Re: Southern vs. Northern violence
On May 7, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
I do not think so, upper classes are generally portrayed as strong
and powerful, both physically and mentally, and only occasionally
benevolent. The sissification is merely a populist caricature of the upper
classes.
Well, yeah. You may have noticed that populism has deep roots in the
U.S. Even our president, progeny of the Yankee elite, pretends he’s a
yahoo. There was a hilarious article in the NYT over the weekend
about how W, who chews with his mouth open, was preparing for the
state dinner for Queen Eliz. You can be sure that he didn’t learn to
chew with his mouth open in Kennebunkport or at Andover (even if
Andover is no St Paul’s).
Doug