[myheroesareDeadandRegistered]

Thanks for posting this. Good read.

I've always heard liberal whiney babies reference the supposed anti-semitism crap about the South, blah, blah.

My father was born in the heart of the "Heart of Dixie" and the culture that is supposed to entail. I've also heard him sing the praises of a jewish man he once worked for. This fellow was 'salt of the earth' and 'genius' rolled into one. In his life he'd made three separate fortunes. The first was taken by the Nazis in the 30's and his second was stolen by Mao and Co. Of this man, my (white, southern) father said: "That little Jew was the single, best man I ever did know."

[paul_fromatlanta]

>>I've always heard liberal whiney babies reference the supposed anti-semitism crap about the South, blah, blah.
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Let's be frank - there is plenty of anti-Jewish sentiment in the South.

I grew up in the Southern Baptist church confused as to how God could love the Jews in the bible but all the good Christians looked down on them.

Fortunately I was ignorant of Jewish last names and didn't realize that a quarter of my school was Jewish.. by the time I figured it out, it was impossible for me to stereotype since the Jewish students were just like everybody else - mostly nice but some not so nice, mostly smart but some not so smart, some athletic, some not.... everybody should be so lucky as I was.