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Do We Disrespect Rural America? [View all] McCamy Taylor Nov 2016 OP
It's challenging to respect people who do not respect themselves. LonePirate Nov 2016 #1
They are in their own little bubble radical noodle Nov 2016 #4
I'm a rural American spedtr90 Nov 2016 #44
I think this is an excellent analysis!!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #52
Thank you for sharing your experience. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #53
This is the best summation I've seen anywhere. I wish you could publish this. yardwork Nov 2016 #63
Thanks spedtr90 Nov 2016 #69
Good questions. We have to figure out how to correct the disinformation. yardwork Nov 2016 #78
Rural resident here too 2naSalit Nov 2016 #79
Thank you DemonGoddess Nov 2016 #103
"radicalized by right wing media" tenderfoot Nov 2016 #109
I had 2 friends who were a truck driver and a traveling salesman hollowdweller Nov 2016 #110
I grew up in a rural area and I'm still connected to it. GreenEyedLefty Nov 2016 #100
No. Liberal In Texas Nov 2016 #2
i don't think they are dumb either that's why i think most voted for him over bigotry JI7 Nov 2016 #3
They're not necessarily dumb, but most are uninformed & lack education whathehell Nov 2016 #10
that's true of city and surburban types also. they might have more formal education but not much JI7 Nov 2016 #12
No ....... May want to rethink what you said .......... Kathy M Nov 2016 #18
I think religion has a lot to do with it. The refusal to look at things critically. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #54
Do you mean ALL religion, or just Christianity and Islam? whathehell Nov 2016 #70
I think mostly fundamentalist religions. Not the more liberal denominations smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #73
Glad to hear that. whathehell Nov 2016 #74
Sorry, didn't mean to clump them all in together! The south and midwest are filled smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #75
No problem...I appreciate your whathehell Nov 2016 #77
Conservatisim is a religion. hollowdweller Nov 2016 #112
You have a good point. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #115
They are dis-informed. GreenEyedLefty Nov 2016 #101
Good point.. whathehell Nov 2016 #102
... moondust Nov 2016 #15
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
I think we just don't have any easy answers for them. RandySF Nov 2016 #5
The republican party networks with these rural preachers rwheeler31 Nov 2016 #6
In that way conservatisim is like Islam hollowdweller Nov 2016 #113
To a degree yes Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #7
Just look at how many times in this thread Duckhunter935 Nov 2016 #30
But we are less educated. dawg Nov 2016 #32
There are different types of education Duckhunter935 Nov 2016 #39
Yes. exboyfil Nov 2016 #45
See, that's just pandering. dawg Nov 2016 #48
And this may get attacked as well, but I also come from a rural area Maeve Nov 2016 #65
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
Exactly Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #76
Sorry, but the worst thing posted here Cosmocat Nov 2016 #61
There has always been city slicker/country hayseed tension in this country Warpy Nov 2016 #8
Yep. n/t susanna Nov 2016 #22
Think you nailed it Warpy. N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2016 #41
Respect is earned bhikkhu Nov 2016 #9
This thread is very much like murielm99 Nov 2016 #11
"They" You see a lot of that, and not just here. Regions do have... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #23
Had only millennials voted, Clinton would've won in a landslide. JonLP24 Nov 2016 #24
They've got it down to a system don't they? ucrdem Nov 2016 #13
it's a two way street Afromania Nov 2016 #14
in 2012 West Virginia Democratic Primary a Prison inmate got more than 40 percent of the vote JI7 Nov 2016 #17
hypocrites, the lot of em Afromania Nov 2016 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Kathy M Nov 2016 #20
Post removed Post removed Nov 2016 #21
Sure they did. femmocrat Nov 2016 #25
American flags? dawg Nov 2016 #34
Read the book blue jean Nation...by Mike McCabe dembotoz Nov 2016 #26
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
There is more ad revenue available from the right. Qutzupalotl Nov 2016 #106
And sadly so many people hear/watch it and think their BS is the absolute truth. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #114
urban vs rural mindset forthemiddle Nov 2016 #28
So they punish themselves treestar Nov 2016 #36
I didn't say I agree forthemiddle Nov 2016 #42
Never insult the voters exboyfil Nov 2016 #51
if they immediately identified with being a deplorable then it seems most likely the townspeople lunasun Nov 2016 #43
Just keep talking down to them forthemiddle Nov 2016 #49
I don't think if I went In that area many people would talk to me period lunasun Nov 2016 #80
Honest question forthemiddle Nov 2016 #82
Yes lunasun Nov 2016 #83
Yet, not a single candidate has ever set foot in California taught_me_patience Nov 2016 #47
They wanted to take their country back........ Historic NY Nov 2016 #29
And yet liquid diamond Nov 2016 #86
We should punish these people every chance we get. ileus Nov 2016 #31
Punish them? RegexReader Nov 2016 #35
we refuse education dollars, road dollars...emergency assistance ect... ileus Nov 2016 #38
really? RegexReader Nov 2016 #67
I'm in that red part of Virginia, phylny Nov 2016 #89
I'm in butt end red of Virginia. ileus Nov 2016 #92
That sounds rather totalitarian. Abq_Sarah Nov 2016 #91
We know what's best for them, so try instead "authoritative guidance". ileus Nov 2016 #93
Is that enough? Fla_Democrat Nov 2016 #94
Maybe you're right, maybe they shouldn't be allowed to leave until the demonstrate ileus Nov 2016 #95
You could always stop eating the food produced by "rural America". Pathwalker Nov 2016 #116
What goes around comes around. Hangingon Nov 2016 #119
Post removed Post removed Nov 2016 #33
We do have less education. dawg Nov 2016 #37
I think you got the inteligence levels correct, but severally underestimate jmg257 Nov 2016 #40
When's the rural white trash going to stop disrespecting us? backscatter712 Nov 2016 #46
1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #59
Thank you liquid diamond Nov 2016 #87
I live in rural America randr Nov 2016 #56
I live in blood red Arkansas and I hate to tell you WhiteTara Nov 2016 #57
Yes, they are. roamer65 Nov 2016 #66
Sounds like Georgia, where I live. n/t Different Drummer Nov 2016 #85
Sorry the angry white vote rang the bell Cosmocat Nov 2016 #60
I have no respect for anyone who voted for a white supremacist La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2016 #62
Me either. In fact before I do business with anyone around here WhiteTara Nov 2016 #68
I wouldn't say so much dumb as I would say ignorant. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #64
Because if for no other reason the country can't be governed with political control of TheKentuckian Nov 2016 #90
Then maybe there is a reason we should secede. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #96
No. Rural people are stuck in their ways and uninterested in changing. tenderfoot Nov 2016 #71
It's not disrespect sarisataka Nov 2016 #72
The truth isn't pretty get the red out Nov 2016 #81
ANYONE who voted for the maggot MFM008 Nov 2016 #84
Rural areas send the cities energy supplies, food, fiber, and construction materials FarCenter Nov 2016 #88
We don't so much disrespect them as ignore them. MineralMan Nov 2016 #97
In short NobodyHere Nov 2016 #98
Yes, but for their refusal to think. lindysalsagal Nov 2016 #99
Yes, we do. I have an example. GreenEyedLefty Nov 2016 #104
No, we do not. apcalc Nov 2016 #105
So they struck back by voting for Trump. Sorry, but that is dumb. I think they did vote Hoyt Nov 2016 #108
As I do with everyone else, I respect them as much as they respect me. Iggo Nov 2016 #111
Yes. LWolf Nov 2016 #118
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