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Several others have identified country music. As an American, this a totally boring, expected result. Country music stars headline right leaning benefit concert

by jere 14y ago

Several others have identified country music. As an American, this a totally boring, expected result. Country music stars headline right leaning benefit concerts, conventions, radio shows, and TV shows. And there's a natural alignment between country music and conservatism: both celebrate certain attitudes epitomized by the cowboy persona (strong, independent, hard working, etc.) while simultaneously trying to forget that those pesky intellectuals, liberals, foreigners, and minorities even exist. In case you think that last comment is unfair take a quick peek at the white/black ratio of those top 10 artists: 10/0 for Republican, 4/6 for Democrat. Unsurprisingly, country music finds most of its popularity in the US, Canada, and Australia. Interestingly, however, there has been a country music festival in France for over 20 years, Country Rendez-Vous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music#Other_international_country_music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music#Other_internation...

mindcrime 14y ago
both celebrate certain attitudes epitomized by the cowboy persona (strong, independent, hard working, etc.) while simultaneously trying to forget that those pesky intellectuals, liberals, foreigners, and minorities even exist. Meh... as much as I don't care for a lot of what passes for "conservatism" these days, one has to be fair and say that being conservative doesn't preclude you from being an intellectual, a foreigner, or a minority. Yes, the stereotype is that intellectuals lean left, and that minorities lean left, but it's hardly that black and white (no pun intended).
- jere 14y ago
  I agree with you, but there does seem to be a correlation there. And if you disagree, then ask yourself how many Republicans would be vote for a gay, atheist, or Muslim president. Bill Maher put it best: >Let me defend myself. I would never say and I have never said, because it’s not true that Republicans, all Republicans are racists. That would be silly and wrong. But nowadays, if you are racist, you’re probably a Republican.
  - waterlesscloud 14y ago
    Those words could only be spoken by someone who doesn't get out much.
    - jere 14y ago
      Is that right? Here are some recent polls from Alabama/Mississipi in which 52% of Republicans believe Obama is secretly Muslim and 29% believe interracial marriage should be illegal. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/12/news/la-pn-poll-obamas-a-muslim-to-many-gop-voters-in-alabama-mississippi-20120312 http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/12/news/la-pn-poll-obam... You're suggesting... what? Democrats have equal hatred for non-whites and non-christians??
      - gyardley 14y ago
        He's probably suggesting that there are many types of bigotry and no one political party has a lock on them. Yes, in America if you're bigoted against blacks, you probably vote Republican. If you're bigoted against whites, you probably vote Democratic. If you're bigoted against Muslims, you probably vote Republican. If you're bigoted against all religious people, well, you probably vote Democratic. It's probably a function of the area I live in, but every antisemite I've run into in the past few years has seemed very left-wing. (I say 'seemed' because I like to keep a healthy distance from antisemites. I'm only going by shouting and signage.) While we're on the topic, the political leanings of bigots are fluid. A generation or two ago, if you were bigoted against blacks, you probably voted Democratic.
        waterlesscloud 14y ago
        The other aspect of this is that a Mississippi Democrat is different from a Massachusetts Democrat.
      - waterlesscloud 14y ago
        In that particular case I strongly suspect that if you polled white Democrats in those states you'd get similar answers on the interracial marriage question. Probably not similar on the "Is Obama secretly a Muslim?" question, but as Democrats they're less likely to believe negative things about their party head. My point is that there are many, many racist Democrats in the country, and if you don't think so you just haven't gotten around very much.

by jere 14y ago

mindcrime 14y ago

both celebrate certain attitudes epitomized by the cowboy persona (strong, independent, hard working, etc.) while simultaneously trying to forget that those pesky intellectuals, liberals, foreigners, and minorities even exist. Meh... as much as I don't care for a lot of what passes for "conservatism" these days, one has to be fair and say that being conservative doesn't preclude you from being an intellectual, a foreigner, or a minority. Yes, the stereotype is that intellectuals lean left, and that minorities lean left, but it's hardly that black and white (no pun intended).

jere 14y ago
I agree with you, but there does seem to be a correlation there. And if you disagree, then ask yourself how many Republicans would be vote for a gay, atheist, or Muslim president. Bill Maher put it best: >Let me defend myself. I would never say and I have never said, because it’s not true that Republicans, all Republicans are racists. That would be silly and wrong. But nowadays, if you are racist, you’re probably a Republican.
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  Those words could only be spoken by someone who doesn't get out much.
  - jere 14y ago
    Is that right? Here are some recent polls from Alabama/Mississipi in which 52% of Republicans believe Obama is secretly Muslim and 29% believe interracial marriage should be illegal. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/12/news/la-pn-poll-obamas-a-muslim-to-many-gop-voters-in-alabama-mississippi-20120312 http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/12/news/la-pn-poll-obam... You're suggesting... what? Democrats have equal hatred for non-whites and non-christians??
    - gyardley 14y ago
      He's probably suggesting that there are many types of bigotry and no one political party has a lock on them. Yes, in America if you're bigoted against blacks, you probably vote Republican. If you're bigoted against whites, you probably vote Democratic. If you're bigoted against Muslims, you probably vote Republican. If you're bigoted against all religious people, well, you probably vote Democratic. It's probably a function of the area I live in, but every antisemite I've run into in the past few years has seemed very left-wing. (I say 'seemed' because I like to keep a healthy distance from antisemites. I'm only going by shouting and signage.) While we're on the topic, the political leanings of bigots are fluid. A generation or two ago, if you were bigoted against blacks, you probably voted Democratic.
      - waterlesscloud 14y ago
        The other aspect of this is that a Mississippi Democrat is different from a Massachusetts Democrat.
    - waterlesscloud 14y ago
      In that particular case I strongly suspect that if you polled white Democrats in those states you'd get similar answers on the interracial marriage question. Probably not similar on the "Is Obama secretly a Muslim?" question, but as Democrats they're less likely to believe negative things about their party head. My point is that there are many, many racist Democrats in the country, and if you don't think so you just haven't gotten around very much.