General Discussion

and there are few people more critical of the state and its culture. I grew exhausted by it decades ago and were it not for my disability and my wife's anxiety disorder, I would have been gone years ago. I have tried and tried endlessly to talk her into relocating and she won't do it, even though she constantly claims to hate it.

The constant barrage of ignorance and hatred here is oppressive. I feel outnumbered, disenfranchised and endangered.

Many people respond to criticism of the South by pointing to the problematic beliefs and behaviors in other regions. That might be the case but I know what it is like to live here and it is discouraging. So many of the residents are consumed by social division, unearned arrogance and willful ignorance that dealing with them is burdensome.