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user-inactivated  ·  2919 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Total Destruction: The Democratic Party Has Gone Extinct In Working Class Appalachia

I think it is worth noting that there is a context in which it doesn't matter how you feel about being attacked in op-eds.

Yes, there is a chunk of the left dragging your name through the mud.

Yes, you have a right to get pissed off about it.

Thing is, they are talking about you, not at you. They are testing the waters to see if they can work around you whatsoever.

My guess is they can't...

    "What's the matter with Kansas?" It's a fucking shithole full of ignorant rednecks that want to go back to the barefoot, pregnant and syphilis days, duh. And that's why everyone with half a fucking clue moves away, and that's why your population is collapsing, and that's why there's nobody left to work the farm, and that's why you have a sea of fucking Walmarts instead of culture.

...but I don't feel bad for trying.