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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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10. It is an accurate description of the relationship at hand

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Do you think the term flyover country is offensive? [View all] LonePirate Oct 2017 OP

sure d_r Oct 2017 #1

Now we know they are not unimportant treestar Oct 2017 #2

I am from rural Illinois. murielm99 Oct 2017 #3

It's condescending. octoberlib Oct 2017 #4

It's stupid as well, considering those "flyover states" include whathehell Oct 2017 #76

Its supposed to be a joke maxsolomon Oct 2017 #5

Like Betty Price saying that HIV positive people should be quarantined? Thor_MN Oct 2017 #9

Yeah, jokes like that maxsolomon Oct 2017 #14

While the term may not have been derogatory back in 1976, it has certainly become so in 41 years. LonePirate Oct 2017 #17

Almost any term can be used in a derogatory manner maxsolomon Oct 2017 #19

The term applies to all residents of those areas, not just his voters and it applies to you as well. LonePirate Oct 2017 #32

Well, I'm from there maxsolomon Oct 2017 #35

Gee, the "N" word goes back to the 16th century, so I guess people should just get over it, huh? Thor_MN Oct 2017 #25

You think "Flyover Country" is equivalent to "Nigger"? maxsolomon Oct 2017 #34

Equivalent, no. But in your tortured logic, it should be less offensive than "Flyover Country" Thor_MN Oct 2017 #38

That's an offensive comparison, and you're clearly desperate to be pissed off about nothing Orrex Oct 2017 #53

That was indeed an extreme and bad comparison, although other comparisons are apt. LonePirate Oct 2017 #56

This honky is fine with that. Orrex Oct 2017 #58

If you bothered to read with any comprehension at all, Thor_MN Oct 2017 #60

No shit they're not equivalent, and you're misrepresenting the other person's logic Orrex Oct 2017 #63

Have a nice day, you obvously are self confident that you know everything Thor_MN Oct 2017 #65

But you *did* frame them as equivalent. Orrex Oct 2017 #68

Perhaps you don't understand what a question mark means? Thor_MN Oct 2017 #71

Nope, keep trying Orrex Oct 2017 #75

Hell, you are the one looking silly as I have already posted Thor_MN Oct 2017 #80

Where did I claim that I am smart? Orrex Oct 2017 #84

Jesus, you don't even read what you yourself write. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #88

And you apparently didn't read what you cited. Orrex Oct 2017 #90

Weak. Even for you. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #91

What is the precise and relevant equivalence LanternWaste Oct 2017 #59

Try reading my follow up post to the person that proposed that time makes everything better. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #61

Perhaps you should write as if you know how to write Orrex Oct 2017 #64

Like I said, have a nice day. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #66

Your posts get weaker and weaker as you go along Orrex Oct 2017 #69

No, I am try not to escalate your obviously lack of experience with the English language. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #72

Weaker still Orrex Oct 2017 #74

Just like Trump, nothing whatsoever except your made up stories... Thor_MN Oct 2017 #82

Wow. Weak, even for you. Orrex Oct 2017 #85

Seriously? RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #83

Funny, I have that very picture on my office wall and now I'm looking at them together. LisaM Oct 2017 #30

Well maybe the folks in those states can console themselves... vi5 Oct 2017 #6

I think the term "swing state" is offensive. But getting rid of the word pnwmom Oct 2017 #7

I'm sorry, but how is "swing state" offensive?.. whathehell Oct 2017 #78

The concept is offensive. The concept that some votes matter more than others. pnwmom Oct 2017 #79

Ok, I understand you now. n/t. whathehell Oct 2017 #81

no more so then 'liberal elites' but the worst term is 'moral majority' Fresh_Start Oct 2017 #8

It is an accurate description of the relationship at hand Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2017 #10

I am from the west Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #11

How about the 'heartland'. It's not used in a negative way the way descriptions of the coasts are JI7 Oct 2017 #12

It's called the heartland because the brain isn't there. FSogol Oct 2017 #15

Fuck Newhart.. whathehell Oct 2017 #77

Context is important sarisataka Oct 2017 #13

It is like saying people on the coasts are superior to us doc03 Oct 2017 #16

People in Flyover Country have security systems - my Dad & Brother do. maxsolomon Oct 2017 #21

There is no such thing that I know of around doc03 Oct 2017 #22

OK... maxsolomon Oct 2017 #23

I see places in Florida and the Atlanta area on the first. On the second there are none in doc03 Oct 2017 #27

Though I would not want to live in the Villages, my sister--a retired teacher-- Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2017 #36

My old high school Geometry teacher lives there, he is a die hard Republican. Just doc03 Oct 2017 #37

Sounds like Mar-A-Lago RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #86

Actually, the coasts are superior places to live, but I would spread that to include the border- snooper2 Oct 2017 #50

I have spent time on the coasts sarisataka Oct 2017 #57

I grew up in "flyover country" and that's what it is. madinmaryland Oct 2017 #18

Well there are a shit load of people in cities that never saw a doc03 Oct 2017 #24

LOL!! I've seen cows both in Ohio and Connecticut... madinmaryland Oct 2017 #31

The way I hear the media talk everyone in fly over country doc03 Oct 2017 #33

Ohio wasn't won by a "couple of percentage points". HughBeaumont Oct 2017 #55

I went to college with a guy who held that view about restricting voting rights to property owners The Genealogist Oct 2017 #54

I was raised in "flyover country." BigDemVoter Oct 2017 #20

Thinking that way equals Democrats losing elections. nt doc03 Oct 2017 #28

Spending money in red states? BigDemVoter Oct 2017 #43

Shirley you're joking? left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #26

Mike Pence and his ilk are grown up CHILDREN OF THE CORN n/m bagelsforbreakfast Oct 2017 #29

No. Iggo Oct 2017 #39

I'm originally from Ohio and I currently live in Indiana, Tobin S. Oct 2017 #40

One item: there are numerous rural areas which are predominantly black or Hispanic. LonePirate Oct 2017 #41

I was thinking Midwest and Great Plains when I said that because that's where I'm from. Tobin S. Oct 2017 #42

Heck get out in western Kansas, and it's majority Latino in places like Dodge & Garden City hatrack Oct 2017 #49

And the Democratic Party will not benefit sarisataka Oct 2017 #62

I'm Not Offended, And Live In Illinois ProfessorGAC Oct 2017 #44

I prefer the term "worthless void" or "dangerous wilderness" Orrex Oct 2017 #45

Oh, you!! NurseJackie Oct 2017 #67

LOL Orrex Oct 2017 #70

Not used by Democrats to dismiss; used by GOP and the right. Justice Oct 2017 #46

It was used disparagingly in article by a presumably liberal author yesterday. LonePirate Oct 2017 #47

Nah, not deeply so . . . hatrack Oct 2017 #48

Flyover country is an insult but heartland delisen Oct 2017 #51

I despise that term The Genealogist Oct 2017 #52

Probably much safer moondust Oct 2017 #73

50 people live in Kansas and they get two Senators just like New York alphafemale Oct 2017 #87

Jesus... are we really this thinned skin these days? nini Oct 2017 #89