Rutledge
Master Sergeant
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All,
NY:
You kind sir are not leaving this thread. No sir! Any man who has the minerals to go "down south" during the 60's Jim Crow days has my respect. I won't go "down south" even today except for I-10. The last time I was there (Montgomery, Alabama) I went to the MLK monument, downtown and MLK's church on a Saturday. It was empty...eerily empty. NO visitors, tourist...nothing. Then on the way back we stopped at a Mini-Mart and I went to take a leak. On the wall was a flyer for tonights Klan Meeting...TONIGHT. Man, I couldn't get the hell out of there faster. That was in 2000 and I have never forgot it.
This is a good thing folks.
John from Texas
As a born and bred southerner, with deep southern family roots, I find your above comment reprehensible and grossly ignorant. But then again, sure, maybe that bathroom at the mini mart was a perfect symbol for the entire region.
I’ve also lived, as an adult, in the Midwest (3 different states) and Texas. Every place had its fair share of nimrods. Hmmmm, perhaps we have met.....