Anger is an Energy

We liberals like to pride ourselves on our tolerance and inclusiveness, but in light of the “kill-'em-all, let god sort them out” attitude of the evangelical “Christian” right and Republican conservatives towards us, I’m feeling less forgiving than ever, and apparently I’m not alone. My favorite bug-eyed rant (so far) comes from The Stranger, a left-wing rag out of Seattle, in their “Urban Archipelago” piece, which urges all of us city dwellers (who live in “islands of sanity, liberalism, and compassion” across the U.S.) to tell the red state/rural/non-urban folks to piss off and advocate for public policies that solely benefit cities (“urban identity politics”). Oh, and we should kill any legislation and/or funding that helps rural America. Yes, it’s ugly to wage war on our fellow Americans, and it goes against our country’s proud, pluralistic tradition, but what choice have the conservatives and evangelical "Christians" left us?

And for those who don’t mind an incredible abundance of potty language, the screed F*ck the South is a brilliantly guilty pleasure for us effete, intellectual, snobby, but incredibly ANGRY, Yankees.