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In reply to the discussion: Rural living. [View all]Politicub
(12,262 posts)195. Too much tribalism and conformity for my tastes
I'm from the country and live in the city now. Your account of the rural life seems like fiction.
I like cosmopolitanism. I feel more connected to others in the big city than I ever did in the country. I feel more in common with people in London than I do with people where I'm from. But then again, I'm gay. We gay folk are outcasts in small towns.
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If most rural Americans didn't constantly vote against their best interests ...
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#1
I suspect most people vote for candidates who they THINK is in their best interest.
Buckeye_Democrat
Dec 2016
#6
Keep in mind that some view at least some of those programs as the REASON for economic woes.
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#56
I refuse to respect any voter who supports racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, etc.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#146
and the fact that these voters vote Republican doesn't mean they support those things.
kwassa
Dec 2016
#150
Except those issues were the key issues on the Republican side of this past presidential campaign.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#151
Most voters who were worried about the economy voted for Hillary, not Trump...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2016
#167
Evidence for this? Exit polls on election night contradict what you said. n/t
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2016
#238
No amount of marketing will reach them. They chose the racist who will take their health care.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#210
No amount of trying will persuade people who are only interested in destruction and ignorance.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#214
You seem to think they can be reached. I don't think they can be reached, hence an impasse.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#217
Ask that question a year from now when they lose their health care and Social Security.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#41
I have zero interest in changing rural America so that they join the rest of us in the 21st century.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#48
Nope. Unlike them I am more than happy to let them live by their rules in their backwards USA.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#61
They could act like they are not a different species by joining the rest of us in 2016 America.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#252
".....and there is a monumental amount of stupidity firmly entrenched in rural America nowadays."
pablo_marmol
Dec 2016
#59
The people who elected him. Don't forget Hitler won a clear plurality in the 1933 election.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
#119
Someone needs to given how they think their best interests include bigotry, early deaths ...
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#52
They ARE voting for their interests if their interest is keeping black and other minorites down
JI7
Dec 2016
#55
Just another reason why we shouldn't bother with them. They are a lost cause.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#57
yeah, but this goes for people in rural and city areas . i don't care where they are from
JI7
Dec 2016
#58
Please elaborate. Do you really think rural Americans vote for their best interests?
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#144
Rural Americans shouldn't support politicians who represent the worst of America.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#175
Evidently maintaining the health & welfare of oneself, one's family & the planet is an urban ideal.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#198
Perhaps its because I live in St. Louis, a city that was eviserated by white flight...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2016
#204
The vast majority of rural America does not think or see things like you do.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#202
You may care but rural America's decades long voting streak for Republicans says otherwise.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#242
They no longer have any scapegoats come January 20 so maybe they will finally see the light.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#245
This mindset is exactly why we will continue to take beatings as we have recently...
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#250
You've made that clear....."253. I don't agree that rural Americans know the cause of their ills."
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#254
They were offered a reasonable solution this year. They rejected it in favor of bigotry and lies.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#256
Hey...you can live with that vision of those that don't see things your way...
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#259
Except they didn't realize the answer to his question was health care, Social Security & the planet.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#212
I don't see that many people feeding the city slicker/country bumpkin stereotyping
Warpy
Dec 2016
#8
This is an interesting observation. I haven't seen that stereotyping either until after the
Squinch
Dec 2016
#92
I recall reading at least one post thst was titled something like f'k the white rural voter.
CentralMass
Dec 2016
#84
I know. Did you catch the insinuation in the OP that he and his rural
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2016
#122
Yes and it is not something when you live so close to others you would even think to highlight
lunasun
Dec 2016
#171
Great post. My ancestor fought at Gettysburg with the Pennsylvania Bucktails ....
kwassa
Dec 2016
#149
If the fact they feel insulted makes them vote against the future of their children,
Darkhawk32
Dec 2016
#35
"It really does hurt to see so much disdain for rural America on a forum like this."
pablo_marmol
Dec 2016
#47
The Democratic Party used to be known for helping the little guy in the small towns.
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#45
"they" are people who voted for Trump. This includes those who live in cities and anywhere else
JI7
Dec 2016
#69
So what's your point? It really has nothing to do with the OP now, does it? NT
pablo_marmol
Dec 2016
#71
my point is that racism is a HUGE part of their support for Trump and all the elites crap is bs
JI7
Dec 2016
#73
The racists trump voters I know in are far to Violent for Rational Thoughts.
stonecutter357
Dec 2016
#110
And of course your anecdotal experience is reflective of the entire nation.
pablo_marmol
Dec 2016
#159
+1, why are some ignoring the empirical data on Benedict Donald stoking racial animus to win? Obama
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#104
They voted for Trump because he's a white male and stoked racial animus ... period. There are no ...
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#103
Lol! It still does that. It's just that those little guys now like to vote for the Republican
Squinch
Dec 2016
#91
Trump didn't just arrive on the scene. he has been pushing Birther crap during Obama's entire
JI7
Dec 2016
#67
fuck anyone who voted for Trump. no matter where they live . and they did it over shared bigotry
JI7
Dec 2016
#72
i get what the OP is doing. but the OP doesn't want to acknowledge the real reason they supported
JI7
Dec 2016
#76
Hillary Clinton didn't attack others as hicks or rednecks. but TRump DID attack others
JI7
Dec 2016
#88
These are some of the same people who voted for Obama... of course Obama wasn't running against
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#106
Well, you know. Apparently not mowing down the pedestrians in the parking lot is
Squinch
Dec 2016
#134
The racists trump voters I know in are far to Violent for Rational Thoughts.
stonecutter357
Dec 2016
#108
Indeed. Laughing, because we too built a temp waterline to the neighbor's when their well failed
Yo_Mama
Dec 2016
#112
Cwydro, you know I love you, but I'm sorry I have to say this. Look at your post.
Squinch
Dec 2016
#115
Your own post disses urbanites. I don't see it as a big deal, but apparently when it goes the other
Squinch
Dec 2016
#133
Fuck em,I hope the stupid fucks suffer all the misery their racism and sexism deserves.
libtodeath
Dec 2016
#116
As if a vote for Trump was not a vote for their group's wants, needs, and prejudices,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2016
#184
I am not looking for a scapegoat, I'm looking for facts to explain the outcome of the election.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2016
#235
One more time: those for whom the economy and jobs were the most important issue
Squinch
Dec 2016
#183
My point is more of those in superior social position defining those of lesser position as
PufPuf23
Dec 2016
#179
Frankly speaking, as this election shows, rural whites have far too much political power...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2016
#199
LOLOLOL!!!!! NO, you're wrong. The "big part of what has gone so wrong" are the imbeciles
Squinch
Dec 2016
#218
We lose rural america because of the gun issue and the misinformation that surrounds it.
TrekLuver
Dec 2016
#145
I am guilty of it. However, same could be said of rural folks attitudes towards city slickers.
Missn-Hitch
Dec 2016
#147
I'm assuming at least 90% of your neighbors are of a single color, is that right? n/t
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2016
#177
True, I've been to rural and near rural places where, being white, I end up witnessing...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2016
#185
But, hatrack, you DO run down pedestrians in parking lots, don't you? Because if
Squinch
Dec 2016
#189
Do white people plow their black neighbor's driveway too where you live?
resistance2016
Dec 2016
#180
I think the implication is the rural conformity excludes LGBT people, whereas the conformity in...
Humanist_Activist
Dec 2016
#239
Can't speak for everyone who disagrees with you, but I am not angry with or scapegoating those folks
stevenleser
Dec 2016
#215
I totally understand your view and feeling you expressed. Well written. Thank you.
kgnu_fan
Dec 2016
#232