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mopinko

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72. bring back the fairness doctrine.

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #71)

Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:37 AM

Nov 2020

wouldnt surprise me if that is on biden's to-do-list.

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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