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I’m a Coastal Elite From the Midwest: The Real Bubble is Rural America
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:25 am
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:25 am
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I’m from the rural Midwest. I now live in Washington, D.C. All of this talk about coastal elites needing to understand more of America has it backward. My home county in Ohio is 97 percent white. It, like a lot of other very unrepresentative counties, went heavily for Donald Trump
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My high school had about 950 students. Two were Asian. One was Hispanic. Zero were Muslim. All the teachers were white. My high school had more convicted sexual predator teachers than minority teachers. That’s a rural American story. In many of these areas, the only Muslims you see are in movies like “American Sniper.” (I knew zero Muslims before going to college in another state.) You never see gay couples or even interracial ones. Much of rural and exurban American is a time capsule to America’s past.
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The first gay person I knew personally was my college roommate — a great man who made me a better person. But that’s an experience I would have never had if I didn’t go to college and instead decided to live the rest of my life in my hometown. That was when I realized that not supporting gay marriage meant to actively deny rights to someone I knew personally. I wouldn’t be denying marriage rights to other people; I would be denying marriage rights to Dave. I would have to look Dave in the eye and say, “Dave, you deserve fewer rights than me. You deserve a lesser human experience.”
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I have some extended family in rural New Jersey. Some of them had never been to D.C. before visiting me. They had never made the short drive to see the Constitution in person. They had not seen the Apollo moon lander, nor George Washington’s Revolutionary War uniform.
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And they certainly have not seen the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. They’ve never seen the extent of American greatness or its messiness. To pin this election on the coastal elite is a cop-out. It’s intellectually dishonest, and it’s beneath us.
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Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:26 am to Dire Wolf
Poliboard is to the left.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:27 am to Dire Wolf
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Much of rural and exurban American is a time capsule to America’s past.
Sounds nice
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:28 am to Dire Wolf
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My home county in Ohio is 97 percent white. It, like a lot of other very unrepresentative counties, went heavily for Donald Trump
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:29 am to Dire Wolf
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The first gay person I knew personally was my college roommate — a great man who made me a better person.
Somebody checked off "experimenting with your sexuality in college"
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:33 am to Dire Wolf
Just another reason why Ohio sucks.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:34 am to Dire Wolf
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The Real Bubble is Rural America
I mean, it's kinda true, but it's not like everyone in rural America is some racist homophobic a-hole.
I work in rural America and I see guys drive from their trailer flying a Confederate flag on their truck all the way to the liquor store to buy a pint from an Asian guy while they trade fishing stories and promise to see each other over the weekend.
I've witnessed a white guy run a black guy from the city out of a rural liquor store because he called him a Patel in a negative connotation.
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It’s intellectually dishonest
It's also intellectually dishonest to imply there's something wrong with these people not having a desire to visit museums and artifacts you think they should want to see.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:35 am to Dire Wolf
I think this person attended the same high school that I did in Ohio going by the demographics. Then again, the demographics probably represent just abour every rural high school in Ohio.
This post was edited on 3/19/18 at 8:36 am
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:36 am to Dire Wolf
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quote: My high school had about 950 students. Two were Asian. One was Hispanic. Zero were Muslim. All the teachers were white. My high school had more convicted sexual predator teachers than minority teachers. That’s a rural American story. In many of these areas, the only Muslims you see are in movies like “American Sniper.” (I knew zero Muslims before going to college in another state.) You never see gay couples or even interracial ones. Much of rural and exurban American is a time capsule to America’s past.
This guy bragging about how good his high school and hometown are rubbed me the wrong way
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:38 am to Dire Wolf
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I’m from the rural Midwest. I now live in Washington, D.C. All of this talk about coastal elites needing to understand more of America has it backward. My home county in Ohio is 97 percent white. It, like a lot of other very unrepresentative counties, went heavily for Donald Trump
Guarantee you that that is one of the happiest counties in America.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:38 am to Dire Wolf
This won't be popular here, but I've never liked the "bubble" talk in reference to east coast liberals. The average baw in cenla or rural Iowa is in a bigger bubble if we're being honest.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:41 am to Dire Wolf
How many enlightened coastal elites have been to his hometown? 0 ok cool story bro
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:43 am to Dire Wolf
My hometown is a bit more diverse than that.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:47 am to LNCHBOX
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Poliboard is to the left.
Wrong. To the right. #MAGA
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:50 am to Dire Wolf
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To pin this election on the coastal elite is a cop-out. It’s intellectually dishonest, and it’s beneath us
That's pretentious
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:51 am to Dire Wolf
Pretty amazing how many whites feel embarrassed of being white.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:55 am to Dire Wolf
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Patrick Thornton is Senior Director of User Experience at CQ Roll Call
What is the hell is a Senior Director of User Experience? Is that a thing?
Also, the guy looks like Hans Klopek from "The 'Burbs."
Come back and talk to us in about ten years after you've gained some life experience outside of college, junior.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:55 am to Dire Wolf
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My home county in Ohio is 97 percent white.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 8:57 am to Dire Wolf
Both groups live in a bubble and neither understand each other.
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