And this apparently makes a good number of our northern friends, particularly on the east coast, disgruntled. But a number of northern opinions reflect the South as being outside what is considered to be the American norm.  There’s a great deal of nostalgia about an earlier way of southern life and romantic notions about southern life today. No, it’s a reconstruction of bigoted and outdated northern attitudes that have held both north and south back for many years. ********We say grace, and we say “˜ma’am,’ If you ain’t into that, we don’t give a damn.”