Mean Spirits ‘Teabillies’ Bring Shame to the South

A leftist newspaper editor bemoans the fact that ‘mean’ white Southerners did not embrace a couple of diversity pimping federal lackeys who believe Muslims should not ever EVER be insulted, or otherwise have their feelings hurt. Comment section to article is open…

by Pam Sohn

I can count only two times I’ve ever been embarrassed to be Southern or Tennessean.

The first was when I was a child and George Wallace was grandstanding on television with a crowd of toothless and drawling supporters around him. I thought: Oh, no, now the whole country will think none of us have teeth.

The second was when I read the newspaper Wednesday morning and learned that U.S. Attorney Bill Killian was jeered by a roomful of people who have forgotten that their ancestors once were immigrants here looking for freedom to exercise their own religion — one that wasn’t so welcome in England or Germany or Ireland or any number of the many countries our great- and great-great- and great-great-great- grandparents came from.Times Free Press reporter Ben Benton watched the circus Tuesday evening and said some 350 people were in the room and many were shouting things at Killian, the man who defends their rights to live safely all over East Tennessee day in and day out.

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