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title: "4 Confederate Quotes By John Shelton Reed"
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> [I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/i-can-see-why-many-southerners-black-ones-in-particular-don-t-like/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/any-southern-nationalist-movement-especially-one-that-wraps-itself-in/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/maybe-we-ve-been-brainwashed-by-130-years-of-yankee-history-but/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [Every time I look at Atlanta I see what a quarter of a million Confederate soldiers died to prevent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/every-time-i-look-at-atlanta-i-see-what-a-quarter-of-a-million/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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## More by John Shelton Reed

> [Drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/drive-a-hundred-miles-and-the-barbecue-changes/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [As long as there are Japanese tourists, there will be a market for the Old South.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/as-long-as-there-are-japanese-tourists-there-will-be-a-market-for-the/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/i-do-believe-states-rights-was-a-sound-doctrine-that-got-hijacked-by/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/we-could-say-that-people-who-eat-grits-listen-to-country-music-follow/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/southerners-are-also-like-ethnic-groups-in-that-they-have-a-sense-of/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes in it. it just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/the-south-is-like-my-favorite-pair-of-blue-jeans-it-s-shrunk-some/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/but-i-still-do-believe-that-there-are-useful-things-to-say-about/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/why-can-i-write-south-with-some-assurance-that-you-ll-know-i-mean/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South survives only in geographical shreds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/if-you-care-to-define-the-south-as-a-poor-rural-region-with-lousy/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/there-s-an-ethic-that-says-you-don-t-run-off-to-the-church-for-the/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/southern-barbecue-is-the-closest-thing-we-have-in-the-u-s-to-europe-s/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie - in Alabama - Dixie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/dixie-has-just-fallen-to-pieces-there-are-little-patches-of-dixie-but/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [Southerners smile more than other Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/southerners-smile-more-than-other-americans/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [Southerners will be polite until they are angry enough to kill you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/southerners-will-be-polite-until-they-are-angry-enough-to-kill-you/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

> [The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/the-nature-of-the-south-is-changing-faster-than-the-stereotypes-are/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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