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High noon in the garden of polite and evil: the ugly truth about “Southern hospitality” (by a guy who grew up there)

Posted on 2012.09.13 by winterSmith 9 comments

I grew up in the South. I have lived roughly 33 of my 51 years below the Mason-Dixon and past the occasional trip for business or to visit friends and relatives I shan’t be going back. The reasons are numerous, but the one I’m concerned with today involves that most sinister of myths. I’m referring, of course, to Southern hospitality. To

Democracy & Elitism 2: performance elitism vs privilege elitism, and why the difference matters

Posted on 2009.12.02 by winterSmith 84 comments

Part two in a series. “Elite” hasn’t always been an epithet. In fact, if we consider what the dictionary has to say about it, it still signifies something potentially worthy. Potentially. For instance: e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism (-ltzm, -l-) n. 1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived