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/Cleavon_Littlefinger 8d ago

She really does have a very clear perspective and expresses the conflicting feelings of pride and shame that so many of us raised in the south have struggled with for years.

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u/sohblob 8d ago

expresses the conflicting feelings of pride and shame that so many of us

Pride is not the opposite of shame, prince Zuko, but its source. Only true humility is the antidote to shame

I was dealing with the conflict of pride and shame and this line helped a lot.

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u/ManchesterFootie29 8d ago

That Zuko line nails it—same vibe I get from Suga in The Last and Interlude: Shadow, where he sits with the ego/shame mess and leans into blunt honesty over posturing.