Finally Found The Courage of My Convictions and Told Facebook Bigots off!

[BrotherIvan]

54. It's so odd that many are seeing this as an attack on their culture

I guess it's the last gasps of the rise of hillbilly culture or some such. When Reagan let the holy rollers come to the table, they went from kooks on late night tv swindling old folk out of their savings to political powerhouses who could deliver blocks of votes. The media did a hard right turn in their greed to market to the "flyover states" and get every last eyeball and turned their channels into "all redneck 24/7."

Stupidity, bigotry, hate and ignorance were celebrated and marketed. Just look at the transformation of the Duck Dynasty people (a show which I had not even heard of until this controversy); they're marketing an identity which is creating super heroes of *gits with gunz* that spreads into our larger culture as people all over the country (and at gun shows) rush to imitate it.

They seem to be everywhere. But perhaps they can be beaten back. You knew grunge wouldn't last forever (though it seemed to) and hopefully this will go away too, to be replaced by some other awfulness. But surely, the non-bible thumpers are getting weary of their constant screeching. And look at what happened to Paula Deen. Though the rednecks complained, and did support her and buy an extra helping of her books, their puny minds must have registered that you can't get away with this shit. She has lost her national appeal and her media empire. The same will go for Phil. Yank the chain to make them pay attention.

Corporations only care about the bottom line. They are smart enough to know that rednecks are actually a small percentage and for the most part a lower income percentage who buys within a very limited circle. Sure, there are some companies who can capitalize upon that niche, such as Hobby Lobby or Chick Fil-A, but a huge multi-national cannot afford to cater to their very small population. Notice the Ellen controversy, or the Cheerios multi-racial controversy. They weren't pulled. That is very important because it means that the corps aren't willing to give into the rw crap any more. Eventually, they will have used up all their air on shit like the war on Christmas and Benghazi! other nonsense and just become isolated. Look how Fox news has fallen after the Romney debacle. I do believe mainstream "independents" will now wander off to the next fad, leaving the bizarre Jesus freaks to go back to their swamp. And good fucking riddance.