There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.
There's no such thing as being too Southern.
I'm a Southerner.
You know, Southerners are pretty cool.
It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.
You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
I'm a Southern girl.
Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here.
Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.
I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country.
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