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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
This sounds even more like the positions of the New Yorkers quoted in that article than your earlier Sebastian paraphrase. Another excerpt:
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Dr. Joseph acknowledged that such attitudes could feed into the perception that New Yorkers are cultural elitists, but he didn't apologize for it.
"People who are more competitive and proficient at what they do tend to gravitate toward cities," he said.
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Look, I don't know what other NY'ers feel (well, other than a few friends and I suppose the dude quoted in this article), but it's not that people think Rs are too stupid to know what's good for them (the imbecilic characterization that DS keeps trying to foist upon us); it's that the RR (religious right -- not sure if that's a "common" acronym, or one I've been using on PM) is purposefully pushing an agenda that is based upon their religious beliefs. lt's not that I'm just disappointed "my guy" didn't win -- I am disheartened that "values" are being forced down the throats of people who don't hold them.
I'm sure someone with the inclination could go out and find some incendiary comments by the other side too, so finding a quote isn't dispositive.
I'm not suggesting that the woman from Alabama I heard on the radio proclaiming that the idea of separation of church and state didn't exist because she didn't believe in it is any more "typical" of all Alabamans than the above quotes are representative of all NY'ers views.
No common ground.
