There's been a lot of talk lately how liberals and progressives need make inroads in small-town, red America if they want to have electoral success. I think there's a degree of merit in that argument. Many on the left are very smug. They think of themselves as intellectually superior to the rubes who supported President Bush. Sophisticated Americans vote Democrat (or Green), while ignorant rednecks vote Republican.
Of course, the parallel orthodoxy on the right is that patriotic God-fearing Americans vote Republican while hedonistic secularists (aka: liberals who "despise Christ") vote Democrat or Green.
Still, those on the left need to realize that calling people 'stupid' is not a good recipe for winning their votes.
Nevertheless, it's hard to counter stereotypes when you read stuff like this.
The final count of a Nov. 2 referendum saw Alabamans REJECT a constitutional amendment to erase segregation-era wording requiring separate schools for "white and colored children" and to eliminate references to the poll taxes once imposed to disenfranchise blacks.
I wonder exactly HOW liberals and progressives are supposed to make common ground with people who take such positions.
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