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Originally posted by ltl/fb
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I sometimes forget how much disdain the coasts have for the middle, and how unnecessarily divisive -- not to mention fucking annoying -- it is. Especially considering that large numbers of people in each of the red states actually voted for Kerry, and that margins may have looked higher for Bush in states that were definitely going to go red, because people who would not have voted for Bush may not have bothered voting at all, since he was going to win anyway. Having coastal (well, NE and pretty much all of the West coasts) people lump all people in red states together and label them "rube redneck morons" tends to be a bit alienating. I would think it would be better to reach out to the substantial minorities in the red states that agree . . . .
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The point of the New Yorkers with whom I communicated was that the article (and I, although I disagree) does not accurately represent the attitude of all or even most New Yorkers. I agree with them. Some of my best friends are New Yorkers, and I am more elitist than they are. But, the fact that the New York Times publishes an article about how New Yorkers cannot fathom what makes the red states tick (they are "bewildered") and then quotes New Yorkers calling red states rednecks and unsavvy rubes probably will not help to heal the rift.
