(August 14, 2013 at 4:21 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: ...but I guessed that in state politics one could still be concerned over ones national image beyond state borders.
There is no national image too shameful for the ultra-religious. They believe everyone else has problems by looking down on them.
(August 14, 2013 at 4:21 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: So the stereotype further gives evidence for being not based on reality and not an biased notions?
It's still a false generalization. There are many people in the south that realize that racism is wrong, but there are enough racist assholes that it makes its way into legislation and much of that seems to be concentrated in the south.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
