Alabama, Please Don't Go There!

Alabama, Please Don't Go There!
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I am a Southerner, born in Kentucky, raised in Florida, my ancestors actually fought with the North in the Civil War. But I get Alabama, worked there years ago, and I understand, even empathize with its anxious white culture stuck in a time warp.

You’ve just got to get over it folks. The Civil War is long gone. That’s why it’s called “Gone With The Wind.” Charlatans dragging you back are no better than email scammers claiming you’re entitled to an imaginary fortune.

Sadly, Roy Moore feeds a distant intolerant past. There’s an inferiority complex in Alabama he cynically perpetuates. Elect another George Wallace and you become a national laughing stock all over again, thus more reasons to feel inferior.

Alabama has a shot at joining our century, rejecting antebellum lunacy. Do it. Please.

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