It wasn’t that long ago that a wave of secession petitions bombarded the WhiteHouse.Gov website. It was quite the inspiration that started off with one man from Louisiana and spread like wildfire to all former 13 Confederate states. This act gave hope to those who wish to maintain their Southern Heritage, Culture, Independence and Dignity but one quote from a Southern Belle during last night’s Miss USA pageant makes this writer now question if we can ever salvage any of our culture.
During last night’s contest actress Wendy Malick asked Miss Alabama , Mary Margaret McCord, the following question. ( From the Beta Beat blog ):
“Government tracking of phone records has been in the news lately. Is this an invasion of privacy, or necessary to keep our country safe? Why or why not?”
To which Ms. Alabama replied:
““I think the society that we live in today, it’s sad that we go to the movies, or to the airport, or even to the mall, that we have to worry about our safety. So I would rather someone track my telephone messages and feel safe wherever I go, than feel like they’re encroaching on my privacy.”
After giving her answer the crowd cheered. It is a sad thing to witness. Supposedly one of the South’s best and brightest stating that she is willing to give up her privacy, her freedom to “feel” safe. It is even sadder when one wonders if this is how the majority of Southerner’s feel, especially when you think that 150 years ago Southerners were willing to risk everything, their lives, their property and their wealth to hold steadfast to what they believed was the original intent of the Constitution by our Founding Fathers who authored it.
She's just an accurate representative look of our entire society. The concept of liberty has been carefully turned on its head to where it now means freedom to live as government determines.
ReplyDeleteA large part of us that's for sure.
DeleteJust another stupid bimbo.
ReplyDeleteIf they're on TV programming, the most charitable viewpoint would describe the interviewee as a useful idiot.
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