I've been reading the cascade of predictable, condescending diaries today sneering at North Carolina over passage of Amendment 1.
Allow me to say this as nicely as possible: Screw you!
There are a LOT of people here in NC doing good work every day to turn this state around. We broke our necks and delivered for Obama in 2008, and will do so again.
We similarly broke our necks to block Amendment 1... but in a low turnout Dem primary where Obama was guaranteed the deck was stacked against us significantly. This is a long game unfortunately, and there will always be setbacks. Noone here doubts that progress is inevitable, though.
So please, remind yourself what a backwards, redneck hellhole California was for Prop 8, and boycott them as well. Or pull your head out of your ass, drop your Barney Fife stereotypes, and lend a hand down here next time.