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The Genealogist

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26. A lot of rural whites are afraid of change
Mon Feb 24, 2020, 12:07 PM
Feb 2020

The upshot is that their vision of a utopia is a country of peop,e who are must like them. Same religion, same skin color, same country of origin, same sexual orientation, same same same. Homogeneity is the word. The wingnuts on the radio and TV are their puppeteers, exploiting their narrowly defined, black and white worldview. The problem, is that this utopian world is untenable. This county is changing, and changing fast , leaving behind so many rural whites who will not accept reality. What'll happen is that they will be marginalized further and further til their kind vanish into history.

No kidding! Who knew...incurious, ignorant, gullible, magical thinkers would be bigots. Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #1
Actually, "No fucking shit," would better capture the moment. Baitball Blogger Feb 2020 #6
What a surprise! lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #20
Well, yeah. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #2
+1 ck4829 Feb 2020 #25
Been known for a long time. These creatures are total frauds democratisphere Feb 2020 #3
Where I live, the racist bigoted jokes are out of animosity toward any and all nonwhite people. Jamastiene Feb 2020 #4
It's where Russia spends a lot of money. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #5
That is Nikki28 Feb 2020 #7
It's not a flaw, it's a feature. Marcuse Feb 2020 #8
Yep ck4829 Feb 2020 #24
Show me a kid who went to a Baptist basement school, 95% odds they are a white wing racist. Hoyt Feb 2020 #9
I have spent my life living in rural America Kaiserguy Feb 2020 #10
Not exactly a revelation. (nt) Paladin Feb 2020 #11
Kick dalton99a Feb 2020 #12
The first chapter in the Book Of Duh... Aristus Feb 2020 #13
No shit, Sherlock. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #14
Fantastic article. It is literally God's honest truth. MicaelS Feb 2020 #15
I remember in 1960, the story going around was that because of demigoddess Feb 2020 #16
"these people are afraid of their shadows and not smart" FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #21
Thank-you for this happy feet Feb 2020 #17
And, until the hammer came down, they were kept doped up on opiates. Baked Potato Feb 2020 #18
Filed under: "Shit we already knew" Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #19
Outstanding essay. heckles65 Feb 2020 #22
K&R ck4829 Feb 2020 #23
A lot of rural whites are afraid of change The Genealogist Feb 2020 #26
I am sick of being told I don't understand Trump voters Skittles Feb 2020 #27
There's a difference lees1975 Feb 2020 #28
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #29
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