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I am not sure what this has to do with loneliness. And I am not sure why you feel the need to emphasize "Confederate States" when it has a name: Southern Courte

by cjslep 8y ago

I am not sure what this has to do with loneliness. And I am not sure why you feel the need to emphasize "Confederate States" when it has a name: Southern Courtesy. Having growing up in the region and both given and received Southern Courtesy, it's more about community building and less about breaking out of loneliness. When a bunch of Yankees moved into town during my childhood, they also were quite friendly but just in a different way. They're people too and I find the whole distinction rather silly anyways. Both groups have their nice folks and both have their mean folks. Also it's perfectly fine to be alone, as it doesn't mean you have to be lonely.

tempabc11789 8y ago
The conclusion from the article was: Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had. My point is that the neighbourliness of the southern states in no way healed the sectional rift. Ie the author didn't backtest his theory against history. So either the authors conclusion doesn't follow from his premise or the conclusion is unrelated to the rest of the article (which I did read), or the last paragraph is not a conclusion or the whole article is just nonsense?