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I don't know if this is appropriate for SoylentNews - I'll leave that to the editors. It's a blog entry that does the best job I've seen, explaining a difficult issue: How do those of us originally from flyover territory perceive the progressive politics that dominates the left coast, and indeed most of the big cities.
Anyone from a red county will read this article and nod. Anyone from a blue county really ought to try to understand the article, because it explains why Trump won, and also explains the rise of the alt-right as a response to progressive politics.
[Ed. note: The linked article is rather long. Contrary to long-standing tradition, I did RTFA. On occasion, stories are submitted where it is not clear to me whether or not our community would find it appropriate or interesting. This is one of those occasions. So, consider this an experiment... of course, please comment on the story itself, but please also indicate whether or not you would like to see more stories like this, and why. Thanks! --martyb]
(Score: 2, Informative) by Arik on Saturday August 05 2017, @09:05PM (10 children)
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 05 2017, @09:22PM (2 children)
I've dealt with both city and country and bigoted religious assholes looking down on or persecuting you for the 'wrong' faith or your lack of faith is quite common. Also treating you like a criminal because you don't believe in their God's word, which obviously means you can't be moral (even while some of their brethren are far more amoral while operating within the church's social network.)
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday August 05 2017, @09:53PM
Have you tried not being an asshole to them about their beliefs? That's usually plenty for most anyone to get along just fine with you.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 06 2017, @11:27AM
I don't suppose it matters a whole lot - but did you mean "amoral" or "immoral"? https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/amoral-immoral/ [vocabulary.com]
I will note that an amoral person who is religious, will probably adopt his religion's morals, and never question whether they are truly his own morals. And, yes, you will find amoral people in church.
Immoral people, however, are far more likely to be using the church as cover. They're the people who backstab their fellow man all week long, go in for drunken lechery on Saturday, then go to church on Sunday to cover it all up. "I'm a deacon in church, you can't accuse me of immorality!"
And, oh yeah. That's why so many fringe loonies want to organize a "Christian" church that caters to their needs. The Gay Bay First Church of Fornication, or whatever the hell.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday August 05 2017, @10:52PM (6 children)
Yeah, I am sure that there are all kinds of white Christians there. Or did you mean that there are also African-Americans?
I've lived in the South. You have no idea what diversity means.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday August 05 2017, @11:29PM (3 children)
You're either a liar or were raised in an upper-middle class neighborhood then. There is a fuuuuuuckload more diversity going on in the south than you'll ever see up north and even they shine like diversity beacons compared to out west.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 05 2017, @11:51PM (1 child)
> more diversity going on in the south than you'll ever see up north
I really doubt this. Exhibit A is NASCAR -- when I started consulting in Charlotte (mid-1980s) they were so bigoted that only white men were allowed in the pits. Women (I only saw white ones at the track) had to sit outside the fence in a special grandstand, and this was just on a private testing day (but same rules applied during race weekends). Every now and then there was a token black guy invited into the game.
I did my best to be quiet and (hopefully) competent, and got along OK. But I could never live there.
Exhibit B is the censored version of Huckleberry Finn from Auburn University, Montgomery Campus, Alabama,
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/05/huckleberry-finn-edition-censors-n-word [theguardian.com]
Trying to cover up their history...?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday August 06 2017, @01:23AM
History != current conditions. Progtards seem to have an inability to grok this.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday August 06 2017, @01:43AM
You have no clue.
In my street of about 20 houses, there are people from at least 5 different countries.
In Texas, diversity means being from a different county.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Arik on Sunday August 06 2017, @03:56AM (1 child)
You sound like the kind of ignorant asshole who will be hated no matter where he goes though. If you're a lousy person AND you don't subscribe to the majority view as well that can help reduce the latency of your karma, in the south just like everywhere else.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Whoever on Sunday August 06 2017, @04:21AM
Oh, wow: you have one Indian friend, so you must live in a diverse area.
Here, I live and work amongst people from India, China, Hong King, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Mexico, Britain, France and countless other countries. And, yes, we have different varieties of Christians and Jews.
It's completely laughable to think that anywhere in the South is remotely comparable in its diversity. You are the ignorant person.
Look in the mirror when you want to find an ignorant asshole.