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Living in rural America, where it is safe, and folks are polite and friendly and happy to leave you alone (if you're white), I have to say that doesn't mean peo
by jonnycomputer 5y ago
Living in rural America, where it is safe, and folks are polite and friendly and happy to leave you alone (if you're white), I have to say that doesn't mean people don't believe batsht crazy things. Because lots of them do. Or at least say they do, 'cause there is a big step between saying you believe something and actually acting like you do.
- reaperducer 5y agoBelieving batshit crazy things isn't unique to rural areas. In fact, I'd say it's more common in cities simply because there are more people there. I know a woman who lives in Chicago who doesn't believe in dinosaurs. It's not a religious thing, it's just that dinosaurs don't fit into her mindset somehow. I dated a woman in New York (native New Yorker) whose entire family believed that the moon landings were fake. I know a guy in Houston who believes that drinking his own pee is helping him live longer. Crazy is everywhere. It obeys no geographic, social, wealth, or political boundaries.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoCrazy is indeed everywhere. And when it is individual crazy, it likely doesn't matter much (and might even be helpful). However, organized, coordinated crazy is a problem, even more so when it is sufficiently organized and coordinated to become an effective player in our political system.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoAt one time, that weirdo didn't have anybody to talk to. So he wrote his weird ideas in a journal somewhere, and he'd maybe self-publish a book, and annoy people at the coffee shops with his ideas. Now the crazy finds friends. Somewhere out there in the internets is another weirdo who had your idea too.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoOh I agree.