Comments on: We, the un-American http://www.billwatters.com/archives/181 The blog, rants, ravings, and commentaries of Bill Watters Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:18:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.billwatters.com/archives/181/comment-page-1#comment-16 admin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:18:02 +0000 http://www.billwatters.com/archives/181#comment-16 Woot - I got a response. I didn't think that there wasn't people who weren't informed about the outside world, but going to look at the newspapers, blogs, and radio/tv of the areas (and here I'll grant you that I'm speaking from having followed the news in Emporia via the Emporia Gazette and the local radio and the comments on those threads (and local callers)). Those people who have the loudest collective voices in that region at the least (and in many rural - but by no means all) are those that don't get out much. I can say the same things about the central valley area of CA as well. But nowhere is universal - individuals still have to hold their tongues to a certain extent in deference to the mob's venting. Woot – I got a response. I didn’t think that there wasn’t people who weren’t informed about the outside world, but going to look at the newspapers, blogs, and radio/tv of the areas (and here I’ll grant you that I’m speaking from having followed the news in Emporia via the Emporia Gazette and the local radio and the comments on those threads (and local callers)). Those people who have the loudest collective voices in that region at the least (and in many rural – but by no means all) are those that don’t get out much. I can say the same things about the central valley area of CA as well.

But nowhere is universal – individuals still have to hold their tongues to a certain extent in deference to the mob’s venting.

]]> By: cyclone http://www.billwatters.com/archives/181/comment-page-1#comment-15 cyclone Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:12:22 +0000 http://www.billwatters.com/archives/181#comment-15 You said: "There’s nothing wrong with living in a small town, but really, don’t pretend to know about (or care about) things that go on in the world that happen beyond the county lines." Whoa, there, Bill. It has very little to do with small town/big city ideas. There are goofy know-nothings everywhere; granted, there may be a higher percentage of these people in small towns, but characterizing small town people the way you did shows you don't spend enough time out of the confines of your world. Believe it or not, some of us are as well informed as you city slickers. By the way, we haven't seen you for several years.... Don You said: “There’s nothing wrong with living in a small town, but really, don’t pretend to know about (or care about) things that go on in the world that happen beyond the county lines.”

Whoa, there, Bill. It has very little to do with small town/big city ideas. There are goofy know-nothings everywhere; granted, there may be a higher percentage of these people in small towns, but characterizing small town people the way you did shows you don’t spend enough time out of the confines of your world. Believe it or not, some of us are as well informed as you city slickers.

By the way, we haven’t seen you for several years….
Don

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