Rural people are bad people...

Wondering what exactly is the definition of "rural"? Surely not suburbs? Perhaps areas that are quite a ways away from any kind of infrastructure such as medical, shopping, etc.?
 

You've got your narrow minded bigots wherever you go, city, suburbs, or country. In the cities and suburbs, races and nationalities have become more "mixed' but life goes on. Most white supremacist and Nazi leaning groups are made up of "country boys" and by appearance and family lineage, that where I'd fit right in.

I still live in the same home where I was born. It was a farm back then but today it's in the suburbs as the city, over the last 80 some years, has crept to and around us. I wish it hadn't because I miss the open fields and woodland, much of which has disappeared. There was little crime in this neighborhood) back then and little today but while it was made up of "good old" white folks back then, it's much more of a mix today.

People are people. The city type thugs are matched by the countrified hateful white supremacists. Take your choice but don't presume that your choice (or mine) is better than any other. After all, it is a choice, not a fact.
 
Love visiting my sister in the country. It is so quiet and peaceful. Only noises are farmers trying to get that last cutting of hay into the barns. BIL bringing in last of the maters before the expected freeze. I sleep all night long there when I visit. Here in Houston I sleep 2-3 hours at a time with the sounds of the cars flying by. Would love to move there but you have to drive at least an hour for medical needs. But I do enjoy the few days I can spend there.
 

DaveA said:
You've got your narrow minded bigots wherever you go, city, suburbs, or country. In the cities and suburbs, races and nationalities have become more "mixed' but life goes on. Most white supremacist and Nazi leaning groups are made up of "country boys" and by appearance and family lineage, that where I'd fit right in.

I still live in the same home where I was born. It was a farm back then but today it's in the suburbs as the city, over the last 80 some years, has crept to and around us. I wish it hadn't because I miss the open fields and woodland, much of which has disappeared. There was little crime in this neighborhood) back then and little today but while it was made up of "good old" white folks back then, it's much more of a mix today.

People are people. The city type thugs are matched by the countrified hateful white supremacists. Take your choice but don't presume that your choice (or mine) is better than any other. After all, it is a choice, not a fact.
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There are a few residual pockets of white supremacists near here, but they're small, isolated and looked down upon by most middle and upper class whites. Sounds like your part of Massachusetts has more racism than my part of Mississippi! We've always been "mixed" as you say, and surprisingly not too many years after integration was forced on the area, it was embraced by the majority. Especially in industries where there's a strong mix of the two races represented in the workplace with women in healthcare having an especially strong bond.

The change is liberating for people with halfway good sense. At two in the morning on an opera road trip in the 90s, a girlfriend and I were still gabbing. Then it dawned on us that our parents would've not even been able to stay in the same hotel at the age we were then, and there we were in the same room girl talking at 2AM. Things are so changed that none of that even occurred to us until that point.

Now if we could just get our damn state flag changed... There's an older segment of the white population who don't see the negative symbolism, disgusting Ole Miss fans that associate it with that school (MSU fan here, lol!) and a group of white trash that turn out en masse to vote for it. Once the older segment dies out, I think it'll change.
 
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StarSong said:
City and suburban people behave the same way. No horses here, but when a dog gets lost we all join in the hunt. I don't know why there's a common misconception that only rural folks know or help their neighbors, but throughout my life I've found kind, helpful people living nearby.

I've lived in very rural areas, cities, and suburbs and have found people to be the same everywhere.
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Yep. (y) I've found good and bad people everywhere that I've been. Nobody has a lock on utopia.
 
terry123 said:
Love visiting my sister in the country. It is so quiet and peaceful. Only noises are farmers trying to get that last cutting of hay into the barns. BIL bringing in last of the maters before the expected freeze. I sleep all night long there when I visit. Here in Houston I sleep 2-3 hours at a time with the sounds of the cars flying by. Would love to move there but you have to drive at least an hour for medical needs. But I do enjoy the few days I can spend there.
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We are northwest of H Town...still a bedroom community to Houston, but with 12 wooded acres, its wonderfully
quiet and yet close to top notch med facilities and lots of shopping. We couldn't match this in very few places
in the country I think, not for a lot more than it set us back here, even. Best of both worlds.
 
Considering how this 'good' city person wrote a 'bad' rant on Twitter, I'm surprised at all the electronic "ink" he's getting for his venting. It's his opinion. It's pretty tame. It's not exactly his finest hour, but if this is the worst thing he does in his life,"unironically" he's headed for sainthood. I doubt that many farmers were driven to seek therapy over it. And I suspect there are some awkward twitters typed by rural fingers. I think we can put away the tar and feathers. We can let him live.
 
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fuzzybuddy said:
Considering how this 'good' city person wrote a 'bad' rant on Twitter, I'm surprised at all the electronic "ink" he's getting for his venting. It's his opinion. It's pretty tame. It's not exactly his finest hour, but if this is the worst thing he does in his life,"unironically" he's headed for sainthood. I doubt that many farmers were driven to seek therapy over it. And I suspect there are some awkward twitters typed by rural fingers. I think we can put away the tar and feathers. We can let him live.
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I disagree. He made a sweeping generalization, never a good thing, and never the truth.
 
Maybe, I'm missing something. Is what he said was stupid, insensitive, naive, irritating, etc., etc., etc.? Yes!!! But should he be imprisoned for 99 years? I don't understand why some aren't dismissing his tweet as the rantings of a jackass?
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Maybe, I'm missing something. Is what he said was stupid, insensitive, naive, irritating, etc., etc., etc.? Yes!!! But should he be imprisoned for 99 years? I don't understand why some aren't dismissing his tweet as the rantings of a jackass?
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He is most certainly a ranting jackass. As for dismissing him ...reposting post #8:

AnnieA said:
Sometimes the hateful ones are openly expressing an underlying consensus. Sometimes they're just hateful idiots. This guy strikes me as falling between the two and that's disturbing.
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jujube said:
Hey, he's getting attention, isn't he? That's the main impelling force in making outrageous posts. If he had posted "I love kittens and raindrops on roses and warm woolen mittens and ā€¦ā€¦.", we wouldn't be talking about him. He got what he wanted. Mission accomplished.
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Exactly. Getting his 15 minutes of fame.
 
Keesha said:
I couldnā€™t agree with you more. When we moved to the country it was the best decision of my life. It was almost like living on another planet the differences were THAT obvious. Theres probably a lot more work to do but thereā€™s a peacefulness thatā€™s city life can never offer ( for me that is )
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Although I was raised in the suburbs, my parents both came from country childhoods -- so most of my aunts/uncles/cousins that we visited were either farmers or country people. I always swore that when I grew up I was gonna live in the country.

I bought my first house in 1975, and it was in the country. In 1981 I bought a one-room cabin on a dirt road and am still here, although it's a two-bedroom house now. In all these years I have never had one dispute with any of my neighbors -- they are all wonderful people.

How many city people can say that?
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We hear distasteful and distorted tweets everyday. This is now a way of life and many folks approve of it. As some have said, this young fellow is getting his "spot in the sun" and some son't agree with him. I don't agree with him either, and a lot of other things that I hear but I usually consider the source and get on with my life.
 
My sister and her husband have lived in their country setting for 50 years. Their land was farmed by his people for tons of years. All the farmers there inherited their land also. They all know each other and help each other out when needed. Years ago when BIL had to be in hospital 55 miles away my sister worried about getting the soybeans in. Not to worry, three of his fellow neighbors appeared one morning with their equipment and got the job done. They would work their fields all morning and work his all afternoon until dark. Even then they had lights on their equipment and got his harvest in. They knew he would do the same for them and had done so in the past. That's how country folks are. When I visit there it was not unusual to wake up and someone would have left a mess of potatoes, maters, corn or squash at his door. They shared their produce freely. The local Bank employees loved to see the farmers come in to do their business as they would bring excessive produce to them. They could look across the land and see equipment broken down and here would come another farmer to see what was needed. When I visit we would ride around in his truck and he would point out what was going on with the neighbors fields according to what he saw in their fields. He often told me that the public would never understand the farmers plight until they went to buy bread and the price had doubled. Sorry to write a book but I have seen a lot visiting my sis.
 
I once knew a city boy who wrote his doctoral thesis
on the Myth of God. But he always seemed to have a
good view of both rural and city folk.
 
My BIL works the land from early morning before it gets light until well past dark. Has one full time employee that shows up if he feels like it. No need to show up when you get welfare, etc. Nobody wants to work even with over time pay whether his skin is white, brown or black. BIL works like his daddy did and others before him. He might be forced to slow down with a heart cath on Dec 2. Thought it was a heart valve replacement but the cath will decide if he needs the replacement of the heart valve. Doc said he would have to take it easy for a couple of weeks after the cath but sister says he will be right back there working on his equipment. Old habits are hard to break when you work like that for a living. He did stop cotton farming and is now raising cattle with a contract for those Kansas City steaks folks enjoy on their plates. Sister is hoping they can concentrate on the cattle raising business.
 

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