Dealing with psychopath nutjobs

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While Rhythm has a valid point about tech, the overarching attitude in the south is that they don't WANT places like that. They want the sort of apple pie, Joe-the-Plumber, 50's suburban life style described in Leave it to Beaver and Andy Griffith. Success in America is not to move to a metropolitan area, but to have your own nicely sized house with two or three cars, a couple kids and a dog, a big yard and picket fence, and large enough back yard to entertain. Maybe a pool. You go to church a couple times a week. The kids all say "under god" in the pledge. God, America, and Family first.

Silicone valley as far as they're concerned is full of atheist crazies and hippies. They grudgingly like the tech that comes out of it, but they're quick to remind you that God comes first. TV rots your eyes, you know. Those iPads make kids act like little snots. They forget to respect your elders. Blah blah.

I live in one of the more 'liberal' cities in NC, and by that I mean we voted for more equal treatment of gays and such, and we try to put in more public transport and recycling programs and green roofing and generally act like we're not surrounded by toothless, banjo playing, Jesus loving, homo-hating luddites. It's still scary here sometimes.

You should hear the attitude people have about education. They're 'proud' when someone goes to college, but so quick to remind you that their daddy or granddaddy was just as good as that 'educated' person because they worked hard all their lives. "College don't make you somethin', boy."

That was a good read. But God, America and Family? I thought it was God, Gun and Country!

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I grew up in the Panhandle, but was born in IL.

I still remember the very first time I heard the word used in that context. I asked a friend why Dems found it hard to win Florida, he said "because of the panhandle". I thought what the fuck is that? It's quite a cool name tbh.