"The town itself played a part in Donald's excellent outcome - the roughly 3,000 people of Forest, Mississippi, who made a probably unconscious but clear decisi

"The town itself played a part in Donald's excellent outcome - the roughly 3,000 people of Forest, Mississippi, who made a probably unconscious but clear decision in how they were going to treat this strange boy, then man, who lived among them. They decided, in short, to accept him - to count him as "one of their own" and to protect him." People ask, "What am I missing living on the east, or west coasts?" I might be stereotyping, but you are missing people who care, or just don't act like they care. There's a sense of morality that is just not here. (I don't want to argue with anyone. This is just my opinion.)