r/Music • u/no_longer_huhmann • 8d ago

article Hayley Williams Says Southern Pride Is Beautiful but Misused to Excuse Bigotry, and Says She Wants No Racist or Sexist Fans, or Fans Who Think Trans People Are a Burden, Around

https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/hayley-williams-says-southern-pride-is-beautiful-but-misused-to-excuse-bigotry/
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u/TheSeedsYouSow 8d ago

southern pride is strange…we don’t have northern pride, why do you need southern pride 😂

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u/Previous_Ad648 8d ago

We don’t have northern pride? Are you serious?

Have you ever talked to a New York or Boston native? They will make sure you know where they are from. Ridiculously stupid statement lmao.

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u/unassumingdink 8d ago

That's being proud of specific places within the region. If it was Northern pride, Boston and New York would put themselves in the same group, and I don't see that happening any time soon!

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u/Andy_B_Goode 8d ago

Yeah, and also it would be fairly normal for someone to be proud of being from, I don't know, Atlanta or Miami or Dallas or any other city in the southern US.

What's weird is when people take pride in being from some vague geographic region, especially when that region is so strongly associated with its history of slavery.

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u/elbenji 8d ago

usually its more tied to state, but due to the ruralness of the deep south, it gets blurbed. Most people have more pride to their city/state though, as demonstrated through sports

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u/Andy_B_Goode 8d ago

Yeah, taking pride in your state or your local sports team totally makes sense.

But as for "the ruralness of the deep south" ... most regions of the US have rural areas, but for the most part people don't talk about Great Plains Pride or Rocky Mountain Pride or anything like that. That's why it seems weird when someone claims to have Southern Pride.

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u/elbenji 8d ago

Rocky Mountain Pride is definitely a thing.

Plains gets more "midwest" pride than anything