"I guess it was intended for the southern market..."

Because there's no racism anywhere else and southerners are all racist.

I'll never understand why people think it's okay to lump all southerners together when pointing fingers at racists. It doesn't invalidate the point that racism is bad, but it points to a similar type of discriminatory thinking on the part of the person making the comment.

I think of it more as a cultural statement than "literally everyone in the south is racist." The southern states have a history that, while short, is densely packed with subjugation and slavery of minorities, and the effects of that slavery still echo in its culture and social structure today. For example, there is significantly more opposition to interracial marriage in the southern states than in the northern states.

Even if you think black people are people, if you live in the south and are white, you likely still benefit from remnants of this history/culture in some way.

Its also worth nothing that "From the southern US" is neither a protected class nor a vulnerable population.

Okay, so even if we accept the notion that it’s okay to stereotype all southerners because of the history of the region and prevailing political views, does that excuse all other regions of any racism? (Not really looking for an answer there.)

I really think the joy in pointing the finger at the south really derives from pointing the finger anywhere else but here. It’s a form of denial. Come up with whatever excuse you want, you’re still guilty of a similar type of divisive thinking as those you are attempting to deride.

The South is not a culture, it’s a region. You need to come up with better labeling.

I don’t enjoy this type of conversation. I’m not trying to win an argument or piss anyone off, I’m trying to enlighten but failing. It’s wasted words, so I’m done with this. Peace.

"Southern" is an adjective that can be applied to many things. Its just as much a region as it is a culture. You need to come up with better arguments.

I really think the joy in pointing the finger at semantics and whaddaboutism really derives from refusing to accept criticism of any kind. Its a form of denial.

Edit: The "I'm not looking for a conversation or argument, I just want my opinion accepted as enlightenment without reservation" is exceptionally entitled.

quick question. your skin is which tone??

Dial tone.

so creamy off white then

You guys still have all those monuments to the terrorists who tried to stage a coup so they could own black people.

Maybe we'll talk after you take those down.

you guys still treat your natives the same as we treat ours. so get the fuck off your high horse and stop acting like your farts dont smell like maple syrup.

THEY TOTALLY SMELL LIKE FUCKING MAPLE AIR FRESHENER DUDE. IT'S NOT OKAY!

I'd do this as an edit if I knew how, but it seems almost designed to normalize and desensitize you to violence against people that might resemble the doll. “Just grab it firmly by the legs…and as you whack the ‘feel good doll’ do not forget to yell I FEEL GOOD, I FEEL GOOD.”

Should I feel guilty that I was reading "I feel good" with James Brown's voice in my head?

I knew that you would.