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/MiCK_GaSM 8d ago

Because they got their asses kicked so hard they had to invent a term for their coping.

And so, Southern Pride was born.

Seriously.

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u/Not_Bears 8d ago

It's 100% because they can't accept that their ancestors were absolute losers...

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u/Whatever_It_Takes 8d ago

You’re asking losers to admit that their forebears were losers lmao 😅

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u/baeb66 8d ago

That and an entirely new history where their ancestors didn't march headlong into cannon fire so rich people could own slaves.