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This is a LONG, but very stimulating by Dr. VDH. He makes a political distinction between primarily rural people and urban progressives. Personally, I would make the distinction primarily between rural people who tend to be conservative and have traditional biblical values because they see what works and have to live with the results vs. smug urbane progressives who often are wealthy enough to remain largely unaffected by their stupid policies and thus don't have to reconsider the wisdom (or lack thereof) of their ideas. Dr. Thomas Sowell says that this is often true of academic intellectuals: they never have to consider if their ideas actually work because they are not punished for their bad progressive ideas. They don't suffer any consequences for their stupidity, so they never learn.
1 posted on 01/15/2017 11:18:01 PM PST by DeweyCA
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“To the rural mind, verbal gymnastics reveal dishonest politicians, biased journalists, and conniving bureaucrats, who must hide what they really do and who they really are.”

John Podesta, poster child.

For so many reasons. And he is who Hillary sent out when she was too overcome by her defeat, snowflake, to address “her people.”


43 posted on 01/16/2017 8:52:05 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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52 posted on 01/17/2017 6:57:40 AM PST by AFPhys ((Liberalism is what Smart looks like to Stupid people - ® - Mia of KC. Rush - 1:50-8/21/15))
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