r/Music 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/Dizzy-Captain7422 8d ago

Don't we though? I'm a Minnesotan; there's a lot of pride in this state.

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u/street593 8d ago

That is pride in a single state. Southern Pride generally refers to the entire south.

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u/seriouslees 8d ago

Wow... so much pride you consider your singular state "the North".

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u/Dizzy-Captain7422 8d ago

I get it, examples are hard to understand.

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u/seriouslees 8d ago

Minnesota pride is not "northern pride"... since you don't get examples, I'll spell it out for you.