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It also bears mentioning that as a 44-year-old southerner myself (from a multi-generational line of Atlantans) who was never taught to use 'sir' and 'ma'am' (nor were any of my friends that I can remember...excepting those that came from religious families perhaps) that there are behaviors and attitudes attributed to Southerners that are not universal truisms. The south isn't all moonlight and magnolias and Colonel Sanders. Much of it is just like anyplace else.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
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