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In reply to the discussion: Rural living. [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,773 posts)The rural folk look down just as much at city folk as vice-versa. This holier than thou BS in the OP is a perfect example.
He tries to paint his rural life as special because people help each other out. As if that's some extraordinary thing only rural folk do! It's that same old ridiculous myth that rural and small-town folks are somehow the only real Americans, morally superior to the rest of us.
Meanwhile, by so many measures, measures by which they judge others, they are inferior. Look at divorce rates, drug addictions, domestic violence, etc. Yet they consider themselves superior.
But we're not allowed to call them out on their (or their support for) racism, misogyny, homophobia, and, most importantly, their willful ignorance--supporting the politicians who create their troubles and then blaming the Dems for not "appealing" to them. We're supposed to not be offended by them voting for a lying, cheating, sexually predatory, nasty, handicap-mocking, fraudster.
Sorry, not buying that BS.