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NotAPuppet

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5. You answered you own question.

Sat Nov 7, 2020, 07:03 AM

Nov 2020

You moved away, had exposure to people of all walks of life and different thoughts and opinions. You got educated. Education does not only mean getting a college degree. There are ignorant people with college degrees, and smart people without traditional schooling.

I think that living in a bubble contributes to people keeping their heads in the sand and being afraid of everything that's unknown. Republicans have been great when it comes to exploiting this fear, which is how they keep many of their rural voters in check. There is also the fear of being different, and falling in line with common beliefs is much easier for many.

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What is it about living in rural America that makes people different from people [View all] flamin lib Nov 2020 OP

They value sameness and conformity. They fear difference & diversity. Funtatlaguy Nov 2020 #1

But why? we can do it Nov 2020 #23

complete lack of common ground Amishman Nov 2020 #30

They do not bdamomma Nov 2020 #47

Not just rural DownriverDem Nov 2020 #49

Many of them will never leave their hometown... EarthFirst Nov 2020 #2

I can say BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #3

You nailed it with the best move away at a Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #4

The best mostly went to college and now live in the suburbs Klaralven Nov 2020 #34

You have just described my home place. flamin lib Nov 2020 #7

The 2 Senators per state thing was a compromise. octoberlib Nov 2020 #16

states were similar RicROC Nov 2020 #57

I'm not so sure that changing the wnylib Nov 2020 #58

Good points. The five states of WY, ID, MT, ND and SD TheRickles Nov 2020 #46

There is a certain amount of "brain drain" going on spinbaby Nov 2020 #8

Good point about basic TV service with Fox being the only Cable channel. Bluepinky Nov 2020 #19

The TV thing BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #25

I agree with you about church and religion. Bluepinky Nov 2020 #32

I understand BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #33

Religion provides a chance to socialize treestar Nov 2020 #31

In rural Georgia greymattermom Nov 2020 #44

You're right spinbaby Nov 2020 #91

Yes BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #9

Iowa is an example Windy City Charlie Nov 2020 #10

Chicagoan my entire life. Here's a little factoid... Progressive Jones Nov 2020 #82

do they really care about schools besides sports? pstokely Nov 2020 #13

Not sure it's that Windy City Charlie Nov 2020 #15

One difference in our small town is the lack of local businesses. overleft Nov 2020 #18

This is how it is where I reside. overleft Nov 2020 #17

yeah-- that's a huge part of it LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #42

You answered you own question. NotAPuppet Nov 2020 #5

They all go to rightwing churches on Sunday. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2020 #6

am radio. mopinko Nov 2020 #11

Yes, the noise they're surrounded by is the noise they'll make themselves. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #40

i worked an election in far north wis in '12. mopinko Nov 2020 #66

Our fellow amurkins are listening to some pretty treasonous and inhuman crap BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #69

i dont know either. mopinko Nov 2020 #70

Yeah, am rules the rural areas. We are the most heavily propagandized country BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #71

bring back the fairness doctrine. mopinko Nov 2020 #72

That would be GREAT!! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #73

they are OUR airwaves. mopinko Nov 2020 #74

Typical conservatives, stealing and weaponizing public property. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #76

The low population-density changes societal dynamics: DetlefK Nov 2020 #12

This flying rabbit Nov 2020 #87

Tell your friends The Jungle 1 Nov 2020 #14

Ya know I had a conversation with two older brothers at one of the last flamin lib Nov 2020 #81

Fear of diversity. apcalc Nov 2020 #20

I spent ages 11 or 12 until graduation from high school in the middle of Ohio. Vinca Nov 2020 #21

College education nt Wicked Blue Nov 2020 #22

I lived in a small rural town in Australia until I was eleven uriel1972 Nov 2020 #24

Farm subsidies. Goodheart Nov 2020 #26

"I've lived it and I can't figure it out" handmade34 Nov 2020 #27

I grew up in rural southern Illinois on a small farm. honest.abe Nov 2020 #28

So many reasons RazzleCat Nov 2020 #29

Honest answer GusBob Nov 2020 #35

And the people there think they bought all those nice things themselves. hunter Nov 2020 #94

Isolation and lack of education. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #36

I'm not entirely sure Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #37

You are cloistered in your own little community DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #38

It's self-reinforcing mix bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #39

I think previous posters have hit most of the points hatrack Nov 2020 #41

Was that University town Commerce, TX? Sure sounds like where I got my MS. nt flamin lib Nov 2020 #77

No, Missouri rather than Texas hatrack Nov 2020 #83

Billboard at Commerce city limits read: flamin lib Nov 2020 #84

Oy . . . hatrack Nov 2020 #85

many great answers in this thread. my first thought are... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #43

A well thought out and lucidly presented post. Thank you for that. ClusterFreak Nov 2020 #45

There might be an element of self-selection in this Silent3 Nov 2020 #48

Exactly! treestar Nov 2020 #56

I grew up in small-town America but chose to leave. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #50

This thread reminded me of that great bumper sticker: Brother Mythos Nov 2020 #51

Pretty simple really... fear of being left out Peacetrain Nov 2020 #52

Here's the funny thing BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #62

Your story is my story. llmart Nov 2020 #53

Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine by Republicans in 1987. AM hate radio and FOX became FailureToCommunicate Nov 2020 #54

Education and Churches dempls Nov 2020 #55

Extreme RW propagandization, and a lifetime of intense peer pressure Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #59

Rural provincialism is universal, it's not an exclusively American phenomenon. sop Nov 2020 #60

You are the only one with advanced education. Lasher Nov 2020 #61

I moved from NY to deep red south central PA TheDemsshouldhireme Nov 2020 #63

Ask Your Question To Repug Strategists.... global1 Nov 2020 #64

What a wonderful thread bdamomma Nov 2020 #65

Yes BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #67

An interaction of genes and environment drmeow Nov 2020 #68

What about Vermont? Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #75

Yes, I've noticed that. Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #90

Read The Authoritarians by Altemeyer TrogL Nov 2020 #78

A lot of good answers above, but I'm going to put RW radio, TV, and other media at the top... JHB Nov 2020 #79

Full of "declassed" people. David__77 Nov 2020 #80

churches and poverty DonCoquixote Nov 2020 #86

Homogeneity. moondust Nov 2020 #88

Don't overthink this. Codeine Nov 2020 #89

Some people are more psychologically open to new ideas and some are not. alarimer Nov 2020 #92

Horrible schools plus personality disordered preachers womanofthehills Nov 2020 #93