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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Whoa, wait - the "truth" is that rural people are racist (or zealots, or violent, or..) because of the actions of the government? (I realize this is a gross oversimplification, but so was the original statement, to be quite honest)
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I said "caus
es." As in one of many (see my last post on this, as well). I think you're the one oversimplifying if you think that's what either I or Obama meant.
And I stand by it as one cause. I've talked to many people that when something like affirmative action, sexual harassment, environmentalism, etc. comes up, these people talk in a way that those that they make ties between that as a/the reason they haven't made more of their life. I think there's an overwhelming feeling of "hey, what about me?" among white, right-wing people that have had a hard time economically because they lived their lives honestly and feel cheated. I think it is human nature to want to find some blame. It is easier to blame the people who don't look like you or come from where you come from than to blame the causes closer to home and that are harder to identify.