The divide in Texas is rural vs city. Rural Texans have never met a Jewish person in their lives. They are just not there. Evangelicals rule in rural Texas, and although I have no evidence for this, I'm going to bet that vote was split rural vs city.
The divide in Texas is rural vs city. Rural Texans have never met a Jewish person in their lives. They are just not there. Evangelicals rule in rural Texas, and although I have no evidence for this, I'm going to bet that vote was split rural vs city.
Rural Texans have never met a person of color as a neighbor or a peer either. The only people of color they know of are the farm and ranch workers they depend on while screaming about the invasion of the caravans.
ThatтАЩs actually a little off base. My husband is from rural Texas and went to school with way more Black kids than I did in suburban Maryland. However, people he went to school with were still using the n-word as recently as a few years ago.
Yes.... I just wrote a long explainer somewhere on here a second ago. ItтАЩs not a face-to-face explicit bigotry in most cases. There are even some open minded genuinely kind rural white people. BUT mostly itтАЩs people with a little chip on their shoulder (тАЬyou think youтАЩre better than me?!тАЭ) who were raised by racists. They cannot fully separate from it because it was their granddaddy who was so sweet to them. And they think itтАЩs ok to overlook that тАЬsweetтАЭ old manтАЩs racism as if it just couldnтАЩt be helped. They will be nice to POC in their community. However, they believe that these POC are different from those in urban areas. They listen to preachers and FOX. Misogyny is as prevalent as the racism, too. So there are strange alignments. Some people tolerate one ism so they can benefit from the other. If you try to reason with them they donтАЩt believe you. They get defensive. They are so far dug in to the identity of тАЬconservativeтАЭ that many of them donтАЩt know how to back away and say тАЬthatтАЩs too farтАЭ (much less тАЬI was wrongтАЭ). When itтАЩs their kid who is gay, theyтАЩll say stuff like тАЬwell I canтАЩt vote anymore because the Dems are so bad with money.тАЭ Like... what? But ok - If youтАЩre gonna either vote red or not vote, then I hope you donтАЩt vote. In 8 years I have persuaded NO ONE. ItтАЩs crushingly depressing. But repetition works and I wish someone would outbid the тАЬpro-lifeтАЭ (misnomer) people and put on those billboards: REPUBLICANS DONтАЩT CARE IF YOUR KID GETS SHOT and other facts. But where is the money for that? I donтАЩt know.
We owned a cattle ranch in east Texas for a decade or so тАФ we sold it two years ago and IтАЩm so glad we did. I love my TX family and friends but the political culture there depresses me. I used to drive past Louie GohmertтАЩs office on my way to my favorite running trail and couldnтАЩt resist an audible expression of disgust every single time I saw his name.
This is closer to the truth. I live here. In an area that a few years ago was considered rural but is increasingly suburban. IтАЩm speaking in general terms but general terms apply... generally.
They have met Jews. They know and love LGBTQ people too. On a one-on-one basis, the bumpkins are not generally openly hateful. (And not all people in rural areas are bumpkins. I am using that term to describe people who are what I would call bigots in denial.) About THOSE people: TheyтАЩre gullible. Yes there are the openly hostile. But for the most part, itтАЩs more subtle. ItтАЩs snide remarks in hushed tones, usually. And most of the time they are satisfied just feeling superior. They donтАЩt usually want to harm people. BUT they do fall for everything Fox says and they canтАЩt apply what their every day behavior/life experience is to a broader view. So while they love to say тАЬI have Black friends,тАЭ meaning they are friendly with someone they have superficial interactions with in their small town, they are also saying stupid shit like тАЬone of the good onesтАЭ because theyтАЩre still believing that the POC in Chicago are all murderers or whatever. TheyтАЩre AFRAID. They believe theyтАЩre being persecuted. They say things like тАЬI have nothing against gays. I just donтАЩt think it should be shoved down kidsтАЩ throats.тАЭ As if a) thatтАЩs happening or b) saying that is having тАЬnothing againstтАЭ people. Their religious beliefs hold them back in making progress here because they lump everyone who isnтАЩt them as part of тАЬwokeтАЭ culture or whatever. Between Dallas and Austin there are more than half a dozen (maybe many more... I was on this road Saturday and counted at least six though) signs lying about pregnancy. They have adorable babiesтАЩ photos and they have all this stuff about how early fetuses тАЬfeel painтАЭ and тАЬhave a heartbeat.тАЭ The pictures make it look like people literally kill babies, which is of course absurd. They are afraid Biden is coming for their hunting guns. They are just generally afraid of everything but whatever/whoever they think Jesus is, which varies depending on their preacher and what Fox/Trump/whoever their favorite extremist is. The weird thing is that the gullibility makes them untrusting because they think everything is a conspiracy. They see it as тАЬus or themтАЭ when really theyтАЩre enabling the people who abuse them the most.
You are correct about the vote split. The divide in most states definitely occurs across the fault line of population density. Rural areas in all states tend to vote R, while areas that are more populated lean D.
The divide in Texas is rural vs city. Rural Texans have never met a Jewish person in their lives. They are just not there. Evangelicals rule in rural Texas, and although I have no evidence for this, I'm going to bet that vote was split rural vs city.
Rural Texans have never met a person of color as a neighbor or a peer either. The only people of color they know of are the farm and ranch workers they depend on while screaming about the invasion of the caravans.
ThatтАЩs actually a little off base. My husband is from rural Texas and went to school with way more Black kids than I did in suburban Maryland. However, people he went to school with were still using the n-word as recently as a few years ago.
Yes.... I just wrote a long explainer somewhere on here a second ago. ItтАЩs not a face-to-face explicit bigotry in most cases. There are even some open minded genuinely kind rural white people. BUT mostly itтАЩs people with a little chip on their shoulder (тАЬyou think youтАЩre better than me?!тАЭ) who were raised by racists. They cannot fully separate from it because it was their granddaddy who was so sweet to them. And they think itтАЩs ok to overlook that тАЬsweetтАЭ old manтАЩs racism as if it just couldnтАЩt be helped. They will be nice to POC in their community. However, they believe that these POC are different from those in urban areas. They listen to preachers and FOX. Misogyny is as prevalent as the racism, too. So there are strange alignments. Some people tolerate one ism so they can benefit from the other. If you try to reason with them they donтАЩt believe you. They get defensive. They are so far dug in to the identity of тАЬconservativeтАЭ that many of them donтАЩt know how to back away and say тАЬthatтАЩs too farтАЭ (much less тАЬI was wrongтАЭ). When itтАЩs their kid who is gay, theyтАЩll say stuff like тАЬwell I canтАЩt vote anymore because the Dems are so bad with money.тАЭ Like... what? But ok - If youтАЩre gonna either vote red or not vote, then I hope you donтАЩt vote. In 8 years I have persuaded NO ONE. ItтАЩs crushingly depressing. But repetition works and I wish someone would outbid the тАЬpro-lifeтАЭ (misnomer) people and put on those billboards: REPUBLICANS DONтАЩT CARE IF YOUR KID GETS SHOT and other facts. But where is the money for that? I donтАЩt know.
I can attest to that. I have cousins in rural Texas and have spent time there throughout my life.
We owned a cattle ranch in east Texas for a decade or so тАФ we sold it two years ago and IтАЩm so glad we did. I love my TX family and friends but the political culture there depresses me. I used to drive past Louie GohmertтАЩs office on my way to my favorite running trail and couldnтАЩt resist an audible expression of disgust every single time I saw his name.
This is closer to the truth. I live here. In an area that a few years ago was considered rural but is increasingly suburban. IтАЩm speaking in general terms but general terms apply... generally.
They have met Jews. They know and love LGBTQ people too. On a one-on-one basis, the bumpkins are not generally openly hateful. (And not all people in rural areas are bumpkins. I am using that term to describe people who are what I would call bigots in denial.) About THOSE people: TheyтАЩre gullible. Yes there are the openly hostile. But for the most part, itтАЩs more subtle. ItтАЩs snide remarks in hushed tones, usually. And most of the time they are satisfied just feeling superior. They donтАЩt usually want to harm people. BUT they do fall for everything Fox says and they canтАЩt apply what their every day behavior/life experience is to a broader view. So while they love to say тАЬI have Black friends,тАЭ meaning they are friendly with someone they have superficial interactions with in their small town, they are also saying stupid shit like тАЬone of the good onesтАЭ because theyтАЩre still believing that the POC in Chicago are all murderers or whatever. TheyтАЩre AFRAID. They believe theyтАЩre being persecuted. They say things like тАЬI have nothing against gays. I just donтАЩt think it should be shoved down kidsтАЩ throats.тАЭ As if a) thatтАЩs happening or b) saying that is having тАЬnothing againstтАЭ people. Their religious beliefs hold them back in making progress here because they lump everyone who isnтАЩt them as part of тАЬwokeтАЭ culture or whatever. Between Dallas and Austin there are more than half a dozen (maybe many more... I was on this road Saturday and counted at least six though) signs lying about pregnancy. They have adorable babiesтАЩ photos and they have all this stuff about how early fetuses тАЬfeel painтАЭ and тАЬhave a heartbeat.тАЭ The pictures make it look like people literally kill babies, which is of course absurd. They are afraid Biden is coming for their hunting guns. They are just generally afraid of everything but whatever/whoever they think Jesus is, which varies depending on their preacher and what Fox/Trump/whoever their favorite extremist is. The weird thing is that the gullibility makes them untrusting because they think everything is a conspiracy. They see it as тАЬus or themтАЭ when really theyтАЩre enabling the people who abuse them the most.
You are correct about the vote split. The divide in most states definitely occurs across the fault line of population density. Rural areas in all states tend to vote R, while areas that are more populated lean D.