>>On the subject of the tolerance and compassion of North Carolinians - our neighborhood is mostly people who were born and raised here in North Carolina, and we find them to be as tolerant and compassionate as any people we've ever met, and more so than many. We're the minority in our neighborhood of mostly African Americans (we're a European-American and a European-Canadian). We've experienced no intolerance at all, and our neighbors have been nothing but kind, compassionate, and very welcoming.<<

I wasn't talking about the black people of that state who are indeed very fine people as they are in South Carolina. You know what people I'm talking about. Jesse Helms didn't get sent to Congress like the thing that wouldn't die because of their votes. Eric Rudolph didn't flee there because he loved the wonderful black folks. They don't key the door of your rental car and then don't have the courage to admit it.

>>Broad brushes, 282RA. Know what I'm saying?<<

They're not all that broad. You deliberately skirted the issue of what I was talking about because I'm certain nobody here thought my dislike for North Carolina had anything to do with the black people living there.

>>Or maybe I'm suggesting you consider trying a little more tolerance and compassion for others.<<

Yeah, I'm sorry I passed all those Lynch Laws. Just couldn't help myself.