some people just don't get it

From a transcript of The View, new cast member Whoopi Goldberg's comments on Michael Vick and the dogfighting charges which he pled guilty to..
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: THE MICHAEL VICK THING, SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOGS THERE'S ALL OF THESE VERY VERY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT IT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY IS, YOU KNOW, FROM HIS BACKGROUND, THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL THING FOR WHERE HE COMES FROM. IT'S LIKE COCKFIGHTING
WG: IT’S COCKFIGHTING IN PUERTO RICO. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE INDICATIVE TO CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR COUNTRY.

WG: HE'S FROM THE SOUTH FROM THE DEEP SOUTH
WG: UNFORTUNALY IT'S PART OF THE THING.
WG: THIS IS PART OF HIS CULTURAL UPBRINGING.
WG: I'M JUST SAYING THAT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING HE'S A BEAST AND HE'S A MONSTER THIS IS A KID WHO COMES FROM A CULTURE WHERE THIS IS NOT QUESTIONED. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WG: THAT'S TRUE. BUT SOMETIMES -- NO, I DON'T THINK HE DID. I DON'T THINK HE DID. BECAUSE THIS IN THE WORLD THAT HE COMES FROM IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP TO DOGS AND CATS AND THINGS. LIKE THE CHINESE. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP TO CATS. AND YOU AND I WILL BE REALLY PISSED IF SOMEBODY ATE KITY.

OK here's the deal..I have lived in the "Deep South" for 46 years. I doubt you could get any deeper into the South than I am. And its true, you could rightfully charge me with occasionally exhibiting redneck tendencies. I mean, I sometimes wear overalls( we pronounce it as "over-hauls"), I love tomato sandwiches, I drive a pickup truck, I frequently use words such as "hey ya'll" and "yeehaw". Having said all that, I have NEVER known anyone here in the Deepest part of the Deep South who gets their kicks from dogfighting. Now, from what I read in this transcript, ole Whoopee believes that this idiot can't help what he did, because unfortunately he grew up in the Deep South. Hey ya'll, give me a freakin break. Thats not a racist statement, but its just as offensive. Its a slur directed at a region of the country. I guess you'd call that "regionism". Hmmm, but ya know, we can't be too hard on ole Whoop, after all she's from New York City, where they gots culture nstuff. So she can't help it if she's ignorant..Bless her heart;)

those of us in the Deep South understand the significance of "Bless your heart"