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Showing Original Post only (View all)It's bothered me for years. Where did the ridiculous notion [View all]
that "rural and small town Americans are the real Americans" come from?
It's been pushed by the talking meatheads at Fake Fox News for years.
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It's bothered me for years. Where did the ridiculous notion [View all]
Progressive Jones
Nov 2018
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Why would there be a negative reaction to a piece of land being called
Progressive Jones
Nov 2018
#4
Because "coastal elites" jet from one coast to the other and never get to know the vast middle...
Hekate
Nov 2018
#13
Dang. It's "fly-over" to me because every time I price tickets to those states, they're expensive.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2018
#16
It is expensive because the airports in those places are small. Major carriers don't fly to them.
Blue_true
Nov 2018
#34
I used to work for a regional back in my early twenties. Twin Otters, Nords & comparable are cheap.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2018
#44
They might've been back when cross burnings were considered a socially acceptable activity.
jcmaine72
Nov 2018
#15
For the last 30 years real Americans is just another way to say White Americans.
GulfCoast66
Nov 2018
#33
I never understood that either... that rural Americans are "REAL" Americans & city people are not
Demovictory9
Nov 2018
#56