The Hypocritical Bible Belt South

 As an example for progressive living, the Confederacy does not apply.  As an indigenous geographical destination, a place that hangs and beats freed slaves for sport cannot be considered progressive.  While over a century has passed the blood that courses through the veins of Red State Southerners hasn't changed.  They still believe Donald Trump should be President.  As a measure of progress or just plain literacy, this sentiment seals the fate of the American South.  It is primitive.  You better not sleep with your neighbor's daughter, because she is reserved for the immediate family.  The genealogical results of inbreeding are evident in the South.  What is more alarming is that the North Carolina General Assembly can't see past their own property lines.  Tim Moore resigned under the shadow of a settled extramarital affair, and Phil Berger continues to cement North Carolina legislation with gerrymandering, limiting the Governor's power, and quietly supporting a criminal ex-President.  Red is alive and well in North Carolina, and it remains the red in redneck.  The education lottery continues to fill the coffers of Raleigh's electorate, while schools and teachers attempt to remain solvent in near poverty.  Meanwhile air pollution in Cumberland Country threatens to choke the life out of everyone.  It is a matter of national defense Ground Forces Command would say.  Or is it those Generals traveling to Georgia and DC in those polluting charter jets?  What's in Georgia?  You can answer that question for yourself.  That Fire and Brimstone rhetoric was just a way to scare folks into submission, and Televangelism is no different.  Instead of shoring up local infrastructure by protecting the environment and conserving resources, Raleigh whores out North Carolina to the next convenient company with tax incentives.  (like revenue is going to save a burning and choking planet)  We embrace human trafficking, drug abuse, and violent crime because we are too hypocritical to offer the things people really need.  We could learn a lesson or two from other nations who have been around longer.  Need some loving?  It is not unusual.  It is not a sin.  It is a natural human trait that makes us human.  Without sexual desire life would be mostly what it is today, an angry, vindictive, plea for recognition.  If you wanted companionship, perhaps you should start with love or friendship.  The angry declaration that you are not a woman or a man is pointless, and society shouldn't have to deal with you.  You must deal with yourself.  You can't love someone else until you love yourself.  Need some loving?  What is the world's oldest profession?  No one would scorn you, except those who won't get your dollar.  They want it all for themselves.  Best to keep the natives restless and hungry.  If you gave them what they wanted, they might become content and well adjusted enough to offer a substantial contribution to society.  We can't have that.  We must keep tearing America into pieces under the auspices of the supreme autocrat and dictator emeritus.  The problem is he only is a dictator in his dreams, and staining America's blue dress with his vile semen wreaks to high heaven.  America is tired of smelling it everyday for breakfast.