A new book shows how many supposed “elitist stereotypes” of rural MAGA voters are true—and backed by hard data.

In the popular imagination of many Americans, particularly those on the left side of the political spectrum, the typical MAGA supporter is a rural resident who hates Black and Brown people, loathes liberals, loves gods and guns, believes in myriad conspiracy theories, has little faith in democracy, and is willing to use violence to achieve their goals, as thousands did on Jan. 6.

According to a new book, White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy, these aren’t hurtful, elitist stereotypes by Acela Corridor denizens and bubble-dwelling liberals… they’re facts.

The authors, Tom Schaller, a professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Paul Waldman, a former columnist at The Washington Post, persuasively argue that most of the negative stereotypes liberals hold about rural Americans are actually true.

  • Sidyctism@feddit.de
    0·
    7 个月前

    bougie urbanite jews

    Ok… i think i can see where the wind is blowing from. But just to entertain myself: where did you happen to stumble on their religious backgrounds?

    • jonion@lemmy.world
      0·
      7 个月前

      Usually the aggressive signalling of a particular kind of anti-White, anti-Christian political tradition combined with a “German” surname is enough to give it away. Note that “Jewish” denotes an ethnicity, not a religion. There are plenty of nonbelievers eligible for aliyah.

      Waldman doesn’t exactly require a hexagram to identify, but in case you need direct evidence: https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/when-the-supposed-enemy-of-your-enemy?r=clmeq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

      I jumped the gun on Schaller. He doesn’t actually seem to number among the chosen. Despite his ardent leftism and anti-theism he somehow still ends up batting for the promised land with regards to the ongoing genocide, and his retweets are like the invitation list to a bar mitzvah, but I guess those are unavoidable phenomena when you’re part of the American intelligentsia. A shabbos goy, no doubt, but not a Jew. My sincerest apologies for this libelous slander toward both Schaller and the Jewish people.