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Docreed2003

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17. That's certainly a part of it as well...

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 01:09 PM

Dec 2016

The gun issue is a big part of party affiliations in rural TN and KY. I can only speak for what I know and where I was raised but here religion is a huge part of the problem, so to speak. The Religious Right has skillfully infiltrated evangelical congregations here to the point that the message from the pulpit could very well be read on Fox News. I saw this in its infancy in the 80's in the little southern Baptist church where I was raised. That message is now so malignant that many evangelicals identify only with the GOP as God's representatives to America and view and Democrats as being aligned with Satan himself. That's the dynamic that is affecting rural areas across the south. Until the DNC can build up a grassroots movement to reach out, understand the concerns of these communities, and then represent them faithfullly in DC, then there is no hope for changing minds.

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Not a fair assessment... Docreed2003 Dec 2016 #8

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That's certainly a part of it as well... Docreed2003 Dec 2016 #17

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