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I am concerned here, however, with the Northern liberal's attitude toward the South.

It appears to be one of intense dislike, which he makes little effort to conceal even in the presence of Southern friends.

His assumption seems to be that any such friends, being tolerable humans, must be more liberal than most Southerners and therefore at least partly in sympathy with his views.

Time's editor, Thomas Griffith, in his book, The Waist-High Culture, wrote: `` most of what was different about it ( the Deep South ) I found myself unsympathetic to.

'' This, for the liberals I know, would be an understatement.

Theirs is no mere lack of sympathy, but something closer to the passionate hatred that was directed against Fascism.