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In reply to the discussion: Rural living. [View all]oldtime dfl_er
(6,947 posts)by rural and urban, how about getting back to the bottom line of what we can all agree on? How about we just start over, and cut back to the bones of what every one of us, farmer and IT tech, rancher and retired person, teacher and artist, believes in? Shouldn't we all be saying I believe in the Constitution. I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in freedom and the Bill of Rights and the rule of law and I believe we have at least some mutual goals.
I live in a large city. I have never owned a car. I walk, and I use public transportation. I don't own a house, a boat, a horse, land, a gun. I'm an artist, and I am pretty poor. When I have extra money I give it to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. I choose to live the way I do, as do you.
I'm tired of being lumped in with "coastal elites" and "blue city liberals". We're all different and we're all the same.
I am tired of the divisiveness that is all around me. I'm tired of everyone pointing out how they're DIFFERENT from the city folks, or the rural folks, or the southern folks, or the libtards or the morons on the alt-right.
This is probably the wrong thread for this, but I kind of got upset at the OP. I understand what he is trying to say, but the seeds of divisiveness are sown in this kind of post, for me anyway.
"For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal." -- JFK