>why is it Southern rural culture which is the model?
is that actually true, though?
if you look at truck commercials, there's a lot more "driving around in the mountains" than there is "driving around the giant flatness of MS" or "hauling groceries in the valleys of WV". and cowboys are more west than deep south. here in NC, people in the country are growing soybeans and cotton, raising pigs and chickens, not riding around on horses roping cattle.
a mythical south (which includes TX and parts of the midwest) might be the model. but the actual south isn't the same thing.
>And it’s very much rooted in a franchised version of a white Southern rural reality.
indeed.
and there is a similar franchised version of urban reality: every small city in the US eventually ends up with a version of things that started or were popularized in the very large cities (NYC especially, but also LA, ATL, etc). all of the hipster trends, food trends, drink trends, aesthetic trends, music, art, even ways of speaking and thinking get copied. go into any small- or medium-sized city in the US and you will find the same kinds of stores and styles, with people talking about similar things in similar ways.
it seems natural that rural culture should be similarly homgeneous.
“what justification is there for its presence anyway?”
we're there to keep the region stable enough to keep the world's oil supply steady. if the supply of oil is interrupted, the entire world's economy will suffer; nobody will be immune.
that's why we need to find a better energy source than oil.
i have some minor WP coding experience: i've written a couple of plugins that i use on my own site, and i've tweaked the PHP for some theming things I couldn't get from plugins.
if there's anything specific you need, i could possibly help. or possibly not - WP is large and ever-changing.
On “The South shall writhe again”
anyway. hi, y'all.
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>why is it Southern rural culture which is the model?
is that actually true, though?
if you look at truck commercials, there's a lot more "driving around in the mountains" than there is "driving around the giant flatness of MS" or "hauling groceries in the valleys of WV". and cowboys are more west than deep south. here in NC, people in the country are growing soybeans and cotton, raising pigs and chickens, not riding around on horses roping cattle.
a mythical south (which includes TX and parts of the midwest) might be the model. but the actual south isn't the same thing.
"
>And it’s very much rooted in a franchised version of a white Southern rural reality.
indeed.
and there is a similar franchised version of urban reality: every small city in the US eventually ends up with a version of things that started or were popularized in the very large cities (NYC especially, but also LA, ATL, etc). all of the hipster trends, food trends, drink trends, aesthetic trends, music, art, even ways of speaking and thinking get copied. go into any small- or medium-sized city in the US and you will find the same kinds of stores and styles, with people talking about similar things in similar ways.
it seems natural that rural culture should be similarly homgeneous.
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“what justification is there for its presence anyway?”
we're there to keep the region stable enough to keep the world's oil supply steady. if the supply of oil is interrupted, the entire world's economy will suffer; nobody will be immune.
that's why we need to find a better energy source than oil.
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Democrats always focus on health care.
Nobody cares.
On “Ad futurum”
i have WP programming experience, and MySQL.
i can't promise i have enough of either to be of use. but if you think you might need me, give a shout.
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i have some minor WP coding experience: i've written a couple of plugins that i use on my own site, and i've tweaked the PHP for some theming things I couldn't get from plugins.
if there's anything specific you need, i could possibly help. or possibly not - WP is large and ever-changing.
On “Excelsior!”
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