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OAITW r.2.0

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3. I've made this point many times on DU.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 07:56 PM

Jan 2023

The fault line is rural vs. urban, regardless of region. Rural areas, by definition, are far more insulated from exposure to diverse opinions.

Been this way for a long time. In the 1920's we had a robust KKK activism in Central Maine. Why? There were few blacks in the area....but there were incoming French Canadian Catholics that were threatening the rural status quo. We elected a governor from my town that was connected to this political/social "movement".

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NYTimes editorial about the growing 'Urban-rural "apartheid" ' [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 OP

Neo-Appalachia is no kind of lifestyle bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #1

Sorry but the forcing of "rural" values on the suburban & urban population is the goal of the GOP ZonkerHarris Jan 2023 #2

I've made this point many times on DU. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2023 #3

"Rural areas, by definition, are far more insulated from exposure to diverse opinions." BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #5

+1. McCarthy and Stefanik were elected by blue state residents dalton99a Jan 2023 #7

Yes. Same dynamics around the planet. nt Hortensis Jan 2023 #11

I feel bad for Democrats living in rural areas... TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #4

a lot of libraries going to be closing down or only stocked with the Bible BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #6

Kick dalton99a Jan 2023 #8

Get Off the Interstate ConstanceCee Jan 2023 #9

Worth reading, sure, but what's with using the loaded word "apartheid" Hortensis Jan 2023 #10

Lol that's a good point... TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #18

Rural is still an essential component of the Democratic vote brooklynite Jan 2023 #12

"The anger and resentment felt by rural voters toward the Democratic Party" Aristus Jan 2023 #13

Exactly. senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #16

Not really news. 70sEraVet Jan 2023 #14

Technological connectivity and education are required to bridge PufPuf23 Jan 2023 #15

unfortunately jcgoldie Jan 2023 #17