tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822678093661476153.post6120669468423576658..comments2023-10-21T03:53:43.281-04:00Comments on Where's Luke?: Fine, whatever, f*ck itOpen Barhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01296373954499786645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822678093661476153.post-41464419871368612982008-02-06T11:43:00.000-05:002008-02-06T11:43:00.000-05:00Yes, at certain times and in certain places in the...Yes, at certain times and in certain places in the South the stereotypes are true to the bone, but on the whole, a suburb in North Carolina is gonna be remarkably similar to a suburb in New Jersey.<BR/><BR/>And there are plenty of places in the Blue states where out homosexuals are quite brave as well. <BR/><BR/>The overall point was more that whatever differences there are should not be magnified in order to separate the country.Open Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296373954499786645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822678093661476153.post-6425589886499342202008-02-06T09:42:00.000-05:002008-02-06T09:42:00.000-05:00"I have never felt for one second while I was in "..."I have never felt for one second while I was in "Red-State America" that I was unwelcome."<BR/><BR/>No offense, but your skin color (and religion and sexuality) might have something to do with that.<BR/><BR/>When I was in Louisville for a year, I didn't feel "unwelcome" -- but certainly "uncomfortable" because I wasn't a Christian.<BR/><BR/>I sat in a "family" restaurant and watched a black family not get seated.<BR/><BR/>And any "out" homosexual was seriously brave.<BR/><BR/>And this was in a relatively big (pop, 1 million +) city, not some small town.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, the South is a very warm and accommodating place for knocking back a few beers and enjoying a BBQ.<BR/><BR/>But when you get down to actual politics, the stereotype is accurate, disturbingly often.Joe Grossberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355362807496413582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822678093661476153.post-89752465462089564722008-02-06T09:05:00.000-05:002008-02-06T09:05:00.000-05:00"...for a long fucking time, I have felt that the ..."...for a long fucking time, I have felt that the idea of a Red-State America and a Blue-State America was a Rove/Bush concoction that the media ran with."<BR/><BR/>That's a really good point. That idea just crystallized for me upon reading that. I don't know that I'd give all the credit to the Roverians, but they've certainly exploited it and it's right up their alley of dividing and not uniting.ChuckJerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596845287728762643noreply@blogger.com