Every day there's another headline about Mississippi, I think back to the time I called it a "deeply messed up place" on Twitter (I think after news broke about a vicious cop gang), and a local editor was like, "uhhh miss me with that regional privilege."
I've done reporting in and about Mississippi for 20 years. I've met some incredibly kind, principled, and genuine people there.
It's also a deeply fucked up place.
