Thursday, June 14, 2018

Yeah, Midwesterners and Southerners Will Really Respond to That

LOS ANGELES — The Democratic National Committee and members of Congress are turning to Hollywood for help with voter turnout and messaging ahead of the midterm elections and 2020 presidential campaign, quietly consulting with a group of actors, writers and producers here.

You mean the people who regard those of us who are not from the two coasts as a collection of hillbillies, rednecks, pea pickers, boondockers, generic bumpkins and potential Klansmen are going to condescend to "explain" the world to us so that we might be "educated" as to how to vote correctly?

Thank you, elite masters.  How did we work our way through the world without you Hollywood people?  As Homer Simpson has said, "Actors.  They know everything."

Some further reading:

NPR: A Resurgence Of 'Redneck' Pride, Marked By Race, Class And Trump

Chicago Tribune: The great 'hillbilly' scapegoat