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Cheezoholic

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11. Thank you for posting that article!!

Reply to LauraInLA (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2024, 03:59 PM

Apr 5

As a person who lives in a truly rural area that books a piece of garbage in my opinion. It's a stereotypical attack on a large demographic of our country. This trailer trash country bumpkins are dumb shits with big trucks and big flags and small brains BS is a huge pet peeve of mine and I get real sick and tired of hearing it. I live in rural Indiana. You want to know why we are so blood red? Because any Democrat that wants to run for even a clerk treasurers or a council or a school board position in a small town are getting outspent 100 to one. And its NOT local money!. The Domestic terrorism threat is not because of enraged rural white voters, its from exactly what was found in the article. Its the metro and suburban nickle millionaire MAGATs that are still living in their high school popularity contests.

Remember the Hitler quote on the Moms for Liberty flyers? Came from the county to my south that's one of the wealthiest counties in the state but 2/3rds of it are cornfields. You'd think you were in far rural IN in the northern half of that county. But some people don't look close enough to understand that's all owned now by less than 50 people and 5 corporations. We can't win out here because we have no money to run against this giant immoral machine!!

You want to find out what's going on come out and see us. Spend some money in our little shops. Invest in us. Yeah there are trumpanzies out here and like anything else in a very small population they stand out because us regular folks don't have gigantic Biden flags in our trucks because, well, that's just immature, and those of us with trucks, they wont be shiny waxed without a spot of dirt and probably have bales of hay in the back. We use them for what they were meant for. Don't get your information from authors who skewed their results because the results they originally expected weren't there.

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An Utterly Misleading Book About Rural America White Rural Rage has become a best-seller--and kindled an academic controv [View all] LauraInLA Apr 5 OP

Anecdotally, from my southern, white, rural perspective, they (the book authors) are 100% correct about the rage. Lunabell Apr 5 #1

I found it interesting, that many people who consider themselves rural aren't. I hadn't heard of the RUCA metric. LauraInLA Apr 5 #2

While this is absolutely true, Lunabell Apr 5 #5

Oh, I get where you're coming from. I grew up in west Texas LauraInLA Apr 5 #9

Midway, fl. Lunabell Apr 6 #25

Here is a great tool that determines if an area is eleigible for specific grants and aid for rural populations Cheezoholic Apr 5 #7

This one also seems good and offers a lot of different sources LauraInLA Apr 5 #10

I grew up on a farm. That's rural. shrike3 Apr 5 #22

As a northerner is a purple state I agree Cosmocat Apr 6 #32

Oh no! *one* book! Must rush to the defense of rural people! unblock Apr 5 #3

This book says it's talking about rural whites, but it ISN'T. The reason I shared both articles LauraInLA Apr 5 #4

Are you counting women and POC in your "rural folks" question? yagotme Apr 5 #6

Understood. As well as lgtbqia+ and immigrants and so on unblock Apr 5 #16

Yes, the bigotry seems to be coming from everywhere. yagotme Apr 5 #17

For a good while between the 60s and Reagan, the media kept things fairly decent unblock Apr 5 #19

I find myself bigoted today.... and I'm someone who has always accepted different people and customs. albacore Apr 5 #21

Rural America is about 20-30% Democratic. We don't want to isolate rural Democrats. LeftInTX Apr 6 #37

Rural people not allowed to be defended? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 6 #29

Of course. I'm not a fan of over-generalizing or assuming individuals in a group unblock Apr 6 #39

I think what the authors missed is Republicans agingdem Apr 6 #33

That books a good read Johonny Apr 5 #8

I find it interesting that a lot of their sources LauraInLA Apr 5 #12

Dont think that matters Johonny Apr 5 #13

But a lot of the people they're categorizing as rural, really aren't. LauraInLA Apr 5 #14

If you listen to them Johonny Apr 5 #15

Yes, correct. Very interesting, but a lot of people won't listen. betsuni Apr 6 #26

I live in a urban area, however I live in one of the largest congressional districts in the country. LeftInTX Apr 6 #38

Ha! Think your district is gerrymandered? yagotme Apr 11 #40

We also have one like that. CD-35. Number given to the interstate it travels along! LeftInTX Apr 11 #41

Take an exit, change your district. Turn the other way, change it again. yagotme Apr 11 #42

Thank you for posting that article!! Cheezoholic Apr 5 #11

My closest White Friends live in Rural Washington State and Idaho. They are very active in MenloParque Apr 5 #18

I agree -- it's really easy to pick on a stereotype. LauraInLA Apr 5 #20

Thank you codfisherman Apr 6 #31

"elite liberal ire" LOL betsuni Apr 5 #23

The book told people what they wanted to hear Sympthsical Apr 5 #24

What did they tell people? betsuni Apr 6 #28

Let's put it this way Sympthsical Apr 6 #35

More divisiveness hits the bestseller list, great. Think. Again. Apr 6 #27

Not blaming liberal elites for the problems of rural America is divisive? How so? betsuni Apr 6 #30

The book itself, blaming a very specific subgroup... Think. Again. Apr 6 #34

Jim the Waco Kid said it best JanMichael Apr 6 #36