[FRIAM] The year ahead

[Steven A Smith]

> Steve: You might like the RedNeck Liberal.
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA
Thanks!

His line: "being prejudiced against poor white poeple with a twang, 
still counts as prejudiced"  hits home.

I might identify with "country" but not with "southern".  I hear the 
voices of my relatives from KY and TN and all I can think of is 
"ignorant, racist whackjob!"  but half of them are none of that and of 
the other half, only a few are racist and a few more are ignorant 
(though the former is a proper subset of the latter).

I identify more with a mixed culture of hispanic, native and anglo (not 
just this area but other parts of NM/AZ) from the mountains and deserts 
of the rocky mountain region.   I think the isolation of rural living 
combined with the *extractive industy* is the main problem.   Rust 
Belters and modern farmers every where seem pretty similar as well!

- Steve

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