I grew up in Washington D.C, and it has become abundantly clear what a bubble that was. My school taught me the value of tolerance, understanding, kindness to others. We celebrated MLK day with real enthusiasm, and even when teenage cynicism blunted our fervor a bit, we still held on to those ideals. And so, we convinced ourselves that everyone, or most people, shared these basic principles.
Well, as this election proved abundantly clear, I was wrong. But, if that wasn’t proof enough, Alabama just held a referendum as to whether or not to amend the state constitution removing the clause which calls for segregation. And it failed. The people of Alabama decided that they’d rather live in the American dark ages. The South hasn’t gotten over the Civil Rights movement; hell, they haven’t gotten over the Civil War. I think all the bad government we’ve had over the last ten years or so may be their revenge.
