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93. Personally, I tend more towards Groucho. n/t

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Article shows the truly misinformed and ignorance of rural America [View all] SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 OP

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