Us Vs. Them, Red Vs. Blue: Can't we all just get along?

This is for all you Red Staters out there that got upset (as if anyone else but me reads this) about my FuckThe South link. From The Bookslut:

It seems to me that many liberals are the same way. Your church starts getting a little too radical, so instead of staying and running for a position of power within the church, they go find one that has their political sensibilities. Live in a red state? Move to a blue one. Kids' school suddenly wanting to teach creationism alongside evolution? Yank 'em and put them in private. I am guilty of this as well, but lately this mess has made me want to move back to Kansas. It has made me sign up for theology classes at the Unitarian Church. Liberals are never going to win with a Fuck the Red States attitude. The Midwest is not evil, just neglected. When liberals start letting the Right frame the debate and in four years time we run to the Midwest and say, "We didn't mean it, what we said after the last election? Vote for our guy, even though he won't do one god damn thing for you," we're going to get our asses handed to us yet again.

Can't take the heat, Liberals leave the kitchen:

...this Let's Divide Up the Country attitude is bullshit. It's like every liberal is doing exactly what lost them the election in the first place: leaving.

I don't know how true this is, for I haven't had time to think it over / look into it. But if I remember correctly, Kerry really didn't campaign too much in the "red states", didn't try to talk to the people there. Not that I want Kerry to win mind you, but just to lend a little back up to the whole leaving the kitchen 'cause someone turned up the heat idea.