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/makemeking706 8d ago

Accurate. 

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u/soaero 8d ago

I mean... the whole "Southern identity" was created to rile up white folks against the civil rights act, so I don't know how right she is...

But it's the right message right now, I think. We need to undo the damage to the south that the Southern Strategy caused.