A brief glimpse into the insanity in my area

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http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/rnr/3226771731.html

Let's see here. Starts off with "clever" naming. Quickly progresses to false accusations, bad spelling, and massive irony. More ad-hominem, followed by a healthy dose of bigotry and discrimination.

The level of stupid in this is just mind-boggling. I couldn't help but laugh out loud as I was reading. Sadly this isn't a comedy but a valid representation of how many in the Deep South actually think. I am surrounded by people such as this on an almost daily basis.

In order to be a "true 'mericun" around here, you must adamantly hate and blame everything on Obama or any other Democrat (previously Bill Clinton, etc...), vote Republican every single time, hate and blame everything on Atheists, Mexicans, gays and "librals", and generally push for a greater integration of church and state while claiming that your majority religion is the one being persecuted.

These are the types of people who surround me. Now, I don't mind if you don't like me on a personal level. But understand this is what I am constantly bombarded with. Understand that, even in such an environment, I have not been reduced to such a level. Understand that I have grown up in this environment all my life.

Also understand that we are products of our environment and perhaps even if you dislike me you will see that I am perhaps "less bad" than I could have been, given my environment.

I may wish I could have grown up someplace else, but we do not get to choose where we are born and raised. I did not have the resources many of you take for granted. Things you may consider "basic" I did without. I worked hard to get an education in spite of all this.

By the way, education was discouraged at every step, from the classmates who dismissed it as being nerdy to the professors who try to "break you". You are then rewarded with people who hate you for having "one 'o them thar cawlage dagrees so you muss think ur better than rest a us".