Josh on "shared experiences"

I'm going to venture a guess that Bass' identity as a white conservative
might, bluegrass aside, indeed have something to do with his excitement at the
prospect of neo-confederate secession, and that other Southerners - white
conservatives or not - might be somewhat more skeptical about what features
other than size these "Christian Exodus" types are looking for in their new
community. They might also question the idea that Southerners are all united by
"shared experiences" of the Reconstruction and the Civil Rights movement. Seems
to me that being sprayed with fire hoses for non-violent protest of American
Apartheid and being one of the ones holding the fire hoses are very different
experiences to have of those events, and that the zeal of some to pull out of
the union and found a nation they find more in keeping with their "values" only
evidences how deep that division runs.