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This attitude of categorizing large amounts of ppl "creepy ppl in small town" and refusing to see / accept that they have legitmate issues and greivanes is exactly why HRC lost. We can not just cut of or forget about a large portion of our nation bc we do not agree with them or we are not better than the Donald.

Of all ppl, HN should see this as an opprotunity. Large pain points of rural america = massive startup opprotunites.

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Sorry, that's plain false. I grew up in one of these places. Many of my schoolmates are people who supported this man. I've tried for years to be accepting of them and their ideas. They're friends of mine. I've tried hard to understand what they even want. I've joined their facebook groups; I've gone to their shooting ranges. But, literally 80% or more of what they say is hate and rage and paranoia. I would love to see evidence otherwise.

The time for acceptance is over.

what are you proposing if not acceptance?

I think that city folks were derisive of the rural and older voters but never really considered them as the enemy, while on the other side it was clear for the anti-abortion/protectionist/etc people that cities and their liberalism were the enemy.

This changed today I think. I wouldn't be surprised if the next democratic campaign is composed by an alliance of the standard socially progressive base with a populist base that favors poor people from swing states, while treating dark-red states with actual hostility (instead of indifference for their woes)

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