“Look at how much the city people have driven us into the ground.”
November 16, 2016 6:53 AM Subscribe
Some thoughts from a UW-Madison Professor on why Wisconsin voted Republican for the first time since 1984.
I'm guilty of doing what's discussed in this article. I grew up here, so I even have a special voice with which to imitate their manner and attitudes. The article didn't get me any closer to agreeing with their point of view, but did give me more than a little insight toward understanding it better. Maybe that's good. Not going to stop doing the voice though.
I'm guilty of doing what's discussed in this article. I grew up here, so I even have a special voice with which to imitate their manner and attitudes. The article didn't get me any closer to agreeing with their point of view, but did give me more than a little insight toward understanding it better. Maybe that's good. Not going to stop doing the voice though.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Please go ahead and put this in the main election thread (also, just for future info, "here are my own thoughts / reactions" sorts of framing for posts don't really work here.) -- taz
When rural people speak about 'the city', isn't that just code for 'the place where all the brown people are'? Too much of the evaluations of the election results is ignoring this.
posted by Bee'sWing at 7:03 AM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Bee'sWing at 7:03 AM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
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Nobody from the cities has driven them to the ground. You can walk every fucking block of Milwaukee, and ask anyone who will give you the time of day if he has ill will towards rural people. You won't get a peep.
If WI won't keep their roads in good shape, it's because Scott Walker and his SUBurban constituency is intent on plowing yet more freeway lanes through Milwaukee, AGAINST the wishes, the interests, even the physical safety of Milwaukee's residents.
It also doesn't help that they pander to his anti-rail policy, which makes it that much more expensive to do anything in rural Wisconsin.
Enough of the pandering. They fucked up our country by electing two overgrown children to high office. Time to demand they start looking at their own predicament like grown adults.
posted by ocschwar at 6:59 AM on November 16, 2016 [4 favorites]