RW nutjob Charles Murray's "Do you live in a bubble?" quiz

[Recursion]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/03/white-educated-and-wealthy-congratulations-you-live-in-a-bubble.html

Interesting questions. I got 77: "A lifelong resident of a working-class neighborhood with average television and movie going habits." which is more or less accurate except for the past few years, but then again they didn't ask about my Netflix queue...

(NB: Murray is an absolute right-wing hack; this is posted as a hint of what conservatives think "mainstream" means)

[geek tragedy]

1. Charles Murray is a white supremacist. Shame on PBS for giving him a platform, nt

[Recursion]

2. Edited; I just realized people may not realize who he is

It's an intriguing sense into what he thinks is "mainstream" though.

[geek tragedy]

3. Maybe. I just can't convince myself to care what he thinks nt

[Quantess]

4. 28

Apparently he says I live in a bubble because I don't watch much tv or popular movies or eat at crappy chain restaurants.

[geek tragedy]

9. His quiz is whether someone is culturally a member of the Republican base, nt

[Quantess]

11. Oh, I know what he's getting at. He's trying to say I'm not a "Real American".

What an asshole. Guess I better start eating at IHOPs and watching Survivor so I can be in the in-crowd.

[wandy]

30. You're right. I sure failed at that. nt

[geek tragedy]

31. Notice that his idea of "working class" is really "white working class"

How many black folks would score high on his test?

[CBGLuthier]

5. if the fact I do not drink shitty beer and do not watch shitty movies or shitty tv

make me insulated then I can live with that.

[femmocrat]

6. I got a 52.

Probably the same category as yours. I live in a rural area so that affected my score.

[Recursion]

7. I like American pilsners and I was in the military

I think that's what clenched it for me.

[Quantess]

8. well...does rural living mean you are in a bubble according to this nitwit author?

Or does city living mean you are in a bubble?

This entire concept is b.s. and is full of holes. It lacks critical thinking. I'm out of the loop because I don't regularly plug in to watch a bunch of lame television shows? Whatever...

Oh yeah, and I never eat at Chilis or Applebees so that means I don't know what's going on with Real Americans. What a steaming pantload of tripe.

[femmocrat]

13. It was a silly quiz.

I'm not taking it seriously. I like living out here, out of the loop, and watching high-brow fare on the teevee. LOL

(I never eat at those places either-- too far to drive.)

[Quantess]

15. I'm not taking it seriously either!

Maybe I'm in an irritable mood, but it annoys me off that this dweeb gets to be the arbiter of who is a Real American (I know he doesn't say it like that, but that is exactly what he means). Oh yeah, like there's so much I'm missing out on by not being able to discuss what's on the Applebees menu.
I'm not actually mad, I just think this guy is full of shit and so is his test.

[Buzz Clik]

10. Apparently I don't live in a bubble, but his categories don't fit me.

I scored 51, but I'm third generation middle class with diverse experiences. I don't watch prime time tv.

[rurallib]

18. 51 here also

My life would be so unconventional to a Charles Murray he'd have a heart attack. Maybe I should call him?

[Buzz Clik]

19. No sense giving him a heart attack. Let's allow him remain in his bubble.

Let

[zipplewrath]

12. 55

But apparently he thought I should have gotten a 5 because the decription fit me better.

Probably massively screwed up his system by being born of two parents with graduate degrees yet chose to live in a blue collar neighborhood (for economic reasons).

[Buzz Clik]

20. Your bubble is strictly hypothetical. But still a bubble. In theory.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Did not know that Charles Murray was the Blair Witch. nt

[AngryAmish]

16. 42

Kinda spot on.

[Enrique]

17. "have you ever lived in a neighborhood where people post their diplomas on their front doors?"

my answer was "no".

[Buzz Clik]

21. So, the NASCAR driver spells his name "ie" and the coach "y". Tricky bastard.

I think you get counted off for knowing that.

[Javaman]

22. 77 nt

[cali]

23. Why did I take that mind numbingly stupid thing?

[Enrique]

24. we do what we're told

especially when it has NPR's stamp of approval.

[Arkana]

25. 42.

Not sure what that means.

[DinahMoeHum]

26. 37 here.

And yes, I DO know about both the Jimmy/ie Johnson and the Branson (Missouri and Richard) things.

[Bannakaffalatta]

27. 43 and inaccurate on all counts

He hasn't really got the hang of ethnic, generational, regional, economic and individual diversity at all. So who is living a bubble?

[Enrique]

28. what's he up to?

how does this quiz advance Charles Murray's agenda? What exactly is his agenda?

It reminds me a lot of David Brooks's amateur demographics, but Murray's propaganda is a ton more sophisticated than Brooks's.

[Recursion]

29. To make urban people feel "out of the mainstream"

Though Cowen and Yglesias both have some interesting arguments from the past few days that the closest thing to "mainsteam America" is a regional city like Knoxville or Jacksonville, FL.

[bemildred]

32. Oh good, let's wallow in divisive stereotypes.

[HereSince1628]

33. OMG!! I don't live in THE bubble! WTF do I get vaccinations to protect myself?!

[GliderGuider]

34. 11. Oops.

A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot. Typical: 9.

Except I prefer to think of myself as "educated and thoughtful". Of course I would, wouldn't I?

[CRK7376]

35. scored a 56

Weird stuff that I don't take seriously. I don't drink beer very often and never smoke so those questions were a bust...Jimmie/y Johnson...didn't know or care about the spelling, but knew one was race cars and the other coached Dallas, know that Branson is in Missouri and big time money guy, we have hovered above the poverty line while teaching for 13 years. Live in rural NC, best friend is opposite party then me, and we have lively debates and are still best buds. Have served in the military and worked construction and brick factory floor where I hurt all day every day after my shift during college days. Seldom watch major network tv, I know some of those shows, but never watch them. We have direct tv where I watch the stuff I'm interested in, netflix is my pal.....Interesting little quiz