Rural living.

[LWolf]

164. I really think

that rural Americans, like all Americans, are people. People with all the potential for the best and worst human potential...just like urban and suburban Americans.

I really think...no, not think, but KNOW, because I see and experience it on a daily basis, that rural people have brains and morals and empathy, and that they are just as good, and just as worthy, as anyone else. I don't think where we live dictates who we are.

I really know that there are assholes and sociopaths and racists and misogynists and greedy capitalists and libertarians and under-educated people and people who are followers of corrupt leaders EVERY FUCKING WHERE: urban, suburban, rural, Republican, Democrat, 3rd Party, Independent, DU and Free Republic.

I really know that the only way to grow the best, instead of the worst, that humanity can be is through community and collaboration, not hate.

I also suspect that the people who are most determined to assign blame are those that know, no matter how deep they try to bury it, that they are part of the problem, not the solution.

I also know that screaming about racism and misogyny while engaging in other forms of bigotry is hypocritical. If it's wrong to hate, wrong to discriminate, DON'T. Don't form teams that legitimize hating the "other" and blaming them for your failures.