South Carolina
I dont pretend to know the people of South Carolina, but any form of hatred towards them collectively seems as irrational as the hatred that Conservatives feel towards the homeless and the poor.
Yes there are bad people in SC, but there also bad people in New York, Michigan or Colorado, but i dont go out of my way to bad mouth them.
It is a tough gig to be a Democrat in many states, as it is, without people bad mouth a whole state. Unfortunately, writing off the south isnt the greatest political move, if Democrats feel they are party restricted by geography, then they leave good, kind, honest people to the mercy of tools like Gingrich, Coutler and Bush.
I do have a sense that Democrats from places like Wyoming, Idaho, Kentucky are looked down at by the liberal/progressive wings of the party, because they dont seem to be ideoligically pure.
Sometimes if we showed a bit more respect to Democrats in Red states, we may gain more traction politically, no one, including me, likes to be talked down too, and lumping the population of a state under one attitude shows a lack of thought or understanding.