Why is Anti-Government Sentiment More Common in Rural America? (parties, support, world)

[shiftymh]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Groups or mobs that hold anti-Government sentiments are more likely to be in rural areas than they are in big cities or suburbs. Why is that?

Yeah you never see that sort of stuff in San Francisco.

[Rggr]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Groups or mobs that hold anti-Government sentiments are more likely to be in rural areas than they are in big cities or suburbs. Why is that?

Given the reactions by many in urban areas to police and the legal system, I'm not sure the premise of the question is accurate.

Given that most "mobs" we see are in urban places, such as Seattle for the WTO violence, I'm even less sure of the validity of the premise.

[nr5667]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Groups or mobs that hold anti-Government sentiments are more likely to be in rural areas than they are in big cities or suburbs. Why is that?

Truly odd, since they're usually poorer, and actually receive more government money than the rest of us... Oh, the irony.

Originally Posted by Rggr

Given the reactions by many in urban areas to police and the legal system, I'm not sure the premise of the question is accurate.

Given that most "mobs" we see are in urban places, such as Seattle for the WTO violence, I'm even less sure of the validity of the premise.

They're only anti-police when the cops aren't arresting the bourgeois.

[odanny]

Originally Posted by padcrasher

New York Times times chart compiling Federal and other objective data on divorce, teenage age pregnancy.

Outrageous that rural Red States can lecture urban dwellers how much more "moral" they are.

Chart of the Day: Red States, Blue States, and Morality « Vox Nova

They also lead the country in hypocrisy.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by Dockside

I suspect people are more used to being self-sufficient in rural areas and get tired of Big Brother always nosing into their lives.

Yea, i noticed all them rural farmers and ranchers have been returning their subsidy checks in droves. The government can hardly keep up with it.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by nr5667

Truly odd, since they're usually poorer, and actually receive more government money than the rest of us... Oh, the irony.

Funny, none of my rural friends and neighbors receive "government money".
You must travel in a different rural circle than I.

[nr5667]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

Funny, none of my rural friends and neighbors receive "government money".
You must travel in a different rural circle than I.

I must. Either that or I rely on statistics, and not anecdotal evidence.

[NHartphotog]

Originally Posted by WestCobb

Have you been to rural America? If you have, the answer should be obvious -- it's ignorance.

Seriously? Self-sufficiency and not leeching off of taxpayers is considered ignorance by urbanites?

Sad.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by NHartphotog

Seriously? Self-sufficiency and not leeching off of taxpayers is considered ignorance by urbanites?

Sad.

Rural America is no more self sufficient than anywhere else. They suck off of the federal teet as much as anyone else when the dollars are added up.

[nr5667]

Originally Posted by NHartphotog

Seriously? Self-sufficiency and not leeching off of taxpayers is considered ignorance by urbanites?

Sad.

Let's be honest, urban areas are where wealth is made, and where most wealthy people are. Not really all that surprising that rural areas tend to have much more poverty, and therefore receive more government assistance.