Jennifer Moses, a transplanted Northeasterner criticizes liberals for stereotyping the South. I consistently see this attitude from the know it all liberals in Boulder. For example…
The common thread, of course, is that the South is a vast breeding ground for imbeciles, and therefore, anyone of my superior educational and intellectual background must be bored silly.
But the truth is just a slightly bit more complicated
Head’s up, y’all: The South is a huge and vast swath of the United States, extremely varied in its landscape, attitudes, accents, and architectural styles and – here’s a real shocker – it’s filled with intelligent, well-read, thoughtful people.
and of course there is some truth to the stereotyping…
It’s also filled with less intelligent, less well-read people. Funny thing, but neither group enjoys being condescended to by, for example, presidential candidates.
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But try telling that to almost anyone who lives in one of the coastal power centers – especially someone in my own liberal tribe. Not that the Republicans don’t condescend like crazy, but they’re much better at covering it up.
I think you could include Boulder in “coastal powers”.
There’s an 8 minutes audio interview with Jennifer as well.
