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The tyranny of small town America
It is ironic that small towners like Sarah Palin constantly say that they are the victims of urban snobbery. However I find that it is the reverse, those of us who live in urban areas, are constantly being called unAmerican or elitist by small towners. Small towners are constanlty judgemental towards those that seem to be different than them. I personally believe that the Democrats have been to easy on small town America. The Democrats need to say the it is the urban ares that attract the young people, immigrants, and have and have thriving economies. While in small town America, young people are constantly leaving these areas of economic decline and bigotry. Urban America represents the very best of this nation while the small towners symbolized the very worst of this country.
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Not to mention that it's the taxes of the urban dwellers that really provides the money to run this country.
September 5, 2008 6:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
I grew up in a small town, moved to the big city, and have returned home to a small city.
I think your characterization of small towns is a little unfair. Bigotry and close-mindedness occur everywhere because people in general are afraid (or at the very least, wary) of anything different. In the city, you're used to diversity. In small towns, they're not. You're wary of them. They're wary of you. But there are plenty of people in small towns who are voting for Obama because they know something's rotten in America. We're all in this together, after all.
So dial down your anger and blame please.
September 5, 2008 7:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
The GOP thanks you for buying into their bogus city mouse v. country mouse culture wars.
Some required reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/opinion/05krugman.html
September 5, 2008 8:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
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