America ...

[ubiquirk]

So this whole 'golly-gee shucks' image of the 'Real America' being living on wide-open land, farming or some such, and shooting things with guns?

So very far from even 'not so much.'

80% of Americans live in metropolitan areas.

Why does the Republican Party's attempt to harken to such an image work though?  It must speak to some ideal people cling to

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[mundungus42]

But it's way more hilarious to paint a guy whose mom raised him alone and on food stamps as a liberal elitist.

[ubiquirk]

Yes! And Hawaii - I mean, that barely counts as a state, right?

[mundungus42]

*pssht* You can't even see another country from Hawaii.

[laiksmarei]

Hey, I can see Canada from my house (if I squint).

[laiksmarei]

Don't you know? We're all supposed to fit within the same homogeneous mold. Gods, guns and babies.

[ubiquirk]

Gods, guns and babies.

And white, and christian, and protestant, and ...