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Originally Posted by centaur532
Yes, saying I'm glad I don't live somewhere is truly bigoted. What was I thinking?
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Well, from the context as well as other comments you have made, it's pretty clear what you were thinking. You were thinking that the South is a backward, irrational, ultra-conservative, way-too religious place where people don't think for themselves, embrace creationism, are ignorantly horrified at the thought of gay rights and same-sex marriages, and don't have the idea that "everyone should get to be happy." It is a place that does not share your values and that you, therefore, would not be able to tolerate. Which gets us to "bigot."
It's alright. You can admit it. I wouldn't want live anywhere other than the South, and I can assure you that my feeling is due to largely to prejudices about other parts of the country, expecially the Northeast. (Well, that plus the weather and the accents.) I am, therefore and in this regard, a bigot, and I do not apologize for it at all.