Right on cue, it's The Washington Post's election-year "the masses are stupid" story

[Anonymous]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/in-ohio-county-electorate-is-hardened-and-fractured/2012/09/22/3a848108-03da-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html?hpid=z2


I love the quotes at the top of the second page.

[Anonymous]

Ok....

I actually read this and I am disappointed by your subject line. I thought this was going to be about how you all are stupid for arguing about the same things every 4 years like trained dogs. I thought it was going to discuss how the candidates are more alike than different, and emphasize how hot button issues are used to get you to throw away common sense.

Then I thought there would be comments saying how these hot button topics will never change because they need to use them to keep you fools arguing and distracted.

...that's not what it was about.

[Anonymous]

I don't get your point either, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok....

I actually read this and I am disappointed by your subject line. I thought this was going to be about how you all are stupid for arguing about the same things every 4 years like trained dogs. I thought it was going to discuss how the candidates are more alike than different, and emphasize how hot button issues are used to get you to throw away common sense.

Then I thought there would be comments saying how these hot button topics will never change because they need to use them to keep you fools arguing and distracted.

...that's not what it was about.

No, I'm just saying that every four years like clockwork, the Washington Post dispatches some reporter into flyover country where they make the locals look like yokels. I mean, seriously, this man talking about Obama is evil and all you have to do is turn on Fox News to know the truth. I'm sure the reporter was choking back laughter as he wrote that quote in his notebook.

[Anonymous]

Whatever their political or religious beliefs, I have only admiration and respect for people who've put in 35+ years of incredibly hard work and would never view them as a "yokel." They are an example to all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whatever their political or religious beliefs, I have only admiration and respect for people who've put in 35+ years of incredibly hard work and would never view them as a "yokel." They are an example to all.

So then why does the Washington Post go out there and interview them and print their dumb comments?

[Anonymous]

The masses ARE stupid when it comes to any meaningful sense of understanding the complex issues at play re: the economy and foreign policy.

It may not be pretty to say but all you have to do is read any number of interviews with "ordinary voters" or the people you may encounter day-to-day outside the inside-DC bubble, and you know it's true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever their political or religious beliefs, I have only admiration and respect for people who've put in 35+ years of incredibly hard work and would never view them as a "yokel." They are an example to all.

So then why does the Washington Post go out there and interview them and print their dumb comments?

I'm a Republican and attended a recent Fairfax rally for Romney. Since it was at noon, there were a fair amount of the 60+ set. It got cringeworthy rather quickly watching the reporters getting SO many rich qoets. There was one particular codger just going off on Obama, with multiple reporters just taking it all in. I realized how pointless it would be to suggest that the old guy take into account how he was representing himself and the candidate indirectly. Wasn't my place and it's a very big country, would do little to prevent a story such as this. Upside is maybe they are retired govt employees and had some intelligent things to say, since they lived in this area, or vets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever their political or religious beliefs, I have only admiration and respect for people who've put in 35+ years of incredibly hard work and would never view them as a "yokel." They are an example to all.

So then why does the Washington Post go out there and interview them and print their dumb comments?

I'm a Republican and attended a recent Fairfax rally for Romney. Since it was at noon, there were a fair amount of the 60+ set. It got cringeworthy rather quickly watching the reporters getting SO many rich qoets. There was one particular codger just going off on Obama, with multiple reporters just taking it all in. I realized how pointless it would be to suggest that the old guy take into account how he was representing himself and the candidate indirectly. Wasn't my place and it's a very big country, would do little to prevent a story such as this. Upside is maybe they are retired govt employees and had some intelligent things to say, since they lived in this area, or vets.

Yes, I think to lay this at the feet of reporters who like to show that people in "flyover" country are dumb is somewhat shortsighted, given that we have lots of people in the DC region who have absurd beliefs about Romney or Obama. It was a sad story, though, because I don't think Steubenville will ever recover from the decline of the steel industry. Lot of places like that in Ohio, where I'm from and it makes me sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever their political or religious beliefs, I have only admiration and respect for people who've put in 35+ years of incredibly hard work and would never view them as a "yokel." They are an example to all.

So then why does the Washington Post go out there and interview them and print their dumb comments?

I'm a Republican and attended a recent Fairfax rally for Romney. Since it was at noon, there were a fair amount of the 60+ set. It got cringeworthy rather quickly watching the reporters getting SO many rich qoets. There was one particular codger just going off on Obama, with multiple reporters just taking it all in. I realized how pointless it would be to suggest that the old guy take into account how he was representing himself and the candidate indirectly. Wasn't my place and it's a very big country, would do little to prevent a story such as this. Upside is maybe they are retired govt employees and had some intelligent things to say, since they lived in this area, or vets.

Yes, I think to lay this at the feet of reporters who like to show that people in "flyover" country are dumb is somewhat shortsighted, given that we have lots of people in the DC region who have absurd beliefs about Romney or Obama. It was a sad story, though, because I don't think Steubenville will ever recover from the decline of the steel industry. Lot of places like that in Ohio, where I'm from and it makes me sad.

PP here. Not really my point at all. If you can't admit the highly competitive nature of the press, and getting a good story, then that's your prob.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever their political or religious beliefs, I have only admiration and respect for people who've put in 35+ years of incredibly hard work and would never view them as a "yokel." They are an example to all.

So then why does the Washington Post go out there and interview them and print their dumb comments?

I'm a Republican and attended a recent Fairfax rally for Romney. Since it was at noon, there were a fair amount of the 60+ set. It got cringeworthy rather quickly watching the reporters getting SO many rich qoets. There was one particular codger just going off on Obama, with multiple reporters just taking it all in. I realized how pointless it would be to suggest that the old guy take into account how he was representing himself and the candidate indirectly. Wasn't my place and it's a very big country, would do little to prevent a story such as this. Upside is maybe they are retired govt employees and had some intelligent things to say, since they lived in this area, or vets.

Yes, I think to lay this at the feet of reporters who like to show that people in "flyover" country are dumb is somewhat shortsighted, given that we have lots of people in the DC region who have absurd beliefs about Romney or Obama. It was a sad story, though, because I don't think Steubenville will ever recover from the decline of the steel industry. Lot of places like that in Ohio, where I'm from and it makes me sad.

PP here. Not really my point at all. If you can't admit the highly competitive nature of the press, and getting a good story, then that's your prob.

You've provided an extremely understated comment here about the press. Many newspeople are conscientious about providing information that is accurate and beneficial in spreading truth; however, it's not uncommon for them to "go for the jugular," with little regard for the consequences--all for a "good story" and money. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

And why are the people in this county struggling? Because the ruling corporate-political elite have moved millions of union jobs overseas. I am surprised that we have not had a revolution yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And why are the people in this county struggling? Because the ruling corporate-political elite have moved millions of union jobs overseas. I am surprised that we have not had a revolution yet.

Wasn't that what they attempted in Wisconson? How'd that work out. A LOT of people in WI were ecstatic at the reforms, you just never heard it in the press....aka the general subject of this thread, try and stay on topic or start a sure to be popular Unions are awesome thread elsewhere

[Anonymous]

The dumbest people are at the POST. They act like they believe co2 is a pollutant but they work for a company that cuts down trees turns them into pulp in a polluting factory... Covers them in nasty inc ... bundles them and deliver in a truck and thousands of cars burning tons of fuel ... Throws them in driveways and all over town ... then they are thrown in the trash to be driven back to recycle both of which burns fuel or just burned at the incinerator. All of which is completely Un-needed with the Internet. Total morons ... Way stupider than anyone in the GOP. They also haven't figured out electric cars are fueled by coal...they must have been educated by those stupid teacher unions who protest in their xxL sweatpants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The dumbest people are at the POST. They act like they believe co2 is a pollutant but they work for a company that cuts down trees turns them into pulp in a polluting factory... Covers them in nasty inc ... bundles them and deliver in a truck and thousands of cars burning tons of fuel ... Throws them in driveways and all over town ... then they are thrown in the trash to be driven back to recycle both of which burns fuel or just burned at the incinerator. All of which is completely Un-needed with the Internet. Total morons ... Way stupider than anyone in the GOP. They also haven't figured out electric cars are fueled by coal...they must have been educated by those stupid teacher unions who protest in their xxL sweatpants.

Wow, a truly incisive argument here. You must have been on the debate team in college!