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6. TV & movies

Reply to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Wed Nov 21, 2018, 02:32 AM

Nov 2018

Americans love schmaltz..and there's nothing like small town schmaltz.. It's what tv was when Boomers were young...

Nostalgia is always popular..it's always better in our memories than it ever really was, but as we age, our minds love to retreat to simpler/safer times when we were young..

and that blip in time (the 20 years after WWII) was unique..

Look at what was on TV back then

Marcus Welby, MD
Petticoat Junction
The Andy Griffith Show
Mayberry RFD
Gunsmoke
The Waltons
Father Knows Best
Leave it to Beaver
etc etc..

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It's bothered me for years. Where did the ridiculous notion [View all] Progressive Jones Nov 2018 OP

It is a response to being called "fly over country"... Moostache Nov 2018 #1

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

I think some of it has to do with the social interactions of people. Drahthaardogs Nov 2018 #24

It would be ridiculous to say there is no difference, of course kcr Nov 2018 #46

Coastal cities enid602 Nov 2018 #45

then you don't get out here much. maxsolomon Nov 2018 #50

"Flyover Country" means Bettie Nov 2018 #32

Well said Bradshaw3 Nov 2018 #51

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

No, it'san attitude that predates the airplane JHB Nov 2018 #21

No, the concept that rural Americans were more real has been around far longer. pnwmom Nov 2018 #22

Johnny Carson promoted that image. lpbk2713 Nov 2018 #2

it's a prejudice NJCher Nov 2018 #3

Andy Griffith was a Democrat until his death... GReedDiamond Nov 2018 #7

He sure was and a big Obama supporter. Elwood P Dowd Nov 2018 #47

Where'd it come from? Rizen Nov 2018 #5

The chicken or the egg? Progressive Jones Nov 2018 #10

Both Celerity Nov 2018 #23

TV & movies SoCalDem Nov 2018 #6

I'm a "Boomer" who grew up with all those shows. Progressive Jones Nov 2018 #12

Norman Rockwell paintings too underpants Nov 2018 #26

I actually like Rockwell's art, but... Progressive Jones Nov 2018 #57

I agree on all counts. underpants Nov 2018 #58

The unspoken about elephant in the room on that is the paucity of POCs... brush Nov 2018 #8

That is the major part of the claim. Blue_true Nov 2018 #37

It's a dog whistle. "Real Americans" means white Americans. Simple as that. Garrett78 Nov 2018 #9

it was dog whistle, coffee etc to mean straight white xtians JI7 Nov 2018 #11

Pretty sure it originated during the Nixon administration... regnaD kciN Nov 2018 #14

They might've been back when cross burnings were considered a socially acceptable activity. jcmaine72 Nov 2018 #15

Most of this country, Mr. Quackers Nov 2018 #20

After President Nixon was re-elected in a landslide Eric J in MN Nov 2018 #17

Sarah Palin said as much in her word salads lunatica Nov 2018 #18

Probably because the US was an agricultural nation Mr. Quackers Nov 2018 #19

This "rural/small town" meme is WHITE and CHRISTIAN, Hortensis Nov 2018 #25

Rural America has gotten increasingly diverse in recent decades oberliner Nov 2018 #29

Yes. Another reason or sign this old meme is failing. Hortensis Nov 2018 #30

+1 dalton99a Nov 2018 #42

It's older than most seem to think Pope George Ringo II Nov 2018 #27

you are right on the money, Pope rurallib Nov 2018 #28

Thank you, that's how I was going to respond. Jim Lane Nov 2018 #43

de Toqueville.... Wounded Bear Nov 2018 #60

It came from people who live in such places. MineralMan Nov 2018 #31

For the last 30 years real Americans is just another way to say White Americans. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #33

The east coast urban edhopper Nov 2018 #35

It goes back to the Colonies earliest days unc70 Nov 2018 #36

I think the inner south, except for Tenn, is flyover. Blue_true Nov 2018 #39

wasn't it a Sarah Palin talking point? crazycatlady Nov 2018 #38

Yeah, a big one. Blue_true Nov 2018 #40

Silly PJ. "Real" Americans are WHITE! NT Adrahil Nov 2018 #41

Damn you John Mellancamp! Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2018 #48

The USDA (link) uponit7771 Nov 2018 #49

From racists. johnp3907 Nov 2018 #52

sir arthur conan doyle mopinko Nov 2018 #53

I'm guessing it came from rural and small town Americans. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2018 #54

Texas will turn blue but it will be due to the big cities and suburbs Gothmog Nov 2018 #55

And the right Democratic candidate TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #61

I never understood that either... that rural Americans are "REAL" Americans & city people are not Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #56

That is there fan base. KWR65 Nov 2018 #59