric Bertish]

Mark Lowell wrote:

> 
> You know, this brings up a question I've long had.   Now, I've never 
> been to the South (unless you count Maryland), so maybe things are 
> different then they look like to us Yankees.   But it seems like the 
> South a) regards itself as the most patriotic, most "American" part of 
> the country; and b) is rather proud of having attempted to secede from 
> that country.   Why is that?   I don't want to start any political 
> arguments, I'm just curious-it's a question I've been wondering about 
> for a long time.

Probably because America was founded on the spirit of "Screw you, 
England, we'll leave if we want to."  Thus, rebellion is inherently 
American. :)

And Maryland is... complicated. Geographically Southern, politically 
Northern, culturally mixed. Consider it the Demilitarized Zone.