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App State is a cool liberal arts college renowned for being a party school back in the 90s, it's not Liberty University. I'm not sure this is much of a test for
by Jgrubb 7y ago
App State is a cool liberal arts college renowned for being a party school back in the 90s, it's not Liberty University. I'm not sure this is much of a test for the partisan divide. (Boone is a great little town.)
- dralley 7y agoExactly my thoughts. The fact that this guy seems like he thought it would be full of conservatives just because "the south", or because "founded by confederate guy" or "district voted Republican" is kind of hilarious, as an NC native. The districts are gerrymandered to hell, most college towns anywhere are pretty liberal, and many if not most colleges were founded by terrible people. If you want to actually bridge a meaningful divide of any kind, you're better off talking to native rural citizens that aren't getting liberal arts degrees.
- rolltiide 7y agoI know so many people like this: they practically tour the south hoping to see an insensitive comment or outright bigotry as if they’re in a zoo. My experience with this country: the south tries to do better. The non-south-eastern US has never checked itself and just assumes the south is worse on all social norms and subjects.
- Jgrubb 7y agoYes! Born and raised in Georgia, never knew so much racism existed in the world until I moved to the northeast 15 years ago. Could go on a long rant about confederate flags up here but this isn't Reddit. I'll still upvote your username.
- sudosteph 7y agoHell, even my native-born, non-educated granddad, from Mitchell county was registered Democrat his whole life. My grandma voted for Obama. Even natives in Western NC are not the monolith this guy is painting. The history of mining, unions, and the new deal were not forgotten for many.