Orange_Crush
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Generalization? I clarified to make sure it was clear that I wasn't calling all modern southern culture or all redneck culture stupid--merely the idea of committing violence over words to protect honor.The fact that you are too obtuse to understand how stupid of a generalization your comments are makes it useless for me to argue.
Temper has nothing to do with where you are from, what color you are, or how intelligent you are. I like Sowell, but that is dumb.
I'm glad that you like Sowell, as his study on the matter was very detailed, historically attributed, well researched and documented. The Irish-Scots brought a very uneducated and violent culture to the old south. The old south was known to be a culture that was very violent and such violence would erupt at the smallest perceived slight--over the defense of honor. Sowell tied that culture (which he argues has been largely supplanted in southern whites) further, through slavery, as the root to (what he refers to as) the current black ghetto culture. Especially as a black writer, this made him very unpopular with many.
So, to reiterate, I am not and have not meant to say that all rednecks are stupid, nor the southern culture in general. I am a proud southerner, born and raised. I am, however, saying that a subset thought within some southern culture--that one should commit violence on another because of perceived slights, or in some futile effort to 'defend' honor from verbal insult--is stupid. It is a product of irrational, ungoverned violent time and place that can be replaced with better responses today.
If, in my brief treatment, I worded any of those thoughts in ways that offended you, it was unintentional and I genuinely apologize. If you are still offended by this most recent clarification, then so be it. There is no reason for either of us to lose sleep or peace over it.