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Scrivener7

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55. I see you're taking this personally. Which, frankly, is ... well. But, anyway, we are allowed to discuss the
Sun Jan 28, 2024, 01:14 PM
Jan 2024

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fact that the majority of the defendant's support comes from rural areas. And that means a lot of stupid people. But if that stupidity is one you don't engage in, there's no reason for you to take it on yourself.

Rural people have a lot of nonsensical things to say about urban people. Some are in your post. Some apply in many urban areas, but not in mine. Some apply to many urban people but not to me. I know I can either be bothered by them or not. I choose not, because they don't apply to me or my life.

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Well, calling them stupid doesn't help. Lunabell Jan 2024 #1
Don't act stupid so you aren't called stupid Joe Cool Jan 2024 #3
Well, Forrest said... CurtEastPoint Jan 2024 #4
You just proved my point. Lunabell Jan 2024 #6
Gullible BigMin28 Jan 2024 #11
Some of them don't realize the control the state Delmette2.0 Jan 2024 #29
People have to get engaged. cilla4progress Jan 2024 #43
Sen. Tester... 2naSalit Jan 2024 #62
Right. cilla4progress Jan 2024 #72
And the... 2naSalit Jan 2024 #75
+1 from Glacier Country. nt Maru Kitteh Jan 2024 #107
They are VERY gullible. CaptainTruth Jan 2024 #34
Emotions have a lot to do with it. DontBelieveEastisEas Jan 2024 #111
Well if someone called me stupid, I would at least take time to reflect SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #13
How about deplorable, hateful, insular, bigoted, pious? LuvLoogie Jan 2024 #27
play into their hands?...ignore them at our peril??? agingdem Jan 2024 #39
He does represent their values at heart. hadEnuf Jan 2024 #17
Yes he does. Those still voting for him? He absolutely represents their values. Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #51
It helps me SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #5
if the shoe fits... Blues Heron Jan 2024 #9
That's an interesting point. limbicnuminousity Jan 2024 #12
How about "lemmings' assholes?" dchill Jan 2024 #16
Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? (no, that myth mostly comes from deliberate fraud by Disney in a 1958 movie) Celerity Jan 2024 #61
So, realistically, just assholes, right? dchill Jan 2024 #78
death cult assholes IMHO Celerity Jan 2024 #80
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jan 2024 #81
I'm with Joe Cool on this one. Aristus Jan 2024 #18
Calling them brilliant or well-informed won't help either Orrex Jan 2024 #30
Now, that gave me the best chuckle I've had all day. Momma Jan 2024 #56
My use of the label has evolved over time Orrex Jan 2024 #90
Thank you for the defintion and the welcome. Momma Jan 2024 #108
Well, if shoe fits, wear it. Butterflylady Jan 2024 #32
Lunabell, we've been fearing hurting their feelings for too long. The fact is, those who are still voting Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #52
Calling them smart would be stupid as well. Or even mediocre for that matter. JanMichael Jan 2024 #66
I've got relatives angrychair Jan 2024 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author John Shaft Jan 2024 #91
The Democrat Party. CrispyQ Jan 2024 #92
I cringe when hearing "DemocRAT" party . . . DC77 Jan 2024 #110
Until I'm convinced that avoiding calling them stupid is any more useful... Silent3 Jan 2024 #103
THANKS! elleng Jan 2024 #104
Talk radio underpants Jan 2024 #2
This is the sad truth, that they won't open their minds to knowledgeable people FakeNoose Jan 2024 #8
I'm pretty sure the calls are scripted too underpants Jan 2024 #38
Gianforte in Montana HariSeldon Jan 2024 #53
Thanks. underpants Jan 2024 #54
imagine if air america had succeeded. mopinko Jan 2024 #24
I know he's a fictional character... Hugin Jan 2024 #7
Holmes is no one to judge. Earth-shine Jan 2024 #23
I thought it was old school opium smoking? JanMichael Jan 2024 #67
His fictional status notwithstanding, injecting diluted cocaine was a popular thing to do Earth-shine Jan 2024 #69
Karl Marx spoke of urban capitalism rescusing people from "the idiocy of rural life" DBoon Jan 2024 #83
Personally, I tend more towards Groucho. n/t Hugin Jan 2024 #93
or the idiocy of ordinary life? DBoon Jan 2024 #98
If you don't think Trump voters are stupid listen to the Washington doc03 Jan 2024 #10
It's an echo chamber out there for sure NickB79 Jan 2024 #14
Sounds familiar. progressoid Jan 2024 #41
Yep, western WI and outstate MN are full of far-right fanatics. keep_left Jan 2024 #57
My cousins, for example. SarahD Jan 2024 #76
They have gone to far in the rabbit hole DUar17 Jan 2024 #15
I really don't care about them anymore. Do you? pecosbob Jan 2024 #19
I care in the same way as I would care if there was a venomous snake in the house. limbicnuminousity Jan 2024 #44
Disinformed is the more accurate description Zambero Jan 2024 #20
Ha ha Roy Rolling Jan 2024 #21
Surrounded by them here birdographer Jan 2024 #22
I'm so glad to be a rural American GusBob Jan 2024 #25
I'm a progressive hillbilly, too. cilla4progress Jan 2024 #45
I hate to burst your bubble with statistics, but as someone raised on an Ohio farm, having lived in large cities, sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #47
I see you're taking this personally. Which, frankly, is ... well. But, anyway, we are allowed to discuss the Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #55
There is a difference - Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #77
I know that the paint strokes sometimes are too broad, too sweeping, etc., in sideswipes against rural populations SWBTATTReg Jan 2024 #82
And how frequently have you seen broad-brush statements on DU about urban people/areas? Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #87
LOL! Try floating a thread on the (very real and significant) climate benefits of dense population Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #94
I'm sure you've heard of the blue-eye/brown-eye experiment Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #109
I am familiar and I get what you are getting at, but I simply Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #113
Now living urban, I agree with the prison of traffic lights... haele Jan 2024 #85
White rural U.S.A. gives me the willies. hunter Jan 2024 #88
So let me get this straight ... dawg Jan 2024 #26
Not Necessarily ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #95
This is a complete failure of the MSM today with their constant both siderism game. There is no JohnSJ Jan 2024 #28
Yes. They are heavily propagandized by well-funded libertarian billionaires and their think-tanks. PatrickforB Jan 2024 #31
It's shocking. We're experiencing the best economy in years and they think we're headed for a sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #33
Just had a conversation with my wife about her mother liberal N proud Jan 2024 #35
Republicans have been waging a war on public education for over half a century dlk Jan 2024 #36
Republicans like to pretend their rural red havens are places full of love, prosperity, opportunity and Jesus. sop Jan 2024 #37
My brother, son and brother-in-law all live in cities. They believe that. appleannie1 Jan 2024 #40
When you refuse to believe reality and what you see and instead trust and NoMoreRepugs Jan 2024 #42
It's not that rural voters rae stupid. It's that they only can access right-wing media. Liberty Belle Jan 2024 #46
They don't hear what they don't want to hear. They are deliberately, willfully closed minded, and thus ignorant. patphil Jan 2024 #48
Not surprising. republianmushroom Jan 2024 #49
I do not know what else to do than to see if attrition and Darwin's Law saves us long-term. Scalded Nun Jan 2024 #50
Hitler had the People's Radio pumping propaganda into homes. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2024 #58
Better to slam the media as heavily right-wing biased unblock Jan 2024 #59
I've lived in rural Texas for the last 36 years after being transferred from Houston walkingman Jan 2024 #60
"Salt of the earth" is such an interesting description. When you salt the earth, nothing grows. Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #64
The reporter should've asked these voters some follow up questions like: SouthBayDem Jan 2024 #63
or how many branches of government we have and Emile Jan 2024 #99
Republicans are effective at one thing only: shucking rubes. DJ Porkchop Jan 2024 #65
The "base" is a cult. Cults only capture 15% or so at most. usonian Jan 2024 #70
Well duh! oasis Jan 2024 #71
In Michigan, about 75% of TFG supporters live in urban counties Kaleva Jan 2024 #73
IMO, less likely to be truly geographic than media dominance in their existence. Model35mech Jan 2024 #74
It started with Rush Limpjaw Beachnutt Jan 2024 #79
A lot of people would like to think that everyone in rual America is some kind of drooling idiot. Chainfire Jan 2024 #84
Record farm bailouts moondust Jan 2024 #86
I was born, bred, and live in the heart of it, Torchlight Jan 2024 #89
For Perspective ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #96
The 40 who think he did want chaos and anarchy lindysalsagal Jan 2024 #97
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Jan 2024 #100
Exactly what has the repigs and trump done for rural murica Duncanpup Jan 2024 #101
he hates the same people they hate Skittles Jan 2024 #105
Southern Revisionism is indotrination for Whyte Supremacists. StocktonNative Jan 2024 #102
Beside openly express their racism, what does the GOP do Johonny Jan 2024 #106
This needs to change. We dems focus on Trump mostly oldmanlynn Jan 2024 #112
I moved from Cleveland to SE Ohio in 1969 Marthe48 Jan 2024 #114
I know how you feel SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #115
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