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In reply to the discussion: Do We Disrespect Rural America? [View all]dawg
(10,624 posts)32. But we are less educated.
Education is a measurable state, and we rural dwellers do have less education than urbanites. It's just a fact, and there is no reason to deny it or to consider it an insult.
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i don't think they are dumb either that's why i think most voted for him over bigotry
JI7
Nov 2016
#3
that's true of city and surburban types also. they might have more formal education but not much
JI7
Nov 2016
#12
I think religion has a lot to do with it. The refusal to look at things critically.
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#54
I think mostly fundamentalist religions. Not the more liberal denominations
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#73
Sorry, didn't mean to clump them all in together! The south and midwest are filled
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#75
Iowa has always had a strong evangelical side to it so i'm not too surprised by that . Wisconsin had
JI7
Nov 2016
#16
Totally agree. They finally had a chance to strike back against POC, Muslims, LGTB, Latinos and
Fla Dem
Nov 2016
#117
However a formal education teaches one to think critically and that is what they lack.
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#55
They are not educated in the respect of cultural aspects. Sorry but I too have lived in
ebbie15644
Nov 2016
#107
Trump praised them for being uneducated and they cheered . Why the insult now?.
lunasun
Nov 2016
#50
in 2012 West Virginia Democratic Primary a Prison inmate got more than 40 percent of the vote
JI7
Nov 2016
#17
I think Rural America has been victims of a steady diet of right-wing propaganda
meow2u3
Nov 2016
#27
I've always wondered why this is only from the right. Maybe right wing stuff sells better. Many
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#58
And sadly so many people hear/watch it and think their BS is the absolute truth. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#114
if they immediately identified with being a deplorable then it seems most likely the townspeople
lunasun
Nov 2016
#43
Maybe you're right, maybe they shouldn't be allowed to leave until the demonstrate
ileus
Nov 2016
#95
Because if for no other reason the country can't be governed with political control of
TheKentuckian
Nov 2016
#90
Rural areas send the cities energy supplies, food, fiber, and construction materials
FarCenter
Nov 2016
#88