Entire libraries worth of ink have been poured in an effort to understand, mythologize, and explain the behavior of white rural voters — why they are so attached to former President Donald Trump, and perhaps the ways that voters and politicians in more cosmopolitan areas don't understand the sufferi...
I was born and raised in rural areas. I’ve lived my life in red states and countries. The vast majority of them are absolute stupid, especially when it comes to voting and politics.
Congrats. So was I. However I understand that the vast majority of people in general are “absolutely stupid” (after all it’s impossible for any one individual to contain the “majority” of information) … Not just this one specific population. I certainly don’t believe them to be stupid just based on how they vote or politics. You could actually talk to them and ask them why they vote the way they do rather than just call them stupid. Honestly your response reflects a lot about you rather than them. Especially since you didn’t actually engage in the conversation, but just wanted to call a particular group of people stupid.
You say this like I haven’t been talking to these people all of my life.
What?
I’m not saying that rural folks are stupid about everything or that all of them are stupid. Just when it comes to politics and voting, the vast majority of them are. I’m just explaining what my experiences are having spent my entire life around these people. They’re my family.
So your sample size is just your family… and you think you’re having a rational conversation that isn’t biased as fuck?
Does this statement now make more sense?
Outside of your family… Can you legitimately say that you see much difference between rural and metro trains of thought? Or do both groups tend to vote based on the issues that they perceive to be important to them? Eg, does the examples I gave above make sense why the different mindsets would cause reasonable people to vote differently based simply on location?
I felt like I was being fairly clear by saying that, that I didn’t mean just my actual blood relatives, but also friends and community.
Whether intentional or not, that’s a strawman.
I’ve never lived in a large city, so I couldn’t speak to that.
In any case, I don’t feel like this conversation is terribly productive and probably won’t continue.